WorksheetsUSH - Topic 10 - Vietnam War
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Vietnam was a colony of what prior to WWll?
a)
United States
b)
China
c)
France
d)
Japan
2.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
3.
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
4.
Who were the Vietminh?
a)
a group organized by Ho Chi Minh during WWII to resist the Japanese occupation
b)
Japanese people who supported French rule
c)
protestors who used civil disobedience to fight for Vietnamese rights
d)
French soldiers who fought the Vietnamese
5.
The ________ were communist rebels in South Vietnam.
a)
Japan
b)
Vietcong
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Germany
6.
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
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
7.
The result of the discrepancy between government and television reports concerning the Vietnam War?
a)
Apathy towards gov't issues
b)
Greater support for the President
c)
Growing support for the war
d)
Credibility Gap
8.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
9.
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
10.
Networks of jungle paths used by N. Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong?
a)
Saigon Route
b)
Bataan Death March
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Ho Chi Minh Trail
11.
What did SDS stand for?
a)
Silence Da States
b)
Support Diem's South
c)
Students for a Democratic Society
d)
Serious Duel Screen by Nintendo
12.
________ was the rebel leader of North Vietnam
a)
Bradley Gieseking
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dinh Diem
d)
Ho Chi Minh
13.
How many U.S. troops were killed in Vietnam?
a)
303,000
b)
400,000
c)
170,380
d)
58,000
14.
At which university did Anti-War protests result in deaths of four college students in 1970?
a)
Jackson State College in Mississippi
b)
Harvard University in Massachusetts
c)
University of California, Berkeley
d)
Kent State University in Ohio
15.
In what year did the US and North Vietnam agree to stop fighting in the Vietnam War?
a)
1945
b)
1965
c)
1973
d)
1991
16.
What type of warfare did the Vietcong use during the Vietnam War?
a)
modern, mechanized warfare
b)
hit-and-run guerrilla warfare
c)
archaic, stone-age warfare
d)
kung fu, blades and bows warfare
17.
What was the name of the bombing operation that began in 1965 and continued through 1968?
a)
Operation Rolling Thunder
b)
Christmas Bombings
c)
Search and Destroy
d)
"Bombing them back to the bargaining table"
18.
Why did the U.S. support French colonial rule of Vietnam after WWII?
a)
to stop Vietnam from becoming communist
b)
the U.S. likes colonies, even French ones
c)
the French promised to support American colonies
d)
China promised to stay out of Vietnam because of France
19.
People opposed to the war in Vietnam were known as:
a)
Hawks
b)
Doves
c)
Patriots
d)
CORE
20.
When the United States entered the fighting in Vietnam, leaders were following the cold war policy of
a)
Communism
b)
Pacifism
c)
Vietnamization
d)
Containment
21.
What gave President Johnson authority to send soldiers into Vietnam?
a)
Declaration of War
b)
Executive Order 1954
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
the Constitution
22.
Who was the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam
a)
Dean Rusk
b)
William Westmoreland
c)
Robert MacNamara
d)
Clark Clifford
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