Vietnam Quiz

What was the role of the United States in regards to Vietnam from the years 1955-60? (under President Eisenhower)

• Intense military bombing campaigns

• Advisory role; sending military supplies and money

• Transporting thousands of U.S. soldiers to the Vietnam region

• Fierce debating in Congress over the proper path to take in Vietnam

Why did the Second Indochina War start in 1956?

• It was a war between Vietnam and France over Vietnamese independence

• It was a civil war between North and South Vietnam over control of post-colonial Vietnam

• It was a war between North Vietnam and the United States

• It was a war between the United States and France over Vietnamese independence

All of these were part of the Geneva Accords EXCEPT

• French withdrawal of its troops in Vietnam

• Independence for Cambodia and Laos

• the division of Vietnam at the 17th parallel

• Formation of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

 

The Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.

 

What was the significance of this resolution?

• Congress showed its support for a policy of isolationism

• Congress denied the President the revenues he needed to fight a war in Vietnam

• Congress provided the President with new constitutional powers to declare war

• Congress authorized the President to take military action in South Vietnam

During World War 2, who took over French Indochina?

• Korea

• the United States

• Thailand

• Japan

Why was SEATO established?

• To make Southeast Asia a free trade zone

• To provide economic assistance to fight terrorism in Southeast Asia

• To block further Communist gains in Southeast Asia

• To support the Vietnamese independence movement

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

• Ho Chi Minh Trail

• Bataan Line

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Wall

Who was the leader of South Vietnam until he was executed in 1963?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

• Ngo Dinh DIem

• Chiang Kai Shek

Why was the Vietnam War also known as the “living room war”?

• it exposed the American public to the horrors of war more directly than ever before through television news broadcasts

• it was censored  (restricted) by the American government to show only positive aspects of the war on television

• it turned TV war correspondents into media stars who dominated the news for years to come

• it spread antiwar propaganda to American households through TV with the goal of ending U.S. involvement

What was the major reason the U.S. got involved in Vietnam?

• Vietnam had very rich natural resources that the US wanted to use

• South Vietnam was a “domino” that the U.S. couldn’t afford to lose if it wanted to contain communism in Southeast Asia

• The U.S. thought that keeping North Vietnam free of communism would prevent all of Europe from being dominated by the Soviets

• Keeping North and South Vietnam separated at the 38th parallel would establish a stable region in Asia