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- 1. Multiple Choice
In a program introduced by Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese peasants were moved to special fortified villages called ______________________________ to protect them and prevent them from aiding the Vietcong.
strategic hamlets
refugee camps
salvation huts
- 2. Multiple Choice
By 1968 the nation seemed to be divided into two camps: the "doves" who wanted to withdraw from Vietnam and the "____________________" who wanted to stay and fight.
hawks
doves
soldiers
- 3. Multiple Choice
The massive surprise attack in 1968 during ____________________, the Vietnamese New Year, became a turning point in the Vietnam War.
Tet
Vietcong
Christmas
Ramadan
- 4. Multiple Choice
In political terms Kennedy needed to appear tough on communism since Republicans often accused Democrats of having lost ____________________ to communism during the Truman administration.
China
Korea
Taiwan
Japan
- 5. Multiple Choice
American cynicism grew with the Vietnam War and the ____________________ scandal, making Americans more wary of their leaders.
Watergate.
Deflate-gate
War on Drugs
Cold War
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Vietminh formed initially in Vietnam to
create a Communist government.
win independence from France.
create a pro-Western government.
win independence from Japan..
- 7. Multiple Choice
A main reason President Johnson refused to order a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam was his fear that it would
bring China into the war.
strengthen the North Vietnamese will to fight..
result in a staggering loss of American lives..
horrify the American public, ruining him politically..
- 8. Multiple Choice
In 1968 antiwar protesters and police clashed outside the
Democratic National Convention.
White House..
Republican National Convention..
Lincoln Memorial..
- 9. Multiple Choice
For which U.S. presidents was the Vietnam War a chief concern?
Kennedy and Johnson
Johnson and Nixon
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon
Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
- 10. Multiple Choice
This passage describes an incident in the Vietnam War in which
deadly missiles flew horizontally.
bombs made it necessary for U.S. troops to follow trails.
deadly silent traps hung waiting for U.S. troops.
warfare followed predictable routes.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why were so many people voicing their displeasure with U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
Women wanted to join combat troops in Vietnam.
President Johnson seemed completely uninterested in the war’s progress.
Draft results were too skewed towards choosing Caucasians over minorities.
There was growing fear that the U.S. government was not being truthful with the people about the war’s progress.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What can you infer about the significance of the Christmas bombings, based on the time line above?
The prolonged bombings helped convince the North Vietnamese to agree to a cease-fire..
They prevented American soldiers from being evacuated more quickly.
The bombings made the territory more dangerous, which necessitated American troops staying longer.
Their timing was seen as sacrilegious and offensive to the Vietnamese.
- 13. Multiple Choice
After the United States ended its direct involvement in Vietnam, the North Vietnamese captured Saigon and united Vietnam under
Communist rule.
rule of the United Nations..
a democratic system..
nationalist rule..
- 14. Multiple Choice
What developed in the view of many Americans when, day after day, they saw images of wounded and dead Americans in Vietnam but were told the enemy was on the brink of defeat?
the need for teach-ins..
a credibility gap..
guerrilla warfare..
a domino theory.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The year 1968 saw a shocking political announcement, a pair of traumatic assassinations, and finally, a violent political convention in
New York..
Miami..
Chicago.
San Francisco..
- 16. Multiple Choice
Diem made himself even more unpopular by discriminating against one of the country’s most widely practiced religions,
Catholicism..
Judaism..
Buddhism.
Hinduism..
- 17. Multiple Choice
What troops returned to Vietnam in 1946 and drove the Vietminh’s forces into hiding in the countryside?
Japanese
French
Chinese
American
- 18. Multiple Choice
One impact of the Vietnam War is that it made Americans ____ to intervene in other nations’ problems.
refuse
reluctant.
thirsty
scared
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