Vietnam-Nixon Quiz

Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?

•  Mao Zedong
• Ho Chi Minh
• Le Duan 
• Ngo Dinh Diem

Eisenhower's idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Vietnamization

• Communism

• Domino Theory

• Imperialism

The American people strongly supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam Conflict.

• True

• False

The Vietnam War was a war of ATTRITION because

• It began and ended quickly

• both sides used a tactic of wearing down the enemy until they were severely weakened

• Each side decided to come to peaceful negotiations

• Nuclear weapons were used

Gave the U.S. President authority to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States."

• Pentagon Papers

• The Draft

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• War Powers Act

During the investigation, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over what piece of incriminating evidence?

• Tape recordings
• Transcripts of his conversations
• Contracts of different CREEP members
• Receipts of the hotels Nixon had stayed

What infamous war crime instance continued the anti-war push in the US and led to American troops returning home being called "baby killers"?

• Hanoi

• Dien Bien Phu

• Da Nang

• My Lai

What style of warfare was used by the Vietcong, often including ambush tactics and use of booby traps?

• Scorched earth

• Rainbow Herbacide

• Search & Destroy

• Guerrilla Warfare

The Tet Offensive was a major turning point in Vietnam because it

• began to turn people on the US homefront against the war.

• saw the South Vietnamese capture Saigon.

• led to the VC capturing major US airbases in South Vietnam.

• wiped out most of the VC forces and led to a cease-fire in Vietnam.

The group that supported the war in Vietnam were known as

• Hawks

• Doves

• Silent Majority