Vietnam War Quiz

Question 1

election between kennedy and nixon. First election with a presidential debate that were broadcasted on tv

Answer 1

Election of 1960 and the role of television

Question 2

Kennedy was young and optimistic. Kennedy declared that “the torch has been passed to a new generation” and he wanted citizens to take a more active role in making the U.S a better place

Answer 2

Major themes of JFK’s inagural address

Question 3

when the U.S and the Soviets engaged in a race fighting for dominance of the heavens to enhance their competitive positions on Earth

Answer 3

Space Race

Question 4

When the U.S trained Cuban exiles (La Brigada) to invade cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. The invasion was a disaster and La Brigada’s ran aground coral reefs, Kennedy cancelled air support to keep U.S involvement a secret. Castro captured La Brigda’s members, and the event made the U.S look weak and unorganized.

Answer 4

Bay of Pigs invasion and the result

Question 5

when the Soviets put long ranged missiles stationed in Cuba which posed a threat to the U.S. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade in response. Then the U.S and Soviets made a deal that the Soviets would remove the missiles if the U.S promised not to invade Cuba and remove their missiles from Turkey near the Soviet Border.

Answer 5

Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was resolved

Question 6

A book that moved many people and inspired Johnson to make the elimination of Poverty a major policy goal in the U.S

Answer 6

How the book The Other America inspired President Johnson

Question 7

Johnson’s vision of a more perfect and equitable society the U.S could and should become. Johnson was inspired by FDR and the New Deal. These programs would provide relief for poor people, help college students get money, help public schools get funding, and create medicare and medicade

Answer 7

The Great Society and the inspiration behind it

Question 8

1. Programs didn’t work as well as people hoped
2. Programs grew too quickly and they were unmanageable and difficult to ways to replace non-renewable resources
3. people felt it intruded too much into their lives
4. not enough funding because a bunch of money was being used for the war in Vietnam

Answer 8

Criticisms of the Great Society

Question 9

A communist advocate who founded the indochinese communist party, and worked to overthrow french rule. He also organized vietminh which was a national group

Answer 9

Ho Chi Minh

Question 10

The belief that if Vietnam fell to communism the other nations of southeast Asia would too

Answer 10

Domino Theory

Question 11

irregular troops who usually blend into the civilian population and are often difficult for regular armies to fight

Answer 11

guerillas

Question 12

The South Vietnam leader who was anti communist

Answer 12

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 13

The northern guerilla army created by Ho Chi Minh. Their goal was to get rid of the South Vietnam government and unify vietnam as a communist country

Answer 13

Vietcong and their goal

Question 14

Eisenhower increased American aid and sent hundreds of military advisers to train South Vietnam’s army

Answer 14

What Eisenhower did as fighting began between the Vietcong and South Vietnam’s military

Question 15

Kennedy viewed south vietnam as vitally important in the battle against communism. Kennedy continued the nations policy of support for South Vietnam

Answer 15

How president kennedy viewed south vietnam and how he built on Eisenhower’s policy toward south vietnam

Question 16

Diem heavily discriminated against buddhist people which was a very popular religion in vietnam

Answer 16

why Ngo Dinh Diem was unpopular with many South Vietnamese people

Question 17

The battle of AP Bac showed that the U.S struggled to get the South Vietnamese fighters to trust the U.S. The South Vietnamese were also not motivated to fight and didn’t really care. These issues continued to arise as the war went on.

Answer 17

How the Battle of AP Bac represent some of the challenges the U.S would face in the years ahead.

Question 18

Johnson didn’t want the republicans to blame him for being soft on communism so he had a tough stance and if he lost Vietnam to communism he did not believe he would get reelected

Answer 18

How Politics played a role in President Johnson’s vietnam policy

Question 19

The resolution authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression. This affected congress because they had one less power that they were given and the president gained a power

Answer 19

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and how it affected the powers of Congress and the Presidency

Question 20

a chemical used by the U.S that strips leaves from trees and shrubs turning farmland and forest into wasteland

Answer 20

agent orange

Question 21

a trail northern vietnam used to send supplies and troops down south. the trail went through cambodia and laos and avoided the border between North and South Vietnam

Answer 21

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 22

When americans started doubting the accuracy of government reports from the Johnson administration about the war

Answer 22

credibility gap

Question 23

1. Some saw the conflict as a civil war and the U.S had no business participating
2. Some thought it was unjust to defend South Vietnam because it was a corrupt dictatorship
3. unfair draft system. There was generally more African Americans listed that white people, because white people who were in college could deffer being listed, and many black people could not afford college so they didn’t have the opportunity to defer.

Answer 23

reasons why people opposed the vietnam war

Question 24

People who wanted the U.S to get out of the war and stop fighting

Answer 24

Doves

Question 25

People who wanted the United States to keep fighting in the war

Answer 25

Hawks