Vietnam War Quiz

President __________ is credited with the plan of Vietnamization

• Ford

• Reagan

• Johnson

• Nixon

Vietnamization was the plan to...

• promote Vietnamese culture in the United States
• Slowly withdraw from Vietnam 
• Let the Vietnamese citizens in the United States have a tax break  

Which U.S. president escalated the conflict in Vietnam by sending in the first ground troops in 1964?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard M. Nixon

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Maddox Resolution
• USS Tonkin Resolution
• Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

The containment of communism was an important part of American foreign policy in the twentieth century. The idea of containing communism was involved with America's entry into which war? 

• World War I
• World War II 
• The Vietnam War
• The Gulf War

This area was used by the North Vietcong to move soldiers, supplies, weapons, and use guerrilla warfare tactics against the United States military

• The 38th Parallel

• The Ho Chi Minh Trail

• The Mao Zedong Trail

• The 17th Parallel

The French took control of Vietnam in the late 19th century. In 1945, the Indochinese Communist party declared that the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was independent of France, which resulted in war. The French and the Vietnamese fought in the First Indochina War until 1954, at which point the French retreated.   What happened after this war was over? 

• Vietnam became a colony of the United States. 
• Communists and non-communists fought for control of the country.
• Vietnam became the leading economic power in Southeast Asia.
• A democratic government was established in Vietnam. 

According to the Domino Theory, if South Vietnam fell to Communism, then-- 

• neighboring countries would soon follow 
• large numbers of refugees would seek US entry 
• anti-Communist forces would win it back 
• the United Nations would be forced to intervene 

Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.

• Marshall Plan
• Iron Curtain
• Cold War
• Brinkmanship

What are Napalm and Agent Orange are two examples of?

• guerilla fighting
• chemical weapons
• army helicopters
• missiles