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1
Which ship was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
RMS Lusitania
USS Maine
The Titanic
USS Maddox
2
Who was the Communist group of fighters in South Vietnam that used Guerilla tactics?
Eastern Chapter
Vietminh
Vietcong
Vietshen
3
What is Vietnamization?
Bombing China to cut off North Vietnamese support
Going into an full war in Vietnam short of the use of Nukes?
Gradual withdrawal from Nam so S'Nam can take care of itself
Accepting a two state solution with N&S Vietnam
4
The communist leader that formed the communist People's Republic of China.
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Din Diem
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
5
Why were Americans disliked for Search and Destroy missions?
Burning the jungles was bad for the environment
We had to displace people and burn villages
We had to assume everyone was innocent until they attacked
They were able to save the civilians before burning the villages
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US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Ronald Reagan
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
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Name of the battle that led many Americans to believe the Vietnam war was unwinnable.
My Lai Massacre
Christmas Bombings
Attack on Hanoi and Haipohong
Tet Offensive
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Name of the TWO chemicals used to destroy the jungle in Vietnam (and the people inside)
Agent Orange
Napalm
Palm Oil
Ancient Orange
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True or false? The Vietnam war was approved of by most Americans when the war began.
True
False
10
What was the name of the Cuban communist revolutionary?
Raúl Castro
Victoriano Huerta
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
11
What happened in the U-2 plane incident?
The band U2 was killed while flying to the Soviet Union for a concert
A U.S. pilot shot down a Soviet plane on American soil
U.S. pilot was captured by the Soviets and Eisenhower tried to cover it up
The Soviet leader was killed by an American U-2 plane
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Leader of the Indochinese Communist party and revolutionary leader of North Vietnam?
Mao Zedong
Tran Sinha Nguyễn
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
13
Which of these qualities leans most towards communism?
State controls government spending & national infrastructure
Voting by people in popular elections in a multiparty system
State controls all property and economic activity
Citizens control almost all economic activity
14
Which US President sent combat troops to Vietnam after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed?
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
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Who was in charge of South Vietnam (US backed)?
Ngô Đình Diệm
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
Hồ Chí Minh
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Why is the Cold War described as "Cold?"
We did not fight the Soviets directly
The use of nuclear weapons threaten a nuclear winter
The USSR has infamously cold climates
It was a "cooling off" period after WWII
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Which US President began Vietnamization and ended the Vietnam War with the Paris Peace Accords?
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
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Why were we worried about North Vietnam being communist?
Ho Chi Minh expressed a desire to attack America
We were worried the rest of the Middle East would go Red
The Soviets just invaded Ukraine
We were worried the rest of South East Asia would fall to communism
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Which of these created a policy of containing communism to the USSR and Eastern Europe?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Detente
Brinkmanship
Truman Doctrine
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How was Korea divided after the end of the Korean War?
38th parallel, the North was Anti-Communist and the South was Communist
38th parallel, the North was Communist and the South was Anti-Communist
17th parallel, the North was Communist and the South was Anti-Communist
17th parallel, the North was Anti-Communist and the South was Communist
