The Vietnam War

Question 1

When did the assassination of Robert Kennedy take place

Answer 1

1968

Question 2

Richard Nixon asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf resolution

Answer 2

False; Lyndon Johnson

Question 3

The commander of the US forces in Vietnam

Answer 3

William Westmoreland

Question 4

the main purpose of the War Powers Act was to

Answer 4

restrict the power of the president

Question 5

the US invasion of Cambodia took place in 1968

Answer 5

false; 1970

Question 6

aginst whom did the ARVN fight

Answer 6

North Vietnam

Question 7

Alabama governor best known for his pro-segregation attitudes during the Civil Rights movement

Answer 7

George Wallace

Question 8

After WWII, the US aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam

Answer 8

France

Question 9

Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory

Answer 9

If one country falls to communism, others in the region will fall, too

Question 10

South Vietnamese president that was Catholic and strongly opposed communism

Answer 10

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 11

The place that the final battle took place that forced the French out of Vietnam

Answer 11

Diem Bien Phu

Question 12

North Vietnam was enabled to send troops and supplies to South Vietnam by:

Answer 12

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 13

When was MLK Jr assassinated

Answer 13

1968

Question 14

Democratic candidate, Hubert Humphery was guaranteed the party’s nomination before the national before the national took place

Answer 14

true

Question 15

___ set off the first general student strike in US history

Answer 15

The invasion of Cambodia

Question 16

A public distrust of statements made by the government was called the ___

Answer 16

credibility gap

Question 17

Replaced Robert McNamara and LBJ’s Secretary of Defense in 1968 as mcNamara becomes opposed to the Vietnam War

Answer 17

Clark Clifford

Question 18

Why did congress pass the War Powers Act

Answer 18

to limit the presidents authority to wage war

Question 19

the TET Offensive took place in 1968

Answer 19

true

Question 20

____ was/were most effective in convincing the American Public that the war was not winnable

Answer 20

the TET Offensive

Question 21

The primary reason the United States was in Vietnam was

Answer 21

containing the spread of communism

Question 22

a massacre of hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers during the Vietnam War

Answer 22

My Lai

Question 23

which administration’s efforts to mislead the American people were revealed by the publication of the Pentagon Papers

Answer 23

Lyndon Johnson

Question 24

An organization of Vietnamese communists and other nationalists groups that between 1946 and 1954 fought for Vietnamese independence from the French

Answer 24

Vietminh

Question 25

A peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam, and non-communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956

Answer 25

Geneva Accords

Question 26

A group of Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam war

Answer 26

Vietcong

Question 27

1968 democratic candidate for President who ran to succeed incumbent Lyndon baines Johnson on an anti-war platform

Answer 27

Eugene McCarthy

Question 28

President Nixon policy of replacing American military forces with those of South Vietnam

Answer 28

Vietnamization

Question 29

Americans who opposed the Vietnam War vs. Americans who supported the Vietnam War respectively

Answer 29

Doves Hawks