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gulf of tonkin

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ship did the Vietnamese attack on the 2nd of August?

a)

USA Maddox

b)

US Maddox

c)

USS Maddox

2.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...

a)

placed limits on U.S. involvement in Vietnam

b)

authorized secret commando raids against North Vietnamese targets

c)

provided President Johnson with broad authority to escalate the war in Vietnam

d)

passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate

3.

According to the history of the Tonkin Gulf incident by the U.S. Naval Institute, high government officials...

a)

misled the American public about the naval clash that took place?

b)

had a clear understanding of what occurred off the coast of North Vietnam on August 4, 1964

c)

ordered naval commanders to make every attempt to avoid provoking the North Vietnamese

d)

had forbidden covert intelligence-gathering missions against communist North Vietnam

4.

What was the name of the two bombing campaign's on North Vietnam?

a)

Operation rolling lightening

b)

Operation steel tiger

c)

Operation Rolling thunder

d)

Operation Tonkin

5.

....was used to kill trees and plants in effort to expose communist guerrilla fighters

a)

Napalm

b)

Agent Orange

c)

Kerosene

d)

inflammable gel

6.

When did the bombing campaign against North Vietnam begin? (2)

a)

late 1964

b)

early 1864

c)

early 1965

d)

mid 1967

7.

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?

a)

Ernest Gruening

b)

Robert McNamara

c)

Wayne Morse

d)

General MacArthur

8.

What gave agent orange its name?

a)

It smelled like oranges

b)

it turned victims orange

c)

the color the drum containing it was orange