Quiz 2 - Conflict in Indochina

Select the correct order of US Presidents.

• JFK, Eisenhower, LBJ, Nixon

• Nixon, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ

• Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon

• Nixon, LBJ, JFK, Eisenhower

What does the term escalation mean?

• moving staircase used as transportation between floors or levels in subways, buildings, and other mass pedestrian areas.

• an increase in the intensity or seriousness of something; an intensification.

• a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.

• (of an emotion or feeling) affect someone powerfully and suddenly.

What year did the Second Indochinese War begin?

• 1954

• 1968

• 1964

• 1972

Which part of Vietnam is the RVN?

• North

• South

Which part of Vietnam is the DRV?

• North

• South

What is celebrated during Tet?

• Lunar New Year

• Christmas

• Chinese New Year

• Easter

Both the United States and China continued to increase their financial and military support to areas of Vietnam during the Second Indochinese War?

• True

• False

According to US Assistant Secretary of Defense John T McNaughton, what percentage of US aims was concerned with avoiding international humiliation.

• 20%

• 35%

• 60%

• 70%

Which army was concerned with winning over the 'hearts and minds' of the Vietnamese people?

• Viet Cong

• US-ARVN

• NVA

General Westmoreland believed the war would be won through a War of...

(a)