The Vietnam War

John F. Kennedy

• sent warships to bomb North Vietnam.

• decreased the war equipment being sent to South Vietnam.

• increased the number of military advisers in South Vietnam.

• sent soldiers to fight in North Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh Trail was

• a secret path which was used by the Viet Cong in Saigon.

• a supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries.

• the route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam.

• a supply line used by South Vietnam.

After the Vietnam War

• South Vietnam stayed independent but communist.

• North & South Vietnam were reunited as a communist nation

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

• all of the above.

Which of the following was NOT used by the American military in Vietnam?

• Aerial attacks (regular bombs)

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

• Nuclear bombs

Where was the United States Navy (The USS Maddox) allegedly attacked in 1964?

• Gulf of Thailand

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Pearl Harbor

• South China Sea

Which of the following was not a factor in the US involvement in Vietnam?

• The Domino Theory

• Containment

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Vietnamization

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

The sustained bombing of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, ordered by Johnson in 1965

• Domino Theory

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Tet Offensive

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

• Domino Theory

• Kent State University

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnamization