Vietnam Pt. 1 USH Review

The leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement (and communism) since World War I was

• Ho Chi Minh.

• Ngo Dinh Diem.

• Dwight D. Eisenhower.

• Chad Carlson.

Check 2 answers:

American military forces entered Vietnam in order to

• try to drive the communists out of North Vietnam.

• help to stage a coup against Hanoi.

• help Ngo Dinh Diem's regime in South Vietnam

• prevent South Vietnam from falling to the communists.

In what 20th-century war did American soldiers face intense heat, jungle conditions, and an elusive enemy that used guerilla tactics?

Communist guerilla group that defeated the French to gain control of North Vietnam

• Vietminh

• Viet Cong

• Hanoi

• Saigon

Communists in South Vietnam who fought the Americans and pro-American government

• Vietminh

• Viet Cong

• Hanoi

• Saigon

Capital of North Vietnam

• Vietminh

• Viet Cong

• Hanoi

• Saigon

capital of South Vietnam

• Vietminh

• Viet Cong

• Hanoi

• Saigon

Check 2 answers:

Why did President Eisenhower support the new anti-communist government of South Vietnam?

• He wanted to bring American soldiers home from WWII.

• He was committed to the struggle against containing communism.

• He didn’t like Ho Chi Minh’s beard.

• He saw communist North Vietnam as pro-Soviet Union in the Cold War.

• He wanted to weaken anti-communist forces in France.

TRUE or FALSE: Vietnamese rebels threw off French colonial rule in 1954, resulting in a communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam.

TRUE or FALSE: Seeking to reunite Vietnam, democrats in the North launched a guerrilla war to overthrow the pro-American regime in North Vietnam.