Ch.28 sec.4

Which of the following terms refers to the communist fighters in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

• Vietcong

• Boat People

• Guerilla

• Domino Theory

What was the main purpose of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

• To escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam

• To end the Vietnam War

• To support the Khmer Rouge

• To promote the Domino Theory

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which U.S. president is NOT listed as one to keep track of while studying the Vietnam War?

• Harry Truman

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who was leading the fight for Vietnamese independence from France?

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In what year did Ho Chi Minh and his army defeat the French?

• 1945

• 1954

• 1965

• 1975

After the split of Vietnam, who became the leader of South Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was the main difference between North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War?

• North was communist, South was noncommunist

• North was democratic, South was communist

• North was supported by the US, South by the USSR

• Both were communist

Who did the USSR support during the Vietnam War?

• North Vietnam

• South Vietnam

• United States

• France

Why did Ngo Dinh Diem lose support in South Vietnam?

• He failed to help the nation’s peasant majority/ruled with a heavy hand

• He was a communist

• He supported the USSR

• He won the support of the peasants

What is the Domino Theory in the context of the Vietnam War?

• The idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall

• The belief that Vietnam was shaped like a domino

• A military strategy used by the US

• Name of the key peace treaty between North and South Vietnam