Vietnam War

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Spain

John F. Kennedy

• sent warships to bomb North Vietnam.

• decreased the war equipment being sent to South Vietnam.

• increased the number of military advisers in South Vietnam.

• sent soldiers to fight in North Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was

• a secret path which was used by the Viet Cong in Saigon.

• a supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries.

• the route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam.

• a supply line used by South Vietnam.

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

• Gulf of Thailand

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Pearl Harbor

• South China Sea

Which American president escalated the Vietnam War and did not run for re-election as a result of anti-war activities in the United States?

• Kennedy

• Nixon

• Truman

• Johnson

If one country falls to communism, the countries around would also fall to communism

• Vietnamization

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Gave the President expansive war powers

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Tet Offensive

• Kent State University

Which cause united many college students, civil rights activists, and labor union members during the 1960s?

• Opposing U.S. participation in the Vietnam War

• Expanding presidential use of executive privilege

• Protecting the world against climate change

• Using détente as a foreign policy with China

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

• Domino Theory

• Kent State University

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnamization