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I.Multiple Choice (1 points each)
1.Which of the following is a false statement regarding the Vietnam War?
a. Most Americans supported the war in the beginning.
b. The U.S. won all major battles.
c. There was a military draft.
d. The U.S. eventually won a clear victory.
e. U.S. casualties were less then other previous U.S. wars.
2. Which of the following statement is false regarding the Presidential
election of 1968?
a. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated.
b. Herbert Humphrey lost the Presidential election.
c. Richard Nixon lost the Presidential Election.
D LBJ opted not to run for re-election.
3.Of the following terms listed below which is not associated with the
Vietnam War?
a. The 17th parallel
b. The 38th parallel
c. The Ho Chi Minh Trail
d. The Gulf of Tonkin
e. Cambodia
4. The conflict in Vietnam impacted all but which of the following
presidents?
a. JFK
b. Nixon
c. FDR
d. LBJ
5. Which of the following was the United States main goal in Vietnam?
a. The reunification of Vietnam
b. The containment of communism
c. The upholding of the Geneva Accords
d. The negotiation of a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam
6. Which of the following authorized President Johnson to conduct the
war in Vietnam?
a. The Geneva Accords
b. The War Powers Act
c. The Geneva Convention
d. Tonkin Gulf Resolution
7. In the early years of the war, a young man could be automatically
deferred from the draft by:
a. Getting married
b. Enrolling in college
c. Becoming employed
d. Being a conscientious objector
8. In the 1968 election a dove would have been most likely to support:
a. The invasion of Cambodia
b. The withdraw of American troops in Vietnam
c. A plan to invade North Vietnam
d. Operation rolling Thunder
9. Which of the following enabled North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong in
South Vietnam?
a. The fall of Dien Bien Phu
b. The Ho Chi Minh Trail
c. Search and Destroy missions
d. Operation Rolling Thunder
10. Which document finalized the end of Vietnam's war with France
a. The Pentagon Papers
b. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
c. The Geneva Accords of 1954
11. Which nation did the United States aid in its efforts to control Indochina?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Japan
China
France
Britain
12. Which President asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
a. Richard M. Nixon
b. Lyndon Johnson
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
13. Which President first promoted the Domino Theory in relation to Vietnam?
a. Richard M. Nixon
b. Lyndon Johnson
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
14. Which President adopted the policy of Vietnamization?
a. Richard M. Nixon
b. Lyndon Johnson
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
15. Which President decided not to run for another term because of
opposition to his war policies?
a. Richard M. Nixon
b. Lyndon Johnson
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
16. In which country did the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem bring about a
change in leadership?
a. Laos
b. Cambodia
c. North Vietnam
d. South Vietnam
17. Which event surprised the American military and government?
a. Siege of Khe Sanh
b. Operation Rolling Thunder
c. Mekong River Delta Campaign
d. Tet Offensive
18. The Vietnam War was a:
a. Traditionally fought war
b. Guerilla War
c. War of colonial expansion
d. US victory
19. Which university was the site of a bloody protest that ended with
students being killed?
a. Ole Miss
b. University of Alabama
c. Penn State
d. Kent State
II. Vietnam War Presidents (1 point each). Determine who was President during each event or
decision.
A. Truman
B. Eisenhower
C. JFK
D. LBJ
E. Nixon
F. Ford
E
20. Paris Accords- Cease fire agreement between North Vietnam and USA ______
D
21. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ______
E
22. Invasion of Cambodia ______
A
23. Start of French Indochina war and US $/military aid to French _______
B
24. Diem cancels the election _____
F
25. Fall of Saigon ________
D
26. Tet Offensive _________
B
27. Geneva Accords ______
C
28. Diem overthrown and executed ________
III. Fill in the Blank (1 point each)
Directions: Pick the term that is most accurately described below.
a. Vietcong
b. NVA
e. Vietnamization
f. War of Attrition
c. Tet Offensive
d. Ho Chi Minh
g. Diem
G
29. _________ Leader of South Vietnam.
F
30. _________ Lyndon B. Johnson’s plan to force North Vietnam to negotiations.
A
31. _________
Vietnamese living in South Vietnam that secretly supported the North.
B
32. _________ Soldiers from North Vietnam.
D
33. _________ Leader of North Vietnam.
C
34. _________ In January of 1968 the North Vietnamese and Vietcong attacked every
major city in the South.
III. Fill in the Blank. (1 point each)
Directions: Pick the term that is most accurately described below
a.
The Doves
e. War Powers Act 1973
b. Hawk
c. Pentagon Papers
f. 1973 cease-fire agreement
g. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
C
35. __________
Evidence that supported the people’s lack of trust in the government.
B
36. __________ People who supported the war in Vietnam.
G
37. __________ Congressional action that empowered President Johnson to wage war
in Vietnam.
A
38. __________
People who did not support the war in Vietnam.
F
39.__________ Called for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces in Vietnam.
E
40.__________ Intended to limit future President ability to wage war.
44.____
F
42____
H
C
41. ____
V Map
A. Gulf of Tonkin
A
43____
B. Cambodia
C. Laos
D. 17th Parallel
E. Saigon
47____
D
F. Hanoi
48____
G
46____
B
G. Ho Chi Minh Trail
49____
I
H. North Vietnam
I. South Vietnam
45____
E
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IV. Using the Chart please answer the following questions:
50. According to the Chart, what year had the highest amount of US soldiers in
Vietnam?
1968
51. According to the chart, what year saw the greatest increase of U. S. soldiers in
1966
1965 to _______
Vietnam? From ______
52. What year did significant escalation begin in Vietnam?
53. Who was the President?
LBJ
54. What year did Vietnamization begin?
55. Who was President?
1964
1969
Nixon
56. According to the chart when were all US soldiers out of Vietnam?
1973
VII.- Read the following statement by delivered by John Kerry to the Senate in 1971. Answer
"I would like to talk about the feelings these men carry with them after coming back from Vietnam. The
country doesn't realize it yet but it has created a monster in the form of thousands of men who have been
taught to deal and trade in violence and who are given the chance to die for the biggest nothing in history men who have returned with a sense of anger and betrayal that no one so far has been able to grasp. We are
angry because we feel we have been used in the worst fashion by the administration of this country.”
"We are probably angriest about all that we were told about Vietnam and about the mystical war against
communism. We found that not only was it a civil war, an effort by people who had for years been seeking
their liberation from any colonial influence whatsoever, but also we found that the Vietnamese whom we
had enthusiastically molded after our own image were hard put to take up the fight against the threat we
were supposedly saving them from. We found most people didn't even know the difference between
communism and democracy. They only wanted to work in rice paddies without helicopters strafing them and
bombs with napalm burning their villages and tearing their country apart. They practiced the art of survival
by siding with whichever military force was present at a particular time, be it Viet Cong, North Vietnamese,
or American.”
"We found that all too often American men were dying in those rice paddies for want of support from their
allies. We saw firsthand how monies from American taxes were used for a corrupt dictatorial regime. We
saw that many people in this country had a one-sided idea of who was kept free by our flag, and blacks
provided the highest percentage of casualties. We saw Vietnam ravaged equally by American bombs and
search-and-destroy missions, as well as by Viet Cong terrorism, and yet we listened while this country tried
to blame all of the havoc on the Viet Cong. We rationalized destroying villages in order to save them. We saw
America lose her sense of morality as she accepted very coolly a My Lai and refused to give up the image of
American soldiers who hand out chocolate bars and chewing gum. We learned the meaning of free-fire
zones, shooting anything that moves, and we watched while America placed a cheapness on the lives of
Orientals."
Use John Kerry’s statement to answer questions 57 through 59
57. Which argument below would John Kerry agree with?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The war in Vietnam was a Civil War
The United States should extend the war in Cambodia and North Vietnam
The war was necessary to stop communism and the domino theory
The people of South Vietnam wanted us there to protect them.
58. Kerry claims all but which of the following?
a. Americans lost their morality in Vietnam and they accepted My Lai
b. American Tax money supported a corrupt regime in South Vietnam
c. The actions of the Vietcong were worse than U.S. “search and destroy” missions and
bombs
d. That African Americans provided the highest percentage of casualties
59. According to John Kerry, who did the South Vietnamese side with?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Americans
Vietcong
North Vietnamese
Who ever was present at the time
60. The 1973 cease-fire agreement resulted in which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Withdraw of U.S. forces
Stoppage of fighting between the South Vietnamese government and Vietcong
Reunification of Vietnam under democracy
Removal of North Vietnamese forces
All of the above
61. Which statement is not true regarding the Watergate scandal?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Nixon attempted to cover up the break-in of the Democratic headquarters
Nixon resigned instead of facing impeachment and termination
President Ford pardoned Nixon
Nixon went to prison
62. All but which were a result of the Vietnam war and Watergate scandal.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Attempt by Congress to restrict Presidential War making powers (War Powers Act 1973)
Lack of trust and confidence in the President by both the People and the Congress
Continuation of the military draft
Vietnam Syndrome- assessing the possible risk before sending in the military