Vietnam & 1970s Review

Who was the Northern Vietnamese political leader?

• Joseph Stalin

• Ho Chi Man

• Mao Zedong

• Kim Jong-il

What operation was used for bombing?

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Operation Desert Shield

• Operation Desert Storm

The Pentagon Papers revealed that

• Americans were winning the war in Vietnam

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

• American soldiers invaded East Germany

• 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

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

What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960s?

• WWII
• Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• WWI

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

• Naval Warfare

• Cheetah Warfare

• Hidden Warfare

• Guerrilla warfare

The United States experience in the Vietnam War supports the idea that the outcome of a war

• is determined mainly by technological superiority

• can be strongly affected by public opinion

• is dependent on using the greatest number of soldiers

• is assured to countries dedicated to democratic ideals

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.