Vietnam 2022 Exam

Which President escalated the Vietnam Conflict by increasing a large number of US troops fighting on the ground?

• JFK

• FDR

• LBJ

• AMS

Which word best describes Ngo Dinh Diem's government?

• Effective

• Incompetent

• Brutal/Corrupt

• Open-minded

Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.

• Great Society

• War Powers Act

• 26th Amendment

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Which was a chemical that took the leaves off trees?

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

How did American citizens react to the Tet Offensive?

• They were discouraged

• They became more committed to the war

• They were indifferent

LBJ feared a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam might cause ______ to enter the war.

• the USSR

• China

• Japan

• North Korea

How did a South Vietnamese monk protest Diem's persecution of Buddhists?

• Set himself on fire

• Chained himself to the White House fence

• Hanged himself in public

• Set off a bomb in Saigon

What is the capital of Vietnam?

• Ha Noi

• Ho Chi Minh

• Both

• None of them

When Hanoi was mentioned it was referring to...?

• Communist North Vietnam

• The capital of South Vietnam

• The city where the peace talks were held

• New place of technology

When Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) was mentioned it was referring to...?

• Communist North Vietnam

• The city where the peace talks were held

• The South Vietnam

• An island in the Pacific Ocean