Unit 12: Vietnam Question Preview (ID: 63195)


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The United States sent troops to Vietnam in the 1960s to defend South Vietnam from __________.
a) Communist forces
b) European colonists
c) German invasion
d) Political unrest

_______ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.
a) The Ho Chi Minh Trail
b) The Fall of Diem Bien Phu
c) The strategic hamlet program
d) Operation Rolling Thunder

Even though Vietnam won its independence from France, Ho Chi Minh wasn't satisfied because he wanted this for Vietnam:
a) Unification
b) Joining the United Nations
c) Freedom from China
d) A rejection of Communism

North Vietnam and South Vietnam were divided between what type of governments?
a) Communism in the north and democracy in the south .
b) Communism in the south and democracy in the north.
c) Democracy in the west and communism in the east.
d) Constitutional monarchy in the north and communism in the south.

Vietnam city where the US Embassy was attacked during the cease fire of the Vietnam War.
a) Tokyo
b) Seoul
c) Saigon
d) Raleigh

The TET offensive took place during
a) Christmas
b) New Years
c) a visit by the President
d) the summer months

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
a) was claimed by President Johnson as legal authorization for the military involvement in Vietnam.
b) limited President Johnson to a one-time retaliatory bombing strike
c) involved an incident in the Pacific Ocean with US and Soviet naval ships
d) was a hurricane disaster that led to military conflict

What was the name of Ho Chi Minh's rebel guerilla army in South Vietnam?
a) Viet Cong
b) Viet Minh
c) Al Qaeda
d) Minh Guerilla Army

The final result of the Vietnam Conflict can best be described as:
a) A failure of containment
b) A widespread, global conflict
c) A success in terms of goals reached
d) A tough US victory over Communism

One difference between World War II and the Vietnam War is that the Vietnam War
a) caused a significant amount of protest in the United States
b) involved direct armed conflict with China
c) was formally declared a war by Congress
d) was a decisive military victory for the United States

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