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Cold War and Vietnam
Cold War and Vietnam
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A study quiz for the #ColdWar and #CivilRightsMovement
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1
Name of the TWO chemicals used to destroy jungle (and the people inside)
Napalm
Agent Orange
Palm Oil
Ancient Orange
2
Who was Henry Kissinger?
National security adviser to Nixon -suggested Vietnamization
Vice President to JFK - suggested we leave Vietnam early
American general in Vietnam - always wanted more troops
American admiral who helped evacuate 500k South Vietnamese
3
What country is this?
Laos
Cambodia
Myanmar
Thailand
4
What is Vietnamization?
Gradual withdrawal from Nam so S'Nam can take care of itself
Accepting a two state solution with N&S Vietnam
Bombing China to cut off North Vietnamese support
Going into an full war in Vietnam short of the use of Nukes?
5
Why did Stalin keep such a tight grip on Eastern European states?
They originally belonged to the Russian Empire before WWI
Geothermal plants made Russian winters warmer
They were gifted by the Allies after WWII
Made it harder to invade the USSR
6
US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
Harry S. Truman
7
What country is this?
Natasha Romanov
Soviet Union
Russia
Ukraine
8
US Pres. during the middle part of the Cold War during the Iranian Coup and Cuban Revolution
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
9
Which US President sent financial aid and American military advisers?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Kennedy
10
What country is this?
North Korea
Mongolia
North Vietnam
Pyongyang
11
Who was the Communist group of fighters in South Vietnam with Northern support?
Việt Shen
Eastern Chapter
Việt Cộng
Việt Minh
12
Leader of the Indochinese Communist party and revolutionary leader of North Vietnam?
Tran Sinha Nguyễn
Ngo Dinh Diem
Syngman Rhee
Ho Chi Minh
13
Name of the battle that told America this war was not ending anytime soon.
Good Afternoon Vietnam
Uncle Sam's Last supper
Tet Offensive
New Year's Jungle Bash
14
Which of these Chinese leaders lead the
nationalists
during the Chinese Civil War?
Chiang Kai-shek
Wu Zetian
Qin Shi-huang
Mao Zedong
15
What time frame was the Vietnam war?
1975-1985
1965-1985
1935-1945
1955-1975
16
Who controlled Indochina (Vietnam) before WWII and a little bit afterward?
Japan
France
The United Kingdom
China
17
What country is this?
The People's Republic of China
The Republic of China
18
Why did the United States lead a coup to restore the Iranian Shah?
The old Prime Minister nationalized British/Am Oil
The old Prime Minister had an alliance with Nazi Germany
The Soviets lead a coup to install the Prime Minister first
The old Prime Minister declared war on America
19
Why is the Cold War described as "Cold?"
It wasn't a "hot" war: We did not fight the Soviets directly
The USSR has infamously cold climates
It was a "cooling off" period after WWII
The use of nuclear weapons threaten a nuclear winter
20
Who was Walter Cronkite?
Vice President to JFK - suggested we leave Vietnam early
Trusted journalist - said this war is probably a stalemate
National security adviser to Nixon -suggested Vietnamization
American general in Vietnam - always wanted more troops
21
President no. 43?
Donald J. Trump
Bill Clinton
Barrack Obama
George W. Bush
22
Which of these means keeping Communism contained to the USSR and Eastern Europe?
Iron Curtain
Regan Doctrine
Containment
Truman Doctrine
23
Why were we worried about North Vietnam being communist?
Ho Chi Minh expressed a desire to attack America
The Soviets just invaded Ukraine
We were worried the rest of the Middle East would go Red
We were worried the rest of South East Asia would go Red
24
What country is this?
Japan
The Philippines
Korea
Lao
25
What country is this?
Myanmar
Burma
Thailand
Laos
26
What country is this?
France
Spain
Germany
United Kingdom
27
Which US President began Vietnamization and ordered a bombing campaign all over S.E. Asia?
Richard Nixon
Harry S. Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Jacob Reynolds
28
What made search and destroy missions a good way to make Americans disliked?
We had to knowingly kill Vietnamese civilians
We had to displace people and burn villages
We had to assume everyone was innocent until an Am died
29
Which of these qualities leans most towards communism?
Citizens control almost all economic activity
State controls government spending & national infrastructure
Voting by people in popular elections in a multiparty system
State controls all property and economic activity
30
What were we doing in Vietnam in the first place?
Preventing Communism from spreading to close by countries
Attempting to capture war criminal Ho Chi Minh
Proving American military might after the Korean war
Preventing Communism from spreading to Vietnam
31
Which US President made the war an American war and had the Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed?
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
32
What country is this?
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Belize
Honduras
33
Leader of Communist North Korea and son of Kim Hyong-jik?
Kim Jung Un
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jung Il
Kim Il Sok
34
What country is this?
United Kingdom
Spain
Germany
France
35
What is asymmetrical war?
War between two sides using the same exact methods
War where its mostly bombing - no up close combat
War between two sides with vastly different strategies
War between professional army and its own civilian pop.
36
True or false? The USA dropped more bombs in Indochina than WWII
True
False
37
True or false? The Vietnam war was approved of by most Americans when the war began.
True
False
38
Who was in charge of South Vietnam (US backed)?
Pol Pot
Hồ Chí Minh
Ngô Đình Diệm
Võ Nguyên Giáp
39
What was the name of the Cuban communist revolutionary?
Victoriano Huerta
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Raúl Castro
40
Why did the CIA train a secret army to take over Guatemala?
The old president was Fidel Castro's brother
The old president nationalized US business' oil
The old president gave US business' land to peasants
The old president tried to take over Puerto Rico
41
Remember the reasons Vietnam was a hard war (Part 2)
Vietcong used hit and run (guerrilla) attacks
Vietong hid among Civilians
Vietcong recycled American weapons
Vietcong had intricate tunnels underground
42
What country is this?
Iraq
Kuwait
Iran
Afghanistan
43
US President during the beginning of the Cold War and accused of being soft on commies
Jimmy Carter
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan
44
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
Khrushchev was just being petty
To keep W. Berliners from escaping to Communism
To keep E. Germans from escaping Communism to W. Berlin
To keep Communist advocates out of Democratic W. Berlin
45
Which of these Chinese leaders lead the
communists
during the Chinese Civil War?
Mao Zedong
Wu Zetian
Sun Kaishan
Qin Shi-huang
46
Be prepared to explain how Vietnam became a working class war.
Mostly because you can go to college to avoid the draft
So mostly poor whites and blacks ended up in the war
47
How many Americans died in the Vietnam war?
57,939
20,310
314,159
68,314
48
Remember the reasons Vietnam was a hard war (Part 1)
There was no official front line
The jungle was hot and has diseases
49
Which of these Soviet leaders was in charge during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
Nicholas II
50
What country is this?
Lao
South Korea
Cambodia
Vietnam
51
What made the Cuban Missile Crisis so stressful?
Cubans were threatening to invade Texas
There were American CEOs held hostage in Guantanamo Bay
All of the above
It was the closest the USA and USSR have been to nuclear war
52
What country is this?
Vietnam
Cambodia
Korea
Lao
53
Which of these institutions/organizations fought on behalf of South Korea?
The Allies
United Nations (UN)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Warsaw Pact
