Vietnam/Nixon

How many troops were killed in the Vietnam Conflict? Pick the closest number to the correct answer.

• 7,000

• 75,000

• 28,000

• 58,000

What did the Pentagon Papers confirm?

• The government got money through fraud

• The election was rigged

• The government lied about the war

• Kennedy's assassination was a part of a larger conspiracy

This event led to vast escalation of the U.S. presence in Vietnam.

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The attack in the Gulf of Tonkin

• The battle of El Alamein

Which President gradually withdrew American troops from Vietnam?

• President Johnson

• President Kennedy

• President Nixon

• President Eisenhower

This supply line became the target of much of the U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War.

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• The Berlin Wall

• The Bataan Line

• The Iron Curtain

This counter attack surprise by the Viet Cong and Viet Minh led to a decreased in support for the Vietnam War.

• The Battle of the Bulge

• The Battle of Pleiku

• The Tet Offensive

• Battle of Khe Sanh

In the United States, television was instrumental in

• Promoting understanding between Americans and the Vietnamese

• Developing enthusiasm for the war effort in Vietnam

• Bringing the brutality of the war into people's living rooms

• Revealing the contents of classified military documents

The Vietnam War finally ended in 1875 when

• North Vietnam surrendered

• U.S. forces invaded Cambodia

• Nixon signed a peace treaty with North Vietnam

• North Vietnam gained control over all of Vietnam

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress

• Blocked further commitment of U.S. ground troops without Congressional approval

• Authorized President Johnson to take any measure needed to repel attacks on U.S. forces

• Called for both U.S. and North Vietnamese forces to withdraw from South Vietnam

• Condemned U.S. aggression against the people of Vietnam

The Tet Offensive of 1968 during the Vietnam War demonstrated that

• The army of south Vietnam was in control of the south

• The Vietcong were losing hope

• America was nowhere near winning the war

• A negotiated settlement was in the near future