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Vietnam War

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the communist leader who organized the guerilla army to fight for reunification?

a)

Ngo Dihn Diem

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Ngyuen Van Thieu

d)

Le Duc Tho

2.

Who was democratic presidential candidate who was assassinated in a California hotel?

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

George Wallace

c)

William Westmoreland

d)

George McGovern

3.

Who criticized America's involvement in Vietnam and the amount of African-American deaths?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

4.

Who was the commander of the U.S. military in S. Vietnam?

a)

General William Westmoreland

b)

General Colin Powell

c)

General Norman Schwartzkoff

d)

General Mills

5.

Who was the independent candidate for president and an outspoken segregationist in 1968?

a)

Jeff Garland

b)

Dom Deluise

c)

George Wallace

d)

Henry Kissinger

6.

Who did Nixon name as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs?

a)

Moises Alou

b)

Henry Kissinger

c)

Daniel Ellsberg

d)

Hubert Humphrey

7.

Who was the pro-western leader of S. Vietnam who was eventually overthrown and executed?

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Le Duc Tho

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Nguyen Van Thieu

8.

Who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press?

a)

Daniel Ellsberg

b)

Dean Martin

c)

Robert Kennedy

d)

George Wallace

9.

The theory that a communist Vietnam would lead to other Asian countries becoming communist?

a)

Theory of evolution

b)

Domino theory

c)

Quantum theory

d)

Kennedy theory

10.

This is a soldier whose fate in the war was unknown.

a)

TNT

b)

MIA

c)

DOB

d)

DOA

11.

This city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the war?

a)

Hue

b)

Danang

c)

Saigon

d)

Beijing

12.

What Kissinger used to improve relations with China & USSR to reduce supplies to N. Vietnam?

a)

carriage

b)

isosceles

c)

linkage

d)

containment

13.

What was the chemical used to strip leaves in Vietnam?

a)

Agent Zero

b)

Agent OO

c)

Agent Red

d)

Agent Orange

14.

What was the name given to the guerilla army made up of both North and South Vietnamese and supplied by N. Vietnam?

a)

KingKong

b)

Vietcong

c)

Mekong

d)

Oolong

15.

What was the jellied gasoline that exploded on contact?

a)

Napalm

b)

Diesel

c)

Ethanol

d)

Sawgrass

16.

Where 504 Vietnamese civilians were killed by U.S. troops?

a)

Mekong

b)

Saigon

c)

My Lai

d)

Hue

17.

This temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel?

a)

Honda Accords

b)

Geneva Accords

c)

Paris Accords

d)

Toyota Tercel

18.

This authorized the President to take "all necessary measures" to repel attacks against U.S. Forces?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

Pentagon Papers

c)

Geneva Accords

d)

Watergate

19.

This is the series of jungle paths used to supply the Vietcong?

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Ho Chi Minh Trail

c)

Bridge over Troubled waters

d)

Oregon Trail

20.

What was the massive surprise attack on US forces during the Vietnamese New Year?

a)

Spread Offensive

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

My Lai Massacre

d)

Danang

21.

These were fortified villages where Vietnamese peasants were moved to?

a)

Strategic Bases

b)

Strategic Trails

c)

Strategic Hamlets

d)

Strategic Burgs

22.

These were Defense Department papers that were leaked to the press concerning decision making during the war.

a)

Capital Papers

b)

D.C. Papers

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

Geneva Accords

23.

These were gatherings of students and professors to discuss issues in a new form of protest.

a)

sit-in

b)

teach-in

c)

political rally

d)

show trial

24.

The United States originally sent aid to the Vietminh to help....

a)

the French regain their colony

b)

the, overthrow French rule

c)

them expel Japanese forces

d)

prevent a communist takeover

25.

Who overthrew the Diem government in 1963?

a)

the US government

b)

a group of Buddhist monks

c)

a group of Vietnamese Generals

d)

the Vietcong

26.

The Vietcong's power continued to increase in part because of

a)

the use of terror by S. Vietnam

b)

the Vietcong's use of terror

c)

strong belief in communism

d)

distrust of the US

27.

President Johnson refused to order a full-scale attack on North Vietnam to avoid....

a)

bringing China into the war

b)

loss of American lives

c)

strengthening the Vietcong

d)

ruining him politically

28.

News coverage of the Vietnam War helped...

a)

unify Americans

b)

raising Hawks

c)

create a credibility gap

d)

raise Johnson's ratings