The Vietnam War Years

Multiple Choice

(Review) Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

• Cold War

• Brinkmanship

Multiple Choice

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Vietnamization 

• Communism

• Domino Theory

• Imperialism

Multiple Choice

Who inherited the problem of Vietnam from Kennedy?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Lyndon Johnson

• Robert McNamara

Multiple Choice

The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam

• Geneva Accords

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Marshall Plan

• Operation Rolling Thunders

Multiple Choice

What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Battle Of Midway

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

Multiple Choice

What was Napalm?

• A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses

• A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing

• Another name for a flamethrower

• An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth

Multiple Choice

What was Agent Orange?

• Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions

• Term used to describe the South Vietnamese agents because they 

• A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses

• An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth

​The Tet Offensive was a major military campaign launched by the North Vietnamese during the Lunar New Year in 1968, which shocked the American public and significantly eroded support for the Vietnam War, as graphic television coverage revealed the extent of the fighting and contradicted government claims of imminent victory, leading to a widespread perception that the war was unwinnable and causing a major decline in public confidence in the Johnson administration; essentially marking a turning point in the war where many Americans began to question the rationale for US involvement in Vietnam.

​Tet made it clear that a U.S. victory in Vietnam was not imminent, and the American public's support began to wane.


After Tet, U.S. generals at the heart of the campaign asked to add to the more than 500,000 troops already in Vietnam, hoping to start a counteroffensive.

Multiple Choice

What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?

• The Geneva Accords

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• The Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin

Multiple Choice

Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.

• Vietminization

• Vietcong

• Internationalism

• Linkage

Multiple Choice

The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age to _____ years

• 18

• 21

• 25

• 26