The Vietnam War

The Pentagon Papers revealed that

• many more Americans had died in Vietnam than had been reported.

• American prisoners of war were being tortured in North Vietnamese prisons.

• American soldiers had massacred Vietnamese civilians at My Lai.

• the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam.

In 1970 what college protested the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, and resulted in the deaths of 4 college students?

• UC Berkley

• UCLA

• University of Wisconsin

• Kent State

In Vietnam the fighters used a irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?

• Vietnamese Warfare tactics
• Cheetah Warfare
• Hidden Warfare
• Guerrilla warfare

A major long-term effect of the Vietnam War has been

• an end to communist governments in Asia

• a change in United States foreign policy from containment to imperialism

• a unwillingness to commit United States troops for extended military action abroad

• a continued boycott of trade with Asia

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress

• The Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress

• authorized President Johnson to take any measure needed to repel attacks on U. S. forces.

• called for both U. S. and North Vietnamese forces to withdraw from South Vietnam.

• condemned U. S. aggression against the people of Vietnam.

The village of My Lai was the site of:

• he largest battle of the Tet Offensive.

• a U. S. massacre of Vietnamese civilians.

• a North Vietnamese harbor mined by the U. S

• a Marine barracks bombed by the Vietcong.

Which is a valid conclusion based on United States involvement in the Vietnam War?

• The policy of containment was applied in Southeast Asia.

• United Nations economic sanctions are more effective than military action.

• The American people will support United States participation in any war, whether declared or undeclared.

• The Domino Theory was not a considerable factor to American involvement

What ship was destroyed in the Gulf of Tonkin that helped cause the Vietnam War?

• USS Maddox
• USS Arizona
• USS Maine
• HMS Lusitania

What line divided Vietnam into North and South?

• 17th Parallel

• 18th Parallel

• Peace Accord Line

• Geneva Accord Line

Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?

• Saigon Route
• Bataan Death March
• Trail of Tears
• Ho Chi Minh Trail