Vietnam Study Quiz

Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• NATO

• South Vietnamese gov't

Which word best describes Ngo Dinh Diem's government?

• Effective

• Incompetent

• Brutal

• Open-minded

Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.

• Great Society

• War Powers Act

• 26th Amendment

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Which was a chemical that took the leaves off trees?

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

LBJ feared a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam might cause ______ to enter the war.

• the USSR

• China

• Japan

• North Korea

How did a South Vietnamese monk protest Diem's persecution of Buddhists?

• Set himself on fire

• Chained himself to the White House fence

• Hanged himself in public

• Set off a bomb in Saigon

What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?

• Hand South Vietnam over to the communists

• Keep peace with the Soviet Union

• Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive

• Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...

• American withdrawal from Vietnam

• Public disapproval of the war

• Escalation of the war

Which law required the president to gain congressional approval for long-term troop deployments?

• 24th Amendment

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• War Powers Act

What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Spain