vietnam

During the Vietnam War, President Nixon ordered the bombing of Viet Cong supply lines in which country?

• Burma

• Japan

• Thailand

• Cambodia

While the Tet Offensive was considered a military victory for the U.S., it is most significantly remembered as

• the event that caused a shift in public opinion against Vietnam.

• the event that caused a shift in public opinion for Vietnam.

• a mass casualty event for the United States.

• the end of the Vietnam War.

Who was the leader of North Vietnam?

• Le Duc Tho
• Ngo Deinh Diem
• Ho Chi Minh
• Vo Nguyen Giap

What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?

• Domino theory
• MAD theory
• Containment theory
• China Syndrome

Why did the U.S. support French colonial rule of Vietnam after WWII?

• to stop Vietnam from becoming communist
• the U.S. likes colonies, even French ones
• the French promised to support American colonies
• China promised to stay out of Vietnam because of France

What event prompted the US Congress to give Lyndon Johnson the power to wage war in Vietnam?

• The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
• The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam.
• The "attacks" on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• Soviet and Chinese support of Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam.

What was the American reaction to the invasion of the war into Cambodia?

• Citizens got behind the war for the first time
• there was a new storm of protest
• there was an increase in military enlistments
• nothing changed

Why did America invade Cambodia even though we were trying to get OUT of the Vietnam War?

• To cut supply routes 
• To stop Communism in Cambodia
• Both
• Neither

Which president took office in January 1969?

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon Johnson

• Robert Kennedy

• Henry Kissinger

The bombing of Cambodia was seen as an alternative to bombing...?

• South Vietnam

• North Vietnam

• China

• Soviet Union