Vietnam War

In the years after World War II, american presidents opposed the spread of communism in the world by supporting a policy called:

• containment

• isolation

• colonialism

President Lyndon B. Johnson greatly increased U.S. troop strength in Vietnam in the years after Congress:

• declared war on South Vietnam

• passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• approved the Marshall Plan

U.S. warplanes carried out air strikes against targets in:

• China

• North Vietnam

• Thailand

During the Vietnam War, U.S. forces usually won their battles, but North Vietnam:

• had a stronger navy

• continued to send in new troops

• was helped by soldiers in Laos and Cambodia

In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:

• South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong

• the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam

This country provided North Vietnam with war materials

• United States

• South Vietnam

• Soviet Union

This country surrendered to the communists at the end of the war

• South Vietnam

• North Vietnam

• United States

This country had about 2,700,000 men and women from this country fight in the war; about 58,000 died

• Vietnam

• Soviet Union

• United States

This country established the Ho Chi Minh Trail to supply the Viet Cong; later sent troops into South Vietnam

• Vietnam

• United States

• North Vietnam

This country became a communist nation soon after the Vietnam War ended

• Soviet Union

• Vietnam

• United States