End Of The Vietnam War

Question 1

How many US aircraft were destroyed?

Answer 1

3,500

Question 2

What was the average age of US soldiers?

Answer 2

19

Question 3

How many tonnes of napalm was dropped on South Vietnam?

Answer 3

20,000

Question 4

How long did US soldiers have to serve for?

Answer 4

1 year

Question 5

What percentage of soldier deaths were due to accidents, drug abuse, suicide and murder?

Answer 5

18%

Question 6

What fraction of US bombs hit South Vietnam?

Answer 6

2/3

Question 7

What percentage of soldiers were younger than 21?

Answer 7

61%

Question 8

What percentage of US soldier casualties were caused by booby traps?

Answer 8

11%

Question 9

How much money did the Viet Cong and North Vietnam receive from The USSR and China?

Answer 9

$2 billion

Question 10

What guns did the Viet Cong use?

Answer 10

AK47

Question 11

What did the Viet Cong do which limited the US air support?

Answer 11

‘Hang onto American belts’

Question 12

How long were the Viet Cong tunnels?

Answer 12

240km

Question 13

What percentage of casualties were black Americans?

Answer 13

22%

Question 14

What percentage of the Army was made up of Black Americans?

Answer 14

11%

Question 15

In the first 6 months of 1968, how many demonstrations with how many students were there at Berkeley, Yale and Stanford Universities?

Answer 15

100 demonstrations by 40,000 students

Question 16

Protests phrase:

Answer 16

“Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids did you kill today?”

Question 17

How many students protested in May 1970 at Kent State University?

Answer 17

3,000

Question 18

How many students were shit dead and injured during the Kent state University protest?

Answer 18

4 were shot dead and 16 were injured

Question 19

How many students went on strike as a result of the Kent State shooting?

Answer 19

4 million

Question 20

How many money was the US spending per year on Vietnam?

Answer 20

$20 billion

Question 21

How many US helicopters were destroyed?

Answer 21

5,000 ($250,000 each)

Question 22

How much money did the US spend on the war?

Answer 22

$110 billion

Question 23

How much did the US spend on the war per second?

Answer 23

$2,000 per second for 10 years

Question 24

How much did it cost to kill 1 Viet Cong soldier?

Answer 24

$400,000

Question 25

What was the name of the (very expensive) bombing campaign?

Answer 25

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 26

When did Nixon become president?

Answer 26

January 1969

Question 27

What did Nixon say he wanted for the US in terms of the Vietnam war?

Answer 27

“Peace with honour”

Question 28

What was Vietnamisation?

Answer 28

The withdrawal of US forces and replacing them with South Vietnamese forces (ARVN)

Question 29

Which invasion by North Vietnam failed in 1972?

Answer 29

Spring Offensive

Question 30

Name a pro-war song?

Answer 30

“The ballad of the green berets” by Haggard

Question 31

What percentage of TV shoes dead or wounded?

Answer 31

25%

Question 32

How many Tv reports out of 2,300 showed heavy fighting?

Answer 32

76

Question 33

How many people watched the live execution of a Viet Cong soldier after the Tet Offensive?

Answer 33

20 million

Question 34

How many civilians were killed in the My Lai massacre?

Answer 34

300-400

Question 35

How many people protested in Washington DC in 1969 because of the My Lai Massacre?

Answer 35

700,000

Question 36

In 1973 what fraction of discharges were “less than honourable”

Answer 36

1/5

Question 37

What did Muhammad Ali do?

Answer 37

Burned his draft and declared himself a conscientious objector and refused military service

Question 38

What were the consequences for Muhammad Ali’s actions?

Answer 38

Had his boxing titles taken away and had a criminal conviction and 5 year prison sentence ( overturned later by US Supreme Court )

Question 39

What does VVAW stand for?

Answer 39

Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Question 40

When was the VVAW founded?

Answer 40

1967

Question 41

What happened in December 1970 with the VVAW?

Answer 41

The “winter soldier” investigations ( testifying to things that happened against the Vietnamese civilians )

Question 42

What dates were the watergate scandal?

Answer 42

1972-1974

Question 43

When was the break in on watergate?

Answer 43

June 1972

Question 44

When was Nixon running for re-election?

Answer 44

1972

Question 45

What does CRP stand for?

Answer 45

Nixon’s Committee to Re-elect the President

Question 46

What happened in October 1972?

Answer 46

The FBI discovered there was illegal spying and sabotage and that the break in was just a larger campaign conduct of behalf of CRP

Question 47

What had Nixon done?

Answer 47

Secretly taped every conversation that took place in the Oval Office

Question 48

When did Nixon release the tapes?

Answer 48

August 1974

Question 49

When was Nixon re-elected?

Answer 49

1972

Question 50

What was the tape known as that served as indisputable evidence that Nixon had taken part in the cover up?

Answer 50

“Smoking gun”

Question 51

When did Nixon resign because he was facing impeachment?

Answer 51

August 1974

Question 52

What percentage aid reduction did South Vietnam face due to increasing political issues in The Us during 1973-1974?

Answer 52

50%

Question 53

When we’re the first Paris Peace talks?

Answer 53

May 1969

Question 54

Why were there issues with the peace talks?

Answer 54

North Vietnam refused to recognise the government of South Vietnam

Question 55

When did the secret negotiations begin and how long did they last?

Answer 55

In August 1969 and lasted for 3 years

Question 56

When was a treaty drafted?

Answer 56

October 1972

Question 57

Who was the leader of South Vietnam?

Answer 57

Thieu

Question 58

When we’re the Paris Peace Accords signed?

Answer 58

January 1873

Question 59

When was Operation Frequent Wind?

Answer 59

April 1975 (evacuation by helicopter)

Question 60

When did North Vietnam announce the creation of a united leadership?

Answer 60

April 1975

Question 61

When did Thieu resign and flee to Taiwan?

Answer 61

April 1975