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Worksheetsgulf of tonkin
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
What ship did the Vietnamese attack on the 2nd of August?
USA Maddox
US Maddox
USS Maddox
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
placed limits on U.S. involvement in Vietnam
authorized secret commando raids against North Vietnamese targets
provided President Johnson with broad authority to escalate the war in Vietnam
passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate
According to the history of the Tonkin Gulf incident by the U.S. Naval Institute, high government officials...
misled the American public about the naval clash that took place?
had a clear understanding of what occurred off the coast of North Vietnam on August 4, 1964
ordered naval commanders to make every attempt to avoid provoking the North Vietnamese
had forbidden covert intelligence-gathering missions against communist North Vietnam
What was the name of the two bombing campaign's on North Vietnam?
Operation rolling lightening
Operation steel tiger
Operation Rolling thunder
Operation Tonkin
....was used to kill trees and plants in effort to expose communist guerrilla fighters
Napalm
Agent Orange
Kerosene
inflammable gel
When did the bombing campaign against North Vietnam begin? (2)
late 1964
early 1864
early 1965
mid 1967
Who was the President's Secretary of Defense during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, who may not have known all of the facts concerning the attack?
Ernest Gruening
Robert McNamara
Wayne Morse
General MacArthur
What gave agent orange its name?
It smelled like oranges
it turned victims orange
the color the drum containing it was orange
