Vietnam Quiz

Which box lists characteristics of the 1960s?

• F

• G

• H

• J

The Vietnamese Communists were known as-

• Mccarthy

• Viet Cong

• National Liberation Front

• Operation Rolling Thunder

What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

• It established a committee to hunt down suspected communists.

• It allowed hippies to burn their draft cards.

• It gave President Johnson broad war-making powers and a "blank check" to do what he saw fit in Vietnam.

• It punished those involved in the CIA "Secret War" ini Laos.

What was the primary motive for the U.S. government's policy of supporting the government of South Vietnam?

• Encouraging the spread of economic prosperity.

• Preventing the spread of infectious disease.

• Containing the spread of communism.

• Promoting the spread of democracy

What was the Tet Offensive?

• a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam

• The turning point of the war in which South Vietnam and American forces began to win.

• A law that limits the President's authority to send troops during wartime.

• The people who supported the war in Vietnam, but remained silent about it.

Vietnamization was the plan of-

• The surrender of North Vietnam communist forces to American forces

• educating the American public about the Vietnam War

• increasing the amount of troops sent to Vietnam

• withdrawing U.S. troops from Vietnam

As part of the Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military-

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops.

• shared military technology with North Vietnam.

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam.

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam.

During the time between the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the start of the Tet Offensive, what happened in the Vietnam War?

• All U.S. civilians were evacuated from Vietnam.

• Peace talks between South Vietnam and North Vietnam were conducted in Paris.

• The U.S. government deployed more troops to Vietnam.

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.

What year did the Vietnam War end?

• 1969

• 1971

• 1972

• 1975

What were some ways the hippies (youth counterculture) protested against the Vietnam War? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Public Demonstrations

• Lunch Counter Sit Ins

• Freedom Rides

• Burning Draft Cards

• Public Transportation Boycotts