Vietnam War

Which European country had colonized Vietnam?

• England

• France

• United States of America

• Spain

_______________________ was a Vietnamese revolutionary leader.

• Mao Zedong

• Vladimir Lenin

• Fidel Castro

• Ho Chi Minh

Minh embraced __________________ in order to get support from the Soviets and Chinese to fight against the French.

• democracy

• socialism

• communism

• anarchy

The American Cold War of policy of "not letting communism spread" was referred to as...

• containment

• destruction

• restriction

• confinement

After the Vietminh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu...

• all of Vietnam was independent and communist

• Vietnam was split into communist East and democratic West

• Vietnam was absorbed by China

• Vietnam was split into democratic South and communist North

After the _____________________ Incident(s), President Johnson signed a resolution that allowed him to send American troops to Vietnam.

• Gulf of Tonkin

• South China Sea

• Gulf of Vietnam

• Bay of Bengal

American military leaders decided on ________________________, or sustained bombing campaigns, as a way to get North Vietnam to surrender.

• Operation Overlord

• Operation Paperclip

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Operation Desert Storm

The ______________ were communist rebels, loyal to Ho Chi Minh, using guerilla warfare against American forces in South Vietnam.

• Viet-minh

• Viet-cong

• North Vietnamese Army (NVA)

• Mujahedeen

After Rolling Thunder did not have the effect it was supposed to, U.S. troops performed operations in which they would look for and kill the enemy (while eliminating supplies) known as...

• "search and destroy"

• "napalm and nab"

• "hike and hide"

• "scope and subdue"

Once "search and destroy" missions started, American casualties...

• increased

• decreased

• stayed the same