The Vietnam War

After the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954), the US took over fighting for this country in Vietnam:

• France

• Great Britain

• Portugal

• Spain

The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

• containment

• Good Neighbor policy

• isolationism

• Roosevelt Corollary

What best describes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

• Congress authorized Johnson to take any measures necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of security in southeast Asia

• Congress limited the President's power to wage war by restricting the methods of combat

• Congress forbade Johnson from using nuclear weapons in Vietnam unless "absolutely necessary"

• Congress ended the national draft due to public protests

South Vietnamese guerilla fighters; opposed Diem & supplied by Ho Chi Minh

• Viet Cong

• Vietminh

• Flying Tigers

• Indochinese

What effect did the geography of Vietnam have on fighting during the Vietnam War?

• Viet Cong forces took the fighting into the dense jungles where they could confuse the Americans.

• Viet Cong forces preferred to limitmost fighting to cities where they fought most effectively.

• American forces learned to keepthe fighting away from the jungles.

• American forces committed to fighting the war only from the air.

In Vietnam the fighters used an unconventional warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?

• Vietnamese warfare tactics

• Minh warfare

• hidden warfare

• guerrilla warfare

What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War as it showed the war was not close to being won?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• The Geneva Accords

• The Tet Offensive

• Operation Rolling Thunder

Which was a jellied gas that burned everything it came into contact with?

• napalm

• Agent Orange

• incendiary bombs

• M-16s

Which factor contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?

• Reelection of Lyndon Johnson

• Passage of the War Powers Act

• Graphic coverage by television news

• Propaganda films by antiwar protesters

Which was a defoliant used to kill the dense trees and vegetation that harbored the Viet Cong?

• napalm

• Agent Orange

• incendiary bombs

• M-16s