Vietnam War 2021

Where is Vietnam?

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

Who did Vietnam want independence from?

• Spain

• France

• England

Leader of North Vietnam, Communist

• Ho Chi Mnh

• Ngo Diem

• Nikita Khrushchev

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

During the mid-1960s, U.S. participation in the Vietnam War resulted in -

• national attention for a third-party presidential candidate

• mass demonstrations by groups protesting the war

• mandatory rationing of consumer goods

• public support for an expanded military draft

Which two tragic events added to the negative image of the war? 

• Kent State and Mi Lai
• Tet and Ir Drang
• MLK and RFK assassination 
• Laos and Cambodia bombings

In 1975 the war ends as the last Americans evacuate Saigon and the city falls to the Communists.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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

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