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WorksheetsVietnam 2018
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Presidential election of 1960 was between
a)
Kennedy & Johnson
b)
Kennedy & Goldwater
c)
Nixon & Johnson
d)
Kennedy & Nixon
2.
He was the U.S. backed leader of South Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
3.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Ngo Dinh Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
4.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
5.
This event gave Johnson a "blank check" to do whatever he wanted in Vietnam
a)
My Lai
b)
Vietnamization
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
6.
To avoid U.S. soldiers North Vietnam simply used which trail that went through Laos and Cambodia?
a)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
b)
Hmong Trail
c)
Laos Trail
d)
Cambodian Trail
7.
U.S. soldiers killed civilians in this Vietnamese village sparking outrage at home.
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Tonkin
c)
Diem
d)
My Lai
8.
These stolen documents (US war strategies in Vietnam) showed that government officials lied to Congress and the people.
a)
Snowden Papers
b)
Watergate Papers
c)
Pentagon Papers
d)
Gulf of Tonkin Papers
9.
This is a person who opposes fighting in the war on moral/religious grounds.
a)
Draft
b)
Conscientious Objector
c)
Silent Majority
d)
Hawk
10.
This was the replacing of American troops with South Vietnamese troops.
a)
Napalm
b)
Deferment
c)
Mandate
d)
Vietnamization
11.
This jelly-like substance burns uncontrollably.
a)
Agent Orange
b)
Deferment
c)
Kent
d)
Napalm
12.
What Democrat entered the 1968 presidential race, but was shot and killed?
a)
Barry Goldwater
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon Johnson
13.
Which Ohio university saw a protest become deadly, with students being shot and killed by National Guardsmen?
a)
Ohio State
b)
University of Ohio
c)
Kent State
d)
Miami of Ohio
14.
South Vietnamese rebels who opposed Diem & were armed and supplied by Ho Chi Minh
a)
Vietcong
b)
Vietminh
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Indochinese
15.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
16.
What was the domino theory?
a)
A Game played by soldiers
b)
A strategy for the communists to advance against US forces
c)
A strategy to stop the spread of communism
d)
An app on a smart phone
17.
What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh want?
a)
Communist
b)
Democratic
c)
Socialist
d)
Monarchy
18.
Who led the rebellion against France to free Indochina from being a French colony?
a)
Ngo Dihn Diem
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
President Kennedy
d)
Sui Chin
19.
What country controlled Indochina prior to its independence?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
United States
d)
China
20.
Viet Minh was the name of the _________________ that was established in 1941
a)
Vietnamese liberation movement
b)
The leader of the revolution
c)
North Vietnamese Regular Army
d)
border formed by the 17th paralel
21.
What were the first soldiers (Green Beret by Kennedy) sent to Vietnam used as?
a)
spies
b)
bomb makers
c)
Advisors
d)
Snipers and assassins
22.
When the USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese vessels the event became known as
a)
Pearl Harbor
b)
the Battle of Midway
c)
the Gulf Shores incident
d)
the Gulf of Tonkin incident
23.
How did the Geneva Accords affect Vietnam?
a)
The country was split in two at the 17th parallel with the promise of reunification elections in 1956
b)
The country stayed a colony of the French
c)
The country became a Chinese colony
d)
The French apologized
24.
Why didn't South Vietnam like their president?
a)
He could not relate to the people.
b)
He was not the same religion as the majority.
c)
He was rich, they were poor.
d)
All answers are true.
25.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
26.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive of 1968
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
27.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society (domestic programs)
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Frontier
d)
The Square Deal
28.
Limits the power of the President during a time of conflict
a)
Voting Rights Act
b)
Economic Opportunity Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
War Powers Act of 1973
29.
How many combat troops were stationed in South Vietnam by 1968?
a)
250,000
b)
500,000
c)
50,000
d)
750,000
30.
The U.S. military used ______ to wipe out jungles so the North Vietnamese would have no place to hide:
a)
Agent Orange
b)
Mustard Gas
c)
Napalm
d)
All of the above
31.
The TET Offensive awoke Americans to the fact that Vietnam might not be a war that could be won and the Viet Cong were much stronger than they thought. It took place in:
a)
Rural locations
b)
Jungle villages
c)
Urban centers
d)
Coastal villages
32.
Why did America invade Cambodia even though we were trying to get OUT of the Vietnam War?
a)
to stop supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and get rid of sanctuaries (Where Viet Cong could not be attacked)
b)
To stop Communism in Cambodia
c)
to rescue captured Americans located there.
d)
to create a passage way to Thailand
33.
The anti-war movement at home became more intense and even violent. 4 students were killed at ________ by the national guardsmen when they were protesting the war on campus.
a)
Kansas State
b)
Kent State
c)
California State
d)
Ohio State
34.
Those in support of Nixon and the war and who did not express their opinions publicly like the protesters were called (by Nixon) the:
a)
Silent Minority
b)
Silent Majority
c)
Silent Supporters
d)
None of the above
35.
What major event occurred in 1975 shortly after the final pull out of American troops leaving our allies unprotected.
a)
Fall of Saigon
b)
Fall of Ho Chi Minh City
c)
Fall of the Berlin Wall
d)
Fall of Moscow
36.
The Tet Offensive and apparent government decptions (as illustrated in the Pentagon Papers) led to distrust of LBJ known as his
a)
credibility gap
b)
missile gap
c)
information gap
d)
television gap
37.
Aerial bombing campaign of N. Vietnam after Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, by the end of the war 4 million Vietnamese civilians had died from multiple events including this one
a)
Operation Rolling Thunder
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Torch
d)
Operation Tropic Thunder
38.
What document revealed the U.S. had been secretly bombing Cambodia & Laos?
a)
Pentagon Papers
b)
NYE Report
c)
Venona Papers
d)
Bryce Report
39.
What did young people burn to protest the Vietnam War?
a)
draft cards
b)
drivers' licenses
c)
American flags
d)
newspapers
40.
Which amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
26th
41.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution effectively gave war power to...
a)
the Executive Branch.
b)
the Legislative Branch.
c)
the Judicial Branch.
d)
the people.
42.
Which president was MOST responsible for escalating troop numbers in Vietnam?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
43.
Lt. William Calley was the only one convicted for what atrocity?
a)
My Lai Massacre
b)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
c)
Dien Bien Phu
d)
Battle of Khe Sanh
44.
What caused birth defects in babies in Vietnam and caused cancer and continues to cause ailments killing U. S. soldiers years after the war?
a)
Nuke Radiation
b)
Agent Orange
c)
Agent Blue
d)
Food poisoning
45.
Which side ended up winning the war, if not militarily, politically due to the lack of support of the United States civilian population?
a)
United states
b)
South Vietnam
c)
North Vietnam
d)
North korea
46.
Who helped North Vietnam during the war?
a)
US and Russia
b)
Canada and the Soviet union
c)
China and Spain
d)
China and the Soviet Union
47.
What was the name of the radical student group that was anti-war, but non violent?
a)
hippies
b)
yippies
c)
Students for a Democratic Society
d)
Young Against Vietnam
48.
Philosophical document at the origin of Students for a Democratic Society and part of the Anti War movement.
a)
the Feminine Mystique
b)
Silent Spring
c)
Unsafe at Any Speed
d)
Port Huron Statement
49.
Violent antiwar group that declared war on the United States government and conducted a series of bombings of government facilities
a)
Black Panthers
b)
Nation of Islam
c)
Weatherman Underground
d)
Students for a Democratic Society
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