Vietnam War

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

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

• television

• radio

• the Internet

The decline in public support for the Vietnam War included all of the following EXCEPT

• scenes of the carnage (wounded or dead soldiers) shown on television

• the space race

• the death of American soldiers

• protests calling for an end to the war

What was one outcome of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962?

• Cuba became a communist nation

• the United States seized military control of Cuba

• the Soviet Union withdrew its nuclear missiles from Cuba

• Fidel Castro met with President John F. Kennedy

The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 Missile Crisis are conflicts directly related to U.S. relations with which two nations?

• The Dominican Republic and Haiti

• Cuba and the Soviet Union

• China and Japan

• North Korea and South Korea

Who was the U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs?

• Ronald Reagan

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

• John F. Kennedy

Vietnam was a colony of what prior to WWll?

• United States
• China
• France
• Japan

Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong (named after the leader of North Vietnam)?

• Saigon Route

• Bataan Death March

• Trail of Tears

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

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

Who were the communists in South Vietnam?

• Vietminh
• Vietcong
• Ho Chi Minhions