1960's-1970s US History

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Spain

After the Vietnam War

• South Vietnam stayed independent but communist.

• both countries were reunited.

• the Americans had to pay for most of the damage.

• all of the above.

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

• Gulf of Thailand

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Pearl Harbor

• South China Sea

Which American president escalated the Vietnam War and did not run for re-election as a result of anti-war activities in the United States?

• Kennedy

• Nixon

• Truman

• Johnson

In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.

• My Lai Massacre

• Attack on Sai Pan

• Tet Offensive

• Attack on Khe Sanh

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

• Domino Theory

• Kent State University

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnamization

Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Viet Cong

• Kent State University

1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Tet Offensive

• Kent State University

Gave the President expansive war powers

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The Vietnamese who fought against the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Viet Cong

• Ho Chi Minh