Second Test-- Sociology (Vietnam War) October 30 or Nov 2/15

Question 1

Define Cold War

Answer 1

State of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda and other measures short of open warfare (a war without arms).

Question 2

Who was the Cold War between

Answer 2

The Soviet block countries in the US flag western countries

Question 3

When did the Cold War start/stop

Answer 3

1945 to 1990

Question 4

What year is the Cold War go on in Vietnam

Answer 4

1955 to 1975

Question 5

Who is the Vietnam war originally between

Answer 5

The communist North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam

Question 6

What countries was the North Vietnam supported by

Answer 6

Other communist countries such as the peoples Republic of China and Soviet union

Question 7

What country supported the South Vietnam

Answer 7

Anti-Communist countries such as the US

Question 8

Did US lose or win the Vietnam war

Answer 8

They lost it, but not only do they lose the war in the country of Vietnam to the communist also lost prestige in the eyes of the world

Question 9

Define communism

Answer 9

A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class for and leading to a society in which all properties publicly owned in each person works and is paid according to their abilities

Question 10

Before World War II who did Vietnam belong to

Answer 10

It was a French colony

Question 11

During World War II who took control of Vietnam

Answer 11

The Japanese

Question 12

Who is the president of north Vietnam

Answer 12

Ho Chi Minh

Question 13

Who did the allies think that Vietnam belong to

Answer 13

The French

Question 14

Why did the allies refuse to help Ho Chi Minh

Answer 14

Because they were against communism and worried about is spreading through southeast Asia

Question 15

When did the US start sending help to the French in Vietnam

Answer 15

1950

Question 16

When and how did the American involvement in Vietnam begin

Answer 16

July 26, 1950, the president [harry Truman] authorize a 15 million-dollar military aid to the French

Question 17

Who is the leader of the communist forces in Vietnam

Answer 17

Ho Chi Minh

Question 18

Why and how was Vietnam divided? What was the dividing line between north and south Vietnam?

Answer 18

It was divided b/c some wanted to follow the communist countries, and other wanted to follow the democratic countries (like the US). It was divided into the north and south (communist and democratic). The diving line was the demilitarized zone.

Question 19

What minor incident in 1964 led to increased American military involvement in Vietnam

Answer 19

In the Gulf of Tonkin incident, North Vietnamese torpedo boats supposedly attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, off Vietnam, in a pair of assaults on August 2 and 4 of 1964. It was the basis for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which committed major American forces to the war in Vietnam.

Question 20

What conditions in factories me the war some dangers for American ground forces

Answer 20

The heat, jungle terrain (couldn’t see enemy)

Question 21

Why did American aid programs designed to help the Vietnamese often fail

Answer 21

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Question 22

Why and how did American forces destroy jungle foliage

Answer 22

They stripped the leaves off of the trees to be able to have a better visual of the enemy. They did this with chemicals dropped from planes

Question 23

How did the government of South Vietnam treat protesters reporters

Answer 23

They did not treat them well, there were many fights and arrests

Question 24

When did President Nixon begin to withdrawal American troops? What was the purpose of Nixon’s policy of “Vietnaminization”

Answer 24

1969- Strategy called Vietnamization that was aimed at ending American involvement in the Vietnam War (1954-75) by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam

Question 25

What happened in Kent state?

Answer 25

A massacre of 4 students were shot for peacefully protesting the Vietnam war.

Question 26

What was the most ‘heartbreaking tragedy’ of the war?

Answer 26

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Question 27

what was the announcement made by president ford in 1975?

Answer 27

Vietnam war officially ends, and the privacy act is signed (allowing privacy rights to all americans)

Question 28

What was Woodstock

Answer 28

What is most famous protests, I was a music festival for three days of peace and music

Question 29

What did Rolling Stone list Woodstock as

Answer 29

As well as 50 moments that changed history of rock ‘n’ roll

Question 30

Give some examples of the performers at Woodstock

Answer 30

Neil Young and Jimmy Hendrix

Question 31

How did the Vietnam [North] wipe out thousands of US soldiers

Answer 31

They fold a very old war manual was taught them how to become a force to be reckoned with while using limited resources. They also they also use also used tactics like creating booby-traps

Question 32

Give three examples of booby traps

Answer 32

Using snakes [leaving them in the tunnels and yelling them to doors which caused them to be angry and strike at soldiers closed bracket, number two is the explosives left at the base of flagpoles [when US one territory they would go tear down the flag but it would trigger an explosive that would kill them or grenade), and number three is the lighters [they would rate them to blow off the hand and this was a great example of how Vietnam knew there enemy]

Question 33

What was the tunnel system that the north Vietnam soldiers used to ambush the US soldiers and provide support in the form of manpower and material named

Answer 33

The Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 34

How did people in the US protest the war

Answer 34

Peacefully

Question 35

What evidence is there that we are all’s cyborgs now

Answer 35

We are always connected to technology and we are able to adapt or use technology environments that we really should be able to survive it

Question 36

What are the stages of the rights of passage

Answer 36

Segregation, transition or liminal stage, incorporation or reintegration