WorksheetsVietnam and Key Events
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
2.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
3.
What ship was destroyed in the Gulf of Tonkin that helped cause the Vietnam War?
a)
USS Maddox
b)
USS Arizona
c)
USS Maine
d)
HMS Lusitania
4.
What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?
a)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
b)
Gulf of Maddox Resolution
c)
USS Tonkin Resolution
d)
Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
5.
Which university saw four students die during violent protests against the Vietnam War?
a)
Kent State
b)
Ohio State
c)
Miami of Ohio
d)
Dayton
6.
Plan to replace US troops with Vietnamese troops to end US involvement in Vietnam
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
Maddox Resolution
d)
Agent Orange
7.
Was the US successful in containing communism in Vietnam?
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Which amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
26th
11.
At the Democratic Convention in this city in 1968, violent riots took place.
a)
New York
b)
San Francisco
c)
Los Angeles
d)
Chicago
12.
U.S. soldiers murdered civilians in this Vietnamese village.
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Tonkin
c)
Diem
d)
My Lai
13.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Kennedy administration?
a)
Stalin
b)
Khrushchev
c)
Lennin
14.
President __________ came up with Vietnamization
a)
Ford
b)
Reagan
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
15.
Vietnamization was the plan to...
a)
promote Vietnamese culture in the United States
b)
Slowly withdraw from Vietnam
c)
Let the Vietnamese citizens in the United States have a tax break
16.
How many U.S. troops were killed in Vietnam?
a)
303,000
b)
400,000
c)
170380
d)
58,000
17.
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam because of what foreign policy?
a)
containment
b)
Good Neighbor policy
c)
isolationism
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
18.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
19.
What event prompted the US Congress to give Lyndon Johnson the power to wage war in Vietnam?
a)
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
b)
The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam.
c)
The "attacks" on U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
d)
Soviet and Chinese support of Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam.
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