Foreign Developments: Developments in the Vietnam War under Johnson

Question 1

What year had Kennedy started sending military advisors to Vietnam?

Answer 1

1961

Question 2

How many military advisors were in Vietnam by 1963?

Answer 2

10,000

Question 3

What had happened to the leader of the democratic South Vietnam by November 1963?

Answer 3

They had been asassinated

Question 4

How did Johnson manage Vietnam for the rest of 1963 after Kennedy’s death?

Answer 4

He kept the military advisors in Vietnam

Question 5

How did Kennedy’s administration propose dealing with the Vietcong threat in relation to what they would do with South Vietnamese villagers?

Answer 5

The USA would put South Vietnamese villagers into guarded villages

Question 6

How did South Vietnamese villagers feel about the guarded village proposal?

Answer 6

They opposed it

Question 7

How many governments did the USA try to implement into South Vietnam from 1963 to 1964 after Diem?

Answer 7

7

Question 8

What happened to many South Vietnamese governments from 1963 to 1964 that the USA set up?

Answer 8

They were overthrown

Question 9

What Gulf in North Vietnam was the USS Maddox located in?

Answer 9

Gulf of Tonkin

Question 10

What year was the USS Maddox located in the Gulf of Tonkin?

Answer 10

1964

Question 11

What supposedly happened to the USS Maddox?

Answer 11

It was attacked by the Vietcong

Question 12

What was the reality of the USS Maddox attack?

Answer 12

It did not happen

Question 13

Despite the fake attack on USS Maddox, what resolution was created?

Answer 13

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 14

What year was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution created?

Answer 14

1964

Question 15

What percentage of Americans approved of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Answer 15

95%

Question 16

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allow?

Answer 16

It allowed the USA to help any South East Asian nations fight Communism

Question 17

What did the USA say about when they would end military intervention in South Vietnam?

Answer 17

When it was fully protected against communism

Question 18

What year did the Vietcong attack the USA helicopter base at Pleiku?

Answer 18

1965

Question 19

How did Johnson respond to the Pleiku attack?

Answer 19

He launched air strikes

Question 20

What did Johnson feel would happen to the global reputation of the USA if they stopped being involved in South Vietnam?

Answer 20

It would look like defeat

Question 21

In a secret report, what was 70% of the reason for the continuation of US intervention in South Vietnam?

Answer 21

To avoid global humilitaion

Question 22

In a secret report, what was 10% of the reason for the continuation of US intervention in South Vietnam?

Answer 22

To ensure the lives of South Vietnamese people were improved

Question 23

What trail did Johnson bomb in Vietnam?

Answer 23

Ho Chi Minh trail

Question 24

How many tons of bombs did Johnson use on the Ho Chi Minh trail?

Answer 24

3 million tons

Question 25

What was notable about the tonnage of bombs used on the Ho Chi Minh trail?

Answer 25

It was more tons of bombs than what the USA had used on Japan and Germany combined

Question 26

What was also bombed when the Ho Chi Minh trail was?

Answer 26

Other nations

Question 27

What percentage did Johnson's approval rating fall below in 1966?

Answer 27

Fell below 50%

Question 28

What year did Johnson decide to send 200,000 American ground troops into South Vietnam?

Answer 28

1965

Question 29

If most American troops in South Vietnam were not trained, how did they become troops?

Answer 29

They were conscripted

Question 30

What type of terrain did lots of South Vietnam consist of?

Answer 30

Jungle

Question 31

What was the issue for American troops in South Vietnam in relation to the jungle landscape?

Answer 31

They were unfamiliar with it

Question 32

What form of warfare did the Vietcong use against the USA?

Answer 32

Guerilla warfare

Question 33

How many kilometres long was an underground tunnel the Vietcong made?

Answer 33

300 kilometres

Question 34

How many American troops were in Vietnam by 1968?

Answer 34

500,000 troops

Question 35

When was the Tet Offensive? (To the month)

Answer 35

January 1968

Question 36

What did the Vietcong plan with the Tet Offensive?

Answer 36

They planned to attack South Vietnam during Lunar New Year celebrations

Question 37

How many troops did the Vietcong use in the Tet Offensive?

Answer 37

80,000

Question 38

Why were American troops able to push back the Vietcong in the Tet Offensive in relation to the location of the fights?

Answer 38

The fights were in urban areas

Question 39

What did the American media do during the Tet Offensive?

Answer 39

They recorded it

Question 40

What was done to Vietcong soldiers by the USA that was shown on American TV's?

Answer 40

American soldiers were killing Vietcong soldiers

Question 41

What did many Vietcong soldiers not get the right to having after being captured by the USA?

Answer 41

They did not get the right to a trial

Question 42

How did the American public feel about an end coming to the Vietnam war?

Answer 42

They felt it would not come to an end

Question 43

What did Johnson decide in 1968 due to opposition he faced with Vietnam?

Answer 43

He decided not to run in the 1968 election

Question 44

Which anti-war Democratic candidate campaigned for nomination as President in the 1968 election?

Answer 44

Robert Kennedy

Question 45

What happened to Robert Kennedy while he was campaigning for nomination?

Answer 45

He was assassinated

Question 46

What form of warfare was being fought between the USA and the Vietcong?

Answer 46

Asymmetric warfare

Question 47

What is Asymmetric warfare?

Answer 47

Where both sides of a war fight a war in different ways

Question 48

Name a close ally of the USA that refused to help them in the Vietnam War

Answer 48

Britain

Question 49

What were Americans who avoided the Vietnam War draft called?

Answer 49

Draft dodgers

Question 50

How did Americans dodge the Vietnam war draft?

Answer 50

They paid people off

Question 51

What cause were the Vietcong fighting for?

Answer 51

Communism

Question 52

What did many South Vietnamese individuals think about Communism?

Answer 52

They supported it

Question 53

Name a nation that supported the Vietcong during the Vietnam War

Answer 53

The USSR

Question 54

What was the age of many conscripted US soldiers?

Answer 54

20 years old

Question 55

What year did the My Lai massacre happen?

Answer 55

1968

Question 56

What happened in the My Lai massacre?

Answer 56

A group of US soldiers pillaged a South Vietnamese village

Question 57

How many South Vietnamese civilians were killed in the 1968 My Lai massacre?

Answer 57

300

Question 58

How many years of community service was the main offender in the My Lai massacre given?

Answer 58

3 years

Question 59

What year did American broadcasters televise the public execution of a Vietcong soldier in South Vietnam?

Answer 59

1968

Question 60

What year did the American public find out about the My Lai massacre?

Answer 60

1969

Question 61

How many people attended anti-war protests in 1964?

Answer 61

1000 people

Question 62

How many people attended anti-war protests in 1965?

Answer 62

8000 people

Question 63

In what year did 30,000 people attend anti-war protests?

Answer 63

1966

Question 64

How many people attended anti-war protests in 1967?

Answer 64

100,000 people

Question 65

When did Johnson start peace negotiations with North Vietnam? (To the month)

Answer 65

October 1968