Chapter 25 The Vietnam War

_____ Which of the following best explains the “silent majority”?

• The members of Congress who opposed the actions of each president during the Vietnam War years.

• The Americans who did not join in on the anti-Vietnam demonstrations and did not publicly criticize the government.

• The nations of the world that would not openly support or help our actions in Vietnam.

• The group of American university protestors who challenged American involvement in Vietnam.

_____ The United States used each of the following as attempted methods to stop the North Vietnamese advancement EXCEPT

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

• Nuclear weapons

• Search and destroy missions

_____ The Pentagon Papers revealed that

• many more Americans had died in Vietnam than had been reported.

• American soldiers had massacred Vietnamese civilians at My Lai.

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

• the government had not been completely honest with the public about Vietnam.

_____ After the United States withdrew from Vietnam, what happened?

• China invaded it and made it their colony.

• Japan invaded it and made it their colony.

• North Vietnamese communism spread throughout the entire country.

• South Vietnam was able to hold off the North and established a democracy that still holds today.

_____ With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution began the process of American escalation in the Vietnam conflict. What did Congress do?

• declared war on North Vietnam.

• committed to a limited war only.

• increased aid to South Vietnam.

• gave its war powers to the president.

_____ What was “Vietnamization”?

• The continuing bombing of North Vietnam using napalm.

• The process of turning over full control of the Vietnam War to the South Vietnamese.

• The process of getting supplies to help the South Vietnamese.

• The ability of the NVA to take several important South Vietnamese cities.

_____ Which of the following was NOT part of the War Powers Act?

• It gave Congress the power to declare war.

• Requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops in to action.

• Troops can only remain in conflict for 60 days without a Congressional declaration of war.

• Requires the president withdraw the troops if war is not declared.

_____ Why did the American military struggle with fighting in the Vietnam War?

• The United States was not able to keep their troops supplied.

• The terrain and ability of their enemy to blend in with the population made it difficult to defeat.

• The Soviets had given the North Vietnamese army better weapons and military support.

• The soldiers were not trained very well.

_____ Who appeared to be on his way to winning the Democratic nomination for president until he was gunned down on June 5, 1968, in a California hotel?

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• George Wallace

• Robert Kennedy

• Hubert Humphrey

_____ Which of the following presidents did NOT have to deal with the Vietnam conflict?

• President Kennedy

• President Johnson

• President Carter

• President Nixon