Vietnam Test Review

Which of the following best describes the major guiding principle behind the foreign policies of Kennedy and Johnson?

• to keep European nations out of Latin America

• to stifle Asian trade to benefit European trade

• to make peace with the Soviet Union 

• to stop the spread of communism

How did television reporting on the Vietnam War affect American public opinion?

• Cultural exchange and commercial trade with Asian countries became national ideals.

• Heroism and combat stories about soldiers romanticized the war effort.

• It influenced patriotic fervor and ardent support for anti-communist foreign policy.

• It generated anti-war sentiment and massive protests against the conduct of the war.

What principle, described by President Eisenhower, became associated with American involvement in Southeast Asia? 

• Containment

• the domino theory

• Dividing Vietnam

• strengthening South Vietnam

One reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War was to

• prevent the spread of communism in Indochina

• reduce French influence in Vietnam

• stop China from seizing Vietnam

• support the government of North Vietnam.

How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution affect U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?

• Congress used the resolution to declare war on China and Vietnam.

• Congress prevented the president from using any force in Vietnam.

• President Nixon and his military advisors used the resolution to end the Vietnam War.

• President Johnson increased U.S. activities without the consent of Congress.

What strategy did President Johnson’s advisors Robert McNamara and  General Westmoreland insist was necessary to winning the war in Vietnam?

• withdrawing troops on the ground in favor of more surgical airstrikes

• increasing naval presence in the Gulf of Tonkin to cut off the enemy supply lines

• committing more troops and taking a more active role in combat activities

• gradually ceding combat activities to the South Vietnamese army

What was the primary focus of the protest movement of the 1960s? 

• to ban the use of Agent Orange

• to demand U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam

• to end segregation of the military 

• to build support for the draft

How did U.S. policy in Vietnam change following the Tet Offensive? 

• Troop levels on the ground were increased significantly.

• The military relied less on ground troops and more on sustained airstrikes.

• The military focused on cutting off the enemy’s overland supply routes.

• Policy makers thought the war unwinnable and began to negotiate for peace.

During the Vietnam War, what contributed to low morale among US troops and on the home front?

• A series of military defeats and fears over the use of nuclear weapons.

• Fewer troop deployments, an increase in taxes, and a deteriorating economy.

• Lack of progress and doubts about the wisdom of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

• The ability of North Vietnam to reinforce its troops with soldiers arriving from China and the Soviet Union.

How did the Vietnam War end in 1975?

• With the defeat of North Vietnam

• With the South Vietnamese takeover of Hanoi

• With North Vietnam gaining control of all of Vietnam

• With control of all of Vietnam returned to France.