Vietnam War - Modern US History

Vietnam was divided along the...

• 17th Parallel

• 38th Parallel

• Yalu River

• 49th Parallel

The political leader Ho Chi Minh was

• Communist

• Capitalist

• Democratic

• Religious

President Diem was supported by

• China

• USA

• USSR

• Laos

One reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War was to...

• prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia

• reduce French influence in Vietnam

• stop China from seizing Vietnam

• support the government of North Vietnam

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed by Congress

• condemned U.S. aggression against the people of Vietnam.
• called for both U.S. and North Vietnamese forces to withdraw from South Vietnam.
• blocked further commitment of U.S. ground troops without congressional approval.
• authorized President Johnson to take any measure needed to repel attacks on U.S. forces.

An important element in shaping American attitude towards the war in Vietnam was

• the domino theory

• the open door policy

• self-determination of peoples

• natural rights

Lyndon Johnson gained authority to conduct the war in Vietnam with

• a congressional declaration of war

• the Vietnam Freedom Act

• the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• the War Powers Act

Vietnam was a colony of what prior to WWll?

• United States
• China
• France
• Japan

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

The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?

• The Great Society
• The New Deal
• The New Frontier
• The Square Deal