Vietnam War Begins

These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north

• North Vietnamese Army
• Deferment
• Tet
• Viet Cong

He was the communist leader of North Vietnam

• Diem
• Johnson
• Ho Chi Minh
• Castro

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?

• Communist
• Democratic
• Socialist
• Monarchy

Who led the rebellion against France for Vietnam?

• Ngo Dihn Diem
• Ho Chi Minh
• President Kennedy
• Sui Chin

What country controlled Indochina prior to their independence?

• Britain
• France
• United States
• China

The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

• containment
• Good Neighbor policy
• isolationism
• Roosevelt Corollary

The physical conditions of Vietnam made fighting easy

• True

• False

Which U.S. president escalated the conflict in Vietnam by sending in the first ground troops in 1964?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard M. Nixon

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

• Vietnamization

• Communism

• Domino Theory

• Imperialism

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping