Vietnam War

Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.

• Marshall Plan
• Iron Curtain
• Cold War
• Brinkmanship

Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?

•  Mao Zedong
• Ho Chi Minh
• Le Duan 
• Ngo Dinh Diem

What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

• 38th Parallel
• 17th Parallel
• Mekong River
• It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country

The Vietcong were-

• South Vietnam force

• North Vietnam force

• North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam

• Another name for Communists

Dwight Eisenhower "invented" what theory?

• Vietnamization
• Domino Theory
• Search - and - Destroy Theory
• Chemical Warfare Theory

What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?

• Identifying the enemy 
• Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
• Weather and climate
• all of these

What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960's?

• WWII
• Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• WWI

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

• Vietnamization

• Communism

• Domino Theory

• Imperialism

The American people strongly supported U.S. involvement in the war

• True

• False

In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:

• South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong

• the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam