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WorksheetsThe Vietnam War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
guerrilla fighters in Vietnam were called
a)
Vietcong
b)
Napalm
c)
My Lai
d)
Ho Chi Minh
2.
Why did Johnson continue to fight in Vietnam?
a)
He wanted to gain colonies
b)
He believed in the domino theory
c)
He underestimated the communist threat
d)
He ran for office as a dove
3.
What is the domino theory?
a)
Teach Veitnamese how to play dominoes to use tensions
b)
theory of economic expansion
c)
If North Vietnam gains control of the South, All of South East Asia will become communist
d)
to assist the Veitnamese in self determination
4.
What was the Vietcong war strategy?
a)
avoid any and all confrontation
b)
engage in large scale battles
c)
fight small skirmishes that they knew they would be successful
d)
fight during the day and rest all night.
5.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution allowed Johnson to do what?
a)
sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam
b)
Strategy to regain control of the US embassy in Saigon
c)
give South Vietnam greater military responsibility
d)
take all necessary measures to defend against armed attacks on US forces
6.
Who demanded independence for Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Henry Kissinger
c)
Zhou Enlai
d)
William Westmoreland
7.
What was the result of the Geneva Accords?
a)
France gained control over Indochina
b)
Vietnam was split into North and South
c)
Anticommunist government was put in place in Vietnam
d)
Japan regained control of Indochina
8.
Nixon believed the normalizing relations with China would do what?
a)
drive a wedge between China and Soviet Union
b)
Prolong the war in Vietnam
c)
Hurt American interests
d)
Stop communism
9.
Nixon believed the normalizing relations with China would do what?
a)
drive a wedge between China and Soviet Union
b)
Prolong the war in Vietnam
c)
Hurt American interests
d)
Stop communism
10.
Why did the public lose trust in Johnson administration?
a)
1968 election
b)
Pentagon Papers
c)
war powers act
d)
the Credibility gap
11.
Vietnamization policy was
a)
to use any means neccessary to end the war
b)
to empower South Vietnam forces to assume more combat duties
c)
to defeat communism in Vietnam
12.
Operation Rolling Thunder was a
a)
Strategy to regain control of the region
b)
offensive designed to show that North Vietnam could still fight
c)
Sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam
d)
Send economic aid to the region
13.
Vietnamese village attacked by US troops was
a)
My Lai
b)
Dien Bein Phu
c)
Saigon
d)
Ho Chi Minh City
14.
What was the reasoning of using Napalm and Agent Orange
a)
to reduce the forest to help find the enemy
b)
To cause medical problems at the time and in the future
c)
To leave a mark on the land
d)
to declare war against the Vietcong
15.
Who was President Nixon's leading adviser on nation security and international affairs?
a)
William Westmoreland
b)
Zhou Enlai
c)
Eugene McCarthy
d)
Henry Kissinger
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