Vietnam War Quiz

Who was the nationalist leader who led Vietnam against the French?

• Nguyen Van Thieu

• Nguyen Cao Ky

• Ho Chi Minh

• Dien Bien Phu

The Geneva Accords stipulated that...

• Vietnam would be permanently split along the 17th parallel

• Unifying elections would be held within two years

• The French would gain control of all of Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh would gain control of a unified Vietnam

What principle, described by President Eisenhower, became associated with American involvement in Southeast Asia?

• Containment

• Dividing Vietnam

• The Domino Theory

• Strengthening South Vietnam

Why did President Kennedy support the government of Ngo Dinh Diem?

• Diem had been democratically elected

• Kennedy feared that Communists would take over South Vietnam

• Kennedy feared that the Vietnam would attack Saigon

• Diem had honestly used American aid to carry out economic reforms

The Viet Cong rebelled against the government of South Vietnam when...

• The French won colonial control of South Vietnam

• The Diem government and the U.S. failed to hold elections to reunite the country

• Ho Chi Minh gained control of a united Vietnam

• The U.S. took control of a united Vietnam

President Kennedy's policy in Vietnam was to...

• send 100,000 troops to South Vietnam

• increase the number of American military advisors

• gain the loyalty of the Viet Cong

• support the efforts of Ho Chi Minh

This event led to vast escalation in the U.S. presence in Vietnam.

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

• The attack in the Gulf of Tonkin

• The Battle at El Alamein

What congressional action gave President Johnson the authority to escalate the Vietnam War?

• The Pentagon papers

• The Geneva Conference decision

• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• A Joint Chiefs of Staff finding

The strategy used by the Viet Cong was based on...

• outlasting the American will to fight in Vietnam

• overpowering the U.S. with their superior military weaponry

• allying with the Soviet Union and using their army against the U.S.

• the use of chemical weapons against the U.S.

In fighting the war in Vietnam, U.S. soldiers struggled with which of the following?

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Loss of fellow soldiers

• Lack of support at home

• All of the above