Intro to the Vietnam War

Who were the communists in South Vietnam?

• Vietminh
• Vietcong
• Ho Chi Minhions

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

• containment
• Good Neighbor policy
• isolationism
• Roosevelt Corollary

What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?

• Domino theory
• MAD theory
• Containment theory
• China Syndrome

He was the communist leader of North Vietnam

• Diem
• Johnson
• Ho Chi Minh
• Castro

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Vietnamization 
• Communism
• Domino Theory
• Imperialism

Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?  

• United States
• China
• Japan 
• France

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?

• Communist
• Democratic
• Socialist
• Monarchy

Who led the rebellion against France for Vietnam?

• Ngo Dihn Diem
• Ho Chi Minh
• President Kennedy
• Sui Chin

What country controlled Indochina prior to their independence?

• Britain
• France
• United States
• China

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam
• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong
• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam
• to prevent attacks against United States shipping