The Vietnam War ➤ Going to War in Vietnam

Which one doesn’t belong?

• Taiwan

• Laos

• Cambodia

• Vietnam

Of what religious faith was The President of South Vietnam?

• Buddhist

• Hindu

• Sikh

• Catholic

Which U.S. president first authorized military aid for Vietnam?

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Who was the communist leader in Indochina who fought for Vietnamese independence and became the leader of North Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Nguyen Huu Tho

• Le Duc An

• Vo Nguyen Giap

The communists of South Vietnam (not North) became known as what?

• Vietminh

• Viet Cong

• Freedom Fighters

• Defenders of Democracy

What is the name of the mountain town where the Vietnamese defeated the French, convincing them to withdraw completely from Vietnam? 

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Dien Bien Phu

• Hanoi

• Da Nang

The President of South Vietnam discriminated against which religion which made him highly unpopular in South Vietnam?

• Buddhist

• Hindu

• Sikh

• Catholic

A geopolitical theory that increases or decreases in democracy in one country tend to spread to neighboring countries.  With regard to Vietnam,  the theory was that if it became Communist the rest of Southeast Asia would follow.

• Theory of the Revolution of Rising Expectations

• Manifest Destiny Theory

• Domino Theory

• Theory of Containment

What horrifying act was broadcast on American news that demonstrated the opposition to the President of South Vietnam?

• The execution of North Vietnamese soldiers by gunshots to their heads

• Buddhist monks pouring gasoline on themselves and setting themselves on fire

• The dropping of napalm on villages and the pictures of the children who were burned

• The dropping of bombs on small villages

Who was the U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam who supported the overthrow of the President of South Vietnam?

• Richard Milhaus Nixon

• John Foster Dulles

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Henry Cabot Lodge