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Ch 14 : The Vietnam War Years

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Viet Cong was supplied by North Vietnam and fought against ______________.

a)

The United States

b)

The Soviet Union

c)

China

d)

Germany

2.

If one nation falls to communism, then nearby countries would also fall to communism.

a)

Containment

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Search and Destroy

d)

Escalation

3.

What organization was established by JFK to fight communism through non military means and helped developing countries with tasks like building schools?

a)

Students for a Democratic Society

b)

National Guard

c)

Peace Corps

d)

Hippies

4.

The Peace Corps helped the United States improve our relationship with ____________________.

a)

Kent State Students

b)

Vietnam

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Latin America

5.

After the Cuban Missile Crisis the US and the Soviet Union signed a treaty that banned above ground testing of __________________.

a)

Submarine Warfare

b)

Nuclear Weapons

c)

Radiation

6.

First Person to travel into space

a)

John Glenn

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Niel Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

7.

Communist Leader of North Vietnam

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

William Westmoreland

8.

President Johnson's policy of increased involvement in Vietnam between 1965-1968

a)

Involvement

b)

Vietnamization

c)

Escalation

d)

Search and Destroy

9.

One of the first people to walk on the moon

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Michael Collins

c)

Alan Shepard

d)

John Glenn

10.

The ___________ ________ showed that the US Military was not nearing victory in Vietnam

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

b)

My Lai Massacre

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Tet Offensive

11.

Commanded the U.S. ground troops in Vietnam

a)

William Westmoreland

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Neil Armstrong

12.

The _________________________ caused Americans to question U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

a)

Tet offensive

b)

My Lai Massacre

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

13.

Authorized the President to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S."

a)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

My Lai

d)

Domino Theory

14.

What happened during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident

a)

Viet Cong attacked 13 cities in South Vietnam including Saigon

b)

Nuclear weapons were banned from being tested aboveground

c)

U.S. Ships were attacked off the North Vietnamese Coast

d)

500 Innocent civilians were killed.

15.

Hawks and Doves disagreed mainly over whether funding domestic programs was more important that winning what?

a)

Vietnam war

b)

Cold War

c)

1972 Election

d)

Space Race

16.

Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

a)

Maya Lin

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Ngo Dinh Diem

d)

Yuri Gagarin

17.

What required the President to get congressional approval before commiting U.S. troops to an armed struggle.

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

Hanoi Accords

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

War Powers Act

18.

What was the strategy called that required the South Vietnamese army to take over fighting the war in Vietnam?

a)

Search and Destroy

b)

Vietnamization

c)

Guerrilla Warfare

19.

This lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

a)

Pentagon Papers

b)

26th Amendment

c)

War Powers Act

d)

18th Amendment

20.

Revealed that the U.S. officials had been lying to the American people about the progress of the Vietnam War for years.

a)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

b)

Hanoi Accords

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

Paris Peace Accords

21.

President Nixon announced that he had sent troops into ____________, expanding the war that he had promised to end.

a)

Laos

b)

China

c)

South Vietnam

d)

Cambodia

22.

The Vietnam War ended when the U.S. and North Vietnamese signed the ________________in 1973

a)

Paris Peace Accords

b)

Hanoi Accords

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

23.

This group of people supported individual freedom, nonviolence and communal sharing.

a)

Students for a Democratic Society

b)

Hawks

c)

Hippies

d)

Doves

24.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
25.

What country laid claim to the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam) in the 1900s?

a)

England

b)

Japan

c)

United States

d)

France