Escalation of Vietnam War Brainscape

Question 1

1.What group did Ho Chi Minh form to fight the Japanese and then the French?

Answer 1

Viet Minh

Question 2

2. How much money did the US provide to France to fight against the communists?

Answer 2

$500 million per year

Question 3

3. What was the name of the battle lost by the French in 1954?

Answer 3

Dien Bien Phu

Question 4

4. What agreement was signed in 1954 which split Vietnam in half along the 17th parallel?

Answer 4

The Geneva Agreement

Question 5

5. Who was put in place to rule the Republic of South Vietnam?

Answer 5

Diem

Question 6

6. What three reasons were there for why he was disliked?

Answer 6

Harsh to peasants, treated Buddhists badly and corrupt.

Question 7

7. Which 66 year old monk burnt himself to death in protest?

Answer 7

Thich Quang Duc

Question 8

8. How much money did the USA give the corrupt Republic of South Vietnam in the 1950s?

Answer 8

$1.6 billion

Question 9

9. What organisation was set up in 1960 to fight against the corrupt government of the south?

Answer 9

The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (Viet Cong)

Question 10

10. What did JFK introduce in 1962 aimed at keeping the peasants away from Communism?

Answer 10

The Strategic Hamlet Relocation Programme

Question 11

11. How many non-military advisors were there in Vietnam by 1962 and 1964?

Answer 11

11,500 and 23,000

Question 12

12. Where were US boats attacked by the Viet Cong in August 1964?

Answer 12

The Gulf of Tonkin

Question 13

13. How many US marines arrived at Da Nang in March 1965?

Answer 13

3500

Question 14

14. What was the name of the theory which thought that Vietnam becoming Communist might lead to other countries also falling to Communism?

Answer 14

Domino Theory

Question 15

15. How many soldiers did the VC and NVA have by 1965?

Answer 15

170,000

Question 16

16. What was the tactics called where the VC stayed close to US troops to reduce the impact of bombing?

Answer 16

Hanging on to American belts

Question 17

17. What percentage of US casualties were caused by VC booby traps?

Answer 17

11 percent

Question 18

18. How long were the tunnel complexes used by the VC?

Answer 18

240km

Question 19

19. How many Vietnamese civilians provided supplies for the VC by using the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

Answer 19

40,000

Question 20

20. What was the total amount of aid provided to the North Vietnamese by China and the USSR?

Answer 20

$2 billion

Question 21

21. What was the name of the bombing campaign that started in February 1965?

Answer 21

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 22

22. How many US helicopters were destroyed?

Answer 22

5000

Question 23

23. How much did it cost, according to Life Magazine, to kill one Viet Cong?

Answer 23

$400,000

Question 24

24. How many tonnes of Napalm were dropped between 1965-73?

Answer 24

20,000

Question 25

25. How many litres of Agent Orange were used during the war?

Answer 25

82 million litres

Question 26

26. What percentage of US casualties were caused by booby traps?

Answer 26

11 percent

Question 27

27. What were search and destroy missions informally known as?

Answer 27

Zippo raids

Question 28

28. What was the name of the village which witnessed the massacre of 400 people in March 1968?

Answer 28

My Lai

Question 29

29. Who was put in prison as a result of this massacre?

Answer 29

Lt Calley

Question 30

30. How many people protested against the massacre, in Washington, in November 1969?

Answer 30

700,000

Question 31

31. What was the name of the Viet Cong attack on 100 targets in January 1968?

Answer 31

Tet Offensive

Question 32

32. How many Viet Cong died in this attack?

Answer 32

10,000

Question 33

33. Which CBS journalist reported after this attack that “Vietnam is an unwinnable war”?

Answer 33

Walter Cronkite

Question 34

34. How many Vietnamese civilians died in 1968 mainly as a result of bombing raids?

Answer 34

300,000