Vietnam Quiz

The Vietcong were

• On the side of the U.S. during the Vietnam War

• Enemy S. Vietnamese guerilla fighters backed by N. Vietnam

• Soviet Spies for N. Vietnam

• Cambodian rebels

One reason the Vietnam War was not a success was

• The lack of U.S. public support of the conflict

• President Johnson's tax evasion

• We used too many conventional bombing strategies

• The N. Vietnamese had many more allies joint the fight

A jelly-like substance that exploded and burned at very high temperatures used in Vietnam

• Agent Orange

• Petroleum substitate

• Napalm

• Yellow Fire

The idea that if one country fell to communism, others nearby would follow is called

• Containment

• Jenga Theory

• Communist expansion

• Domino Theory

Pres. Johnson received unprecedented power for the Vietnam War when Congress passed the

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• USS Maddox Resolution

• Tet Offensive

• Geneva Accords

Planes dropped large amounts of this herbicide in Vietnam to kill the food supply for the enemy

• Napalm

• Agent Orange

• My Lai

• Petroleum substitrate

Individuals who OPPOSED the Vietnam war were called

• Hawks

• Flowers

• Doves

• Pigeons

Vietnamization was...

• Nixon's plan to end the war and slowly withdraw troops

• Johnson's plan to help end poverty in the US

• Kennedy's plan to aid France in their war with Vietnam

• The influx of Vietnamese refugees into the US

Post-war req. that the president consult congress within 48 hrs of committing troops is called

• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• War Mongering Act of 1973

• The War Powers Act

• The Congressional Wartime Act

Which of the following does NOT belong as a reason for ending the Vietnam War?

• Success of Containment

• Incident at My Lai

• Opposition to Cambodia invasion

• Leaking of Pentagon Papers