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WorksheetsVietnam War
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why was the United States so interested in Saigon?
a)
Natural Resources
b)
Ngo Dynh Diem was a democratically elected leader and ally
c)
South Vietnam could not fall to communism
d)
China and the Soviet Union were intervening there
2.
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
a)
Diem
b)
Johnson
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Castro
3.
These were South Vietnamese who supported the communist north
a)
North Vietnamese Army
b)
Deferment
c)
Tet
d)
Viet Cong
4.
This event gave Johnson a "blank check" to do whatever he wanted in Vietnam
a)
My Lai
b)
Vietnamization
c)
Gulf of Tonkin
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
5.
To avoid U.S. soldiers North Vietnam simply used which trail that went through Laos/Cambodia?
a)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
b)
Hmong Trail
c)
Laos Trail
d)
Cambodian Trail
6.
This herbicide that was used to destroy Vietnam's jungle
a)
Agent Red
b)
Agent Orange
c)
Napalm
d)
Saturation Bombing
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 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 meant that a person could postpone their military obligation for certain reasons such as attending college.
a)
Napalm
b)
Mandate
c)
Saturation
d)
Deferment
11.
This was the replacing American troops with South Vietnamese troops.
a)
Napalm
b)
Deferment
c)
Mandate
d)
Vietnamization
12.
This jelly-like substance burns uncontrollably.
a)
Agent Orange
b)
Deferment
c)
Kent
d)
Napalm
13.
What democrat entered the 1968 presidential race, but was shot and killed?
a)
Barry Goldwater
b)
Robert Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Lyndon Johnson
14.
Which Ohio university saw a protest become deadly?
a)
Ohio State
b)
University of Ohio
c)
Kent State
d)
Miami of Ohio
15.
South Vietnamese rebels who opposed Diem & were armed and supplied by Ho Chi Minh
a)
Vietcong
b)
Vietminh
c)
Flying Tigers
d)
Indochinese
16.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
17.
Who led the rebellion against France for Vietnam?
a)
Ngo Dihn Diem
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
President Kennedy
d)
Sui Chin
18.
Which countries were part of Indochina?
a)
Vietnam
b)
Laos
c)
Cambodia
d)
All of these
19.
What country controlled Indochina prior to their 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 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.
What minority culture had the most troops fighting along side white soldiers in Vietnam?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Mexican Americans
c)
African Americans
d)
Islamic Americans
24.
How did the Geneva Accords affect Vietnam?
a)
The country was split in two at the 17th parallel
b)
The country stayed a colony of the French
c)
The country became a Chinese colony
d)
The French apologized
25.
Who were the ARVN?
a)
A guerrilla warfare group in the North
b)
The Chinese supported South Vietnamese Amry
c)
The Army of South Vietnam
d)
The U.S. army when in country
26.
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.
27.
What country had control of Vietnam during WWII?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
Japan
d)
India
28.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
29.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam?
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
30.
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
31.
Allowed the public to be negatively influenced concerning the Vietnam war?
a)
Television and media bias
b)
Radio
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
32.
The Vietnam war prevented LBJ from focusing on what agenda?
a)
The Great Society
b)
The New Deal
c)
The New Frontier
d)
The Square Deal
33.
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
34.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
35.
How many troops were stationed in South Vietnam by 1968?
a)
250,000
b)
500,000
c)
50,000
d)
750,000
36.
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
37.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
38.
Why did America invade Cambodia even though we were trying to get OUT of the Vietnam War?
a)
To cut Viet Cong and NVA supply routes
b)
To stop Communism in Cambodia
c)
to rescue captured Americans located there.
d)
to create a passage way to Thailand
39.
Those in support of Nixon and the war and who did not express their opinions publicly like the protesters were the:
a)
Silent Minority
b)
Silent Majority
c)
Silent Supporters
d)
None of the above
40.
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
41.
The Tet Offensive & TV coverage of the war led to distrust of LBJ known as his
a)
credibility gap
b)
missile gap
c)
information gap
d)
television gap
42.
Aerial bombing campaign of N. Vietnam after Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a)
Operation Rolling Thunder
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation Torch
d)
Operation Tropic Thunder
43.
What document revealed the U.S. had been secretly bombing Cambodia & Laos?
a)
Pentagon Papers
b)
NYE Report
c)
Venona Papers
d)
Bryce Report
44.
What did young people burn to protest the Vietnam War?
a)
draft cards
b)
drivers' licenses
c)
American flags
d)
newspapers
45.
Which amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
26th
46.
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.
47.
At the Democratic Convention in this city in 1968, violent riots took place.
a)
New York
b)
San Francisco
c)
Los Angeles
d)
Chicago
48.
Which president was MOST responsible for escalating troop numbers in Vietnam?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
49.
Which WAS a new weapon introduced in Vietnam?
a)
soylent green
b)
atomic bomb
c)
napalm bomb
d)
zyklon B
50.
What year was the Paris Peace Accords signed which ended fighting in Vietnam for the U.S?
a)
1971
b)
1972
c)
1973
d)
1974
51.
Who was NOT a presidential candidate running for election in 1968?
a)
Lyndon Johnson
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Hubert Humphrey
d)
George Wallace
52.
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
53.
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
54.
Which side ended up winning the war, if not militarily, politically due to the lack of support of the civilian population?
a)
United states
b)
South Vietnam
c)
North Vietnam
d)
North korea
55.
Who helped North Vietnam during the war?
a)
US and Russia
b)
Canada and the Soviet union
c)
China and Spain
d)
Chinese and the Soviet Union
56.
Who was South Vietnam's political leader?
a)
Ngo Dinh Diem
b)
Kim Jung-Un
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Ho Chi Minh
57.
Kennedy's Secretary of Defense who was responsible for modernizing the Army to engage in Guerrilla Warfare?
a)
Robert Kennedy
b)
Henry Kissinger
c)
Robert McNamara
d)
Colin Powell
58.
What was the "Domino Theory?"
The idea that...
The idea that...
a)
Americans should be playing games like Dominos instead of going to war
b)
If South Vietnam became Communist, all of Southeast Asia would too
c)
If the U.S. went to war in Vietnam, many other countries would follow
d)
If the N. Vietnamese leader fell from power, S. Vietnam would follow
59.
How did the Vietnam War end?
a)
North Vietnam surrendered
b)
South Vietnam surrendered
c)
There was a cease fire
d)
It never really ended, there is still fighting today
60.
What is the situation in Vietnam today?
a)
Vietnam is one country and is democratic
b)
Vietnam is split North (Communist) and South (Democratic)
c)
Vietnam is one country and is communist
d)
Nothing changed, it went back to the way it was
61.
What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960s?
a)
WWII
b)
Vietnam War
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
WWI
62.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
63.
Mexican American who received congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam War?
a)
Roy Benividez
b)
Pablo Escobar
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Cesar Chavez
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