Vietnam War Era Quiz

Which battle is considered a turning point in the Vietnam War due to its impact on US public opinion?

• Tet Offensive

• Battle of Hamburger Hill

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Battle of Khe Sanh

Which military strategy was employed by the U.S. in the Vietnam War to target the Viet Cong by dropping ground troops in to find and kill them?

• Search and Destroy

• Scorched Earth

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Blitzkrieg

The spark that led to the official involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam War?

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin incident

• Fall of Saigon

• My Lai Massacre

What was the main reason for the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War?

• Promoting democracy

• Securing oil resources

• Preventing nuclear proliferation

• Containment of communism

Communist leader of North Vietnam.

• Kim Jong Un

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Mao Zedong

Corrupt leader of South Vietnam in the early years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

• Kim Jong Un

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Mao Zedong

The Vietnam veterans received a proud homecoming as decorated heroes.

• True

• False

Village where a massacre of Vietnamese women, children, and elderly by U.S. troops occurred.

• Khe Sanh

• Hanoi

• Cam Ranh

• My Lai

The __________ gave President Johnson control to take whatever military actions he felt were necessary in Vietnam.

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Communism Containment Resolution

• War Powers Act 1973

• Presidential War Powers Act

Imperial power that controlled Indochina before and briefly after WWII.

• Great Britain

• Germany

• France

• Japan