Vietnam War Quiz

Belief that states that if a nation falls to communism surrounding countries will also fall?

• Containment

• Isolationism

• Domino Theory

• Nationalism

Lowered voting age to 18 years. Increased participation for 18 to 20 year olds in our government.

• 18th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

LBJ announced that North Vietnam had attacked a U.S. ship in the off the coast of North Vietnam. Which of these granted President Johnson the right to wage war in Vietnam?

• Gulf of Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• the Geneva Accords

• the Containment Degree

• the Fulbright Resolution

Who was the leader of the North Vietnamese in the Vietnam War? He later ruled Vietnam until his death in 1969.

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Pol Pot

• Nuguyen Giap

A chemical defoliant cleared the jungle of its vegetation to be able to see the enemy

• Napolm

• Agent Orange

• Fungicide

• Pesticide

Which European country had controlled Indochina but was forced out by 1954?

• Great Britain

• Spain

• United States

• France

Ho Chi Minh and the Communists controlled

• South Vietnam

• North Vietnam

• South Korea

• North Korea

Became a pro-Western, nation supported by the United States

• South Vietnam

• North Vietnam

• South Korea

• North Korea

In 1968 North Vietnamese troops attacked the South in a surprise daring attack on numerous cities. What was this attack, widely believed to be a turning point in the war, called?

• the demarcation

• the Tet Offensive

• the Christmas Attack

• the January Attack

A sticky, highly flammable gasoline based jelly that burned at 3,000 degrees was used

• Napolm

• Agent Orange

• Fungicide

• Pesticide