Mod. 25: The Vietnam War

1. _______________ was the Communist Party leader of IndoChina after WWII. He led the Vietnamese people against the French and then the North Vietnamese against the United States during the Vietnam War

• Dien Bien Phu

• Viet Cong

• Hubert Humphrey

• Ho Chi Minh

The "_______________" refer to secret government documents published in 1971 revealing the U.S. government had misled the American people about the Vietnam War.

• Geneva Accords

• Pentagon Papers

• War Powers Act

• Strategic Hamlet Program

This piece of legislation was designed to curtail the President's power. It required Congress to be notified within 48 hours of deploying troops and said the President had to gain Congress' approval to stay longer than 90 days.

• Tet Offensive

• Domino Theory

• War Powers Act

• Strategic Hamlet Program

The '________________' were the guerrilla soldiers of the Communist faction in South Vietnam. They were also known as the National Liberation Front.

• Viet Cong

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Tet Offensive

This was a massive surprise attack by the Viet Cong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early, 1968.

• Viet Minh

• Ho Chi Minh

• Search and destroy

• Tet Offensive

Which President advanced the 'Domino Theory' in the 1950's to justify why the U.S. needed to be involved in the war in Vietnam?

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

• Johnson

• Nixon

Which of the following countries occupied Vietnam on two separate occasions throughout the 20th century?

• China

• Japan

• France

• United States

Nixon claimed to have a percentage of Americans who supported his approach to the Vietnam War which he referred to as the '________________.'

• Democrats

• Nighthawks

• Silent majority

• Republicans

_______________ was the name of the first U.S. air campaign directed at defeating North Vietnam in 1965.

• Operation Hearts and Minds

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Operation Peace and Honor

• Operation Search and Destroy

______________ had the largest influence on shaping the U.S. popular opinion of the war in Vietnam.

• The media

• The U.S. government

• Anti-war protests

• The North Vietnamese