Vietnam War Quiz Review - M25L1-5

1. Which European country ruled Vietnam for centuries?

• Germany
• Japan
• England
• France

2. Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam's civil war?

• The U.S. was determined to stop the spread of capitalism.
• Vietnam had many valuable resources.
• The U.S. was determined to stop the spread of communism.
• The U.S. had once ruled Vietnam and many Americans lived there.

3. How were the Vietcong supplied from the north?

• Raw materials were sent from the east and turned into weapons.
• Supplies were sent through the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
• The supplies came directly from China from ships.
• The Soviets sent supplies over the mountains.

4. What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

• A North Vietnamese patrol boat allegedly had fired torpedoes at a U.S. ship.
• Chinese soldiers attacked Americans.
• The president of South Vietnam was assassinated.
• American soldiers had mistakenly fired on a South Vietnamese ship.

5. Describe the Vietcong's fighting style:

• They would line up in fields shoulder to shoulder.
• Hit and run ambushing, blending in with civilians.
• They would surrender and then attack.
• They would use overwhelming numbers.

6. Describe how the American military fought in Vietnam:

• Search and destroy missions, destroying jungle with napalm and Agent Orange.
• Hit and run ambushing.
• Missile attacks from battleships.
• Conventional shoulder to shoulder fighting.

7. What did President Johnson cut in order to pay for the war?

• Funding for research into new medicines.
• Funding for education.
• Funding for the Space Race.
• Funding for his Great Society program.

8. President Johnson's Secretary of Defense:

• Dean Rusk
• Robert McNamara
• William Westmoreland
• Eugene McCarthy

9. Why was the Vietnam War known as a "working-class war?"

• Most of the working class supported it.
• It was to help the working class of Vietnam.
• Poor whites and minorities did most of the fighting.
• The top generals were from that class.

10. Select the TWO groups of college students that protested the war:

• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
• Students for Peace (SP)
• National Organization for No War (NONW)
• Free Speech Movement (FSM)