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1
Which best describes Operation Rolling Thunder?
first large-scale American bombing campaign in North Vietnam
effort to rescue trapped French soldiers at Dien Bien Phu
an American effort to overthrow Ngo Dinh Diem
the code name given to a Vietnamese offensive in 1968
2
What was supposed to happen in Vietnam in 1956?
Vietnamese independence
national elections to pick one leader for a united Vietnam
American troops were to leave
elections for North and South Vietnamese governments
3
Who were the Viet Cong?
nationalist rebels fighting the French
South Vietnamese regular army
communist rebels in South Vietnam
North Vietnamese regular army
4
Where is the Gulf of Tonkin?
D
C
A
B
5
Who were the forces we supported in Vietnam during World War 2?
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Vietminh
Vietcong
National Liberation Front
6
The theory that motivated the United States to fight in Vietnam was known as:
containment
domino theory
“hearts and minds”
Vietnamization
7
Who won the election of 1968?
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
8
What happened at My Lai?
American troops were ambushed by North Vietnamese
Chemical defoliants made the area uninhabitable
Viet Cong massacred several hundred Vietnamese villagers
American troops massacred Vietnamese villagers
9
What crucial promise convinced South Vietnam to sign a treaty with North Vietnam in 1973?
promise that the U.S. wouldhelp economically develop Vietnam
North Vietnam promise to remove troops from South Vietnam
American promise to use nuclear weapons on North Vietnam
promise that the U.S. would help if North Vietnam invaded
10
Which religious minority held power in South Vietnam, included nearly all government officials?
Protestant Christianity
Buddhism
Roman Catholic Christianity
Hinduism
11
The student protest at Kent State University was in response to:
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
U.S. invasion of Cambodia
1968 Democratic convention
Tet Offensive
12
What was the difference between “hawks” and “doves?”
hawks fought in the war,while doves did not
hawks opposed the war, while doves supported it
hawks supported the war,while doves wanted peace
hawks did not fight in the war, while doves did
13
What were Buddhist monks protesting when they protested by setting themselves on fire?
discrimination against Buddhists
American occupation of Hue
invasion of Cambodia
communism in North Vietnam
14
The Ho Chi Minh Trail passed through which nation(s)?
Vietnam
all of them
Laos
Cambodia
15
Vietnam was united as a single nation after the fall of which city?
Hanoi
Hue
My Lai
Saigon
16
Given the different nature of the Vietnam War, how did U.S. generals try to measure success?
shots fired
areas cleared
body counts
captured territory
17
Why couldn’t the United States send a massive number of troops to Vietnam to win the war?
feared the Soviet Union would get involved
that would have helped North Vietnam
feared China would then get involved
didn’t have the manpower
18
Just before World War II, Vietnam was a colony of which nation?
Great Britain
Japan
France
China
19
How did the North Vietnamese supply fighters in South Vietnam?
they couldn’t
Mekong River
transport ships
Ho Chi Minh Trail
20
How did LBJ receive public and Congressional approval for a greater American role in Vietnam?
claimed North Vietnamese fired on US ship
a Congressional declaration of war
using “the treatment” on congressmen
offering to cut many of his social programs
21
Where is the Mekong Delta?
A
D
B
E
22
The majority of Vietnamese followed which religion?
Protestant Christianity
Buddhism
Roman Catholic Christianity
Hinduism
23
True or false: the War Powers Act of 1973 has never been recognized by any U.S. president.
true
false
24
Some Americans questioned the fairness of the draft because:
college students could easily avoid it
the government refused to draft African-Americans
only men between the ages of 18 and 26 were drafted
it was the first time women were drafted
25
Which best describes the Geneva Conference in 1954?
Ended the Korean War
declared Vietnam communist
Gave control of Vietnam to the U.N.
temporarily divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam
26
Why was the battle of Dien Bien Phu significant?
first time Americans fought in Vietnam
ended France’s hope of subduing the Vietnamese
highest American casualties of the war
French victory that made the war last another two years
27
What is one reason the U.S. decided to support France instead of the Vietnamese after WW2?
Vietnamese betrayed us in WW2
agreed with French right to rule
China becoming communist
U.S. public sympathized with French
28
Both JFK and the U.S. ambassador tacitly gave their support to the removal of which leader?
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Le Duc Tho
Vo Nguyen Giap
29
What was the “credibility gap?”
inability of Americans to believe South Vietnamese allies
inability of Americans to take LBJ’s word regarding Vietnam
loss of U.S. credibility if we lost in Vietnam
difference in honesty between the Johnson and Nixon
30
The 1968 Tet Offensive:
led to belief that the war was unwinnable
brought an immediate end to the Vietnam War
was a military victory for the North Vietnamese forces
was depicted by media as a victory for U.S. forces
31
What major assassination happened in 1968?
both MLK and Bobby Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
both JFK and MLK
Martin Luther King, Jr.
32
President Lyndon Johnson received authorization for the use of force in Vietnam through:
SEATO
Truman Doctrine
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
U.N. Security Council
33
Popular communist leader in North Vietnam, considered the father of Vietnamese independence.
Ho Chi Minh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Le Duc Tho
Ngo Dinh Diem
34
Nixon’s plan to slowly replace American troops with South Vietnamese troops was known as?
redeployment
draw-down
Vietnamization
“strategic hamlets”
35
Where is Cambodia?
A
B
D
E
36
The Pentagon Papers were most significant because:
demonstrated mismanagement of the war
showed the government had not been honest about the war
revealed the secret invasion of Cambodia
revealed U.S. strategy in Vietnam
37
What is Agent Orange?
a chemical defoliant (kills plants)
a covert agent
jellied gasoline
torture device
38
Which best describes President Kennedy’s policy in Vietnam?
increase the number of American military advisors
strategic bombing
gain the loyalty of the Viet Cong
send 100,000 troops
39
What happened at the 1968 Democratic Convention?
shooting of four protesters by national guard
LBJ lost nomination
Robert Kennedy nominated
riots between police and protesters
40
Which of the following was generally
NOT
a popular reason for opposing the war in Vietnam?
support for the North Vietnamese government
belief the South Vietnamese government was corrupt
war was a Vietnamese civil war in which we had no business
believed the American draft system was unfair
41
Belief that if Vietnam became communist, the rest of Southeast Asia would become communist?.
brinksmanship
mutual assured destruction
domino theory
containment
42
Americans who wanted to avoid the draft often fled to which nation?
France
Canada
Great Britain
Mexico
43
How did Americans try to secure the countryside of South Vietnam?
“shock and awe”
“search and destroy” missions
“hearts and minds”
strategic hamlets
44
True or false: from 65 to 67 we dropped more bombs on Vietnam than in all of World War II.
true
false
45
Which figure was a corrupt and ruthless leader of South Vietnam?
Le Duc Tho
Vo Nguyen Giap
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
46
Under which President didCongress declare war on North Vietnam?
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
Congress never declared war on North Vietnam
