WorksheetsUnit 3 Test
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
During the Vietnam War, what was a “student deferment’?
college students were prevented from protesting the war
college students were encouraged to protest the war
men enrolled in college were drafted first
men enrolled in college were not drafted
Vietnam was part of which country’s colonial empire until 1954?
France
Great Britain
United States
Spain
What prompted the United States to oppose the Vietminh in the early 1950’s?
The U.S. had big business interests in Vietnam
The U.S. wanted to colonize Vietnam
The Vietminh were allied with France
The Vietminh were thought to be communists
President Eisenhower defended U.S. policy in Vietnam by stating that if Vietnam fell to communism, so too would the other nations of Southeast Asia. This is known as the
Vietnam theory.
Vietnamization theory.
Domino theory.
Indochina theory.
What was negotiated at the Geneva Conference concerning Vietnam?
fear of a Ho Chi Minh communist victory
fear of a French candidate victory
fear of France not honoring the elections
fear of Chinese intervention in the elections
What was one reason the Vietcong gained in strength despite American political assistance to South Vietnam in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s?
The South Vietnamese government was unpopular and corrupt
The South Vietnamese government was communist
The Vietcong were supported by France
The South Vietnamese government mistreated Catholics
What kind of support did Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy send to Vietnam in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s?
Ground troops
Military advisors
Naval forces
Foreign forces
What happened in 1963 that drew the U.S. deeper into the war in Vietnam?
Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese
The U.S. supported the overthrow of South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem.
The U.S. supported the overthrow of North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh
Sputnik was launched.
What incident in 1964 provided President Johnson with the authority from Congress to send U.S. combat troops to Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin attack
The Tet Offensive
The invasion of Cambodia
The Battle of Hue
A majority of the U.S. public supported the Vietnam War from 1965 through 1968. There were many reasons for this support. Which of the following was NOT a reason?
The public was told the U.S. was winning
The U.S. was fighting the communists
Vietnam is only a few miles off the coast of the U.S.
The U.S was following a policy of containment
Which of the following best reflects the opinion on Vietnam policy expressed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “teach in” organizers, and the “doves”?
We must fight to win this war against communism!
We must continue fighting communism, but proceed with caution.
We must start reducing our involvement over time, but not appear to surrender to communism.
We must leave Vietnam as soon as possible. Vietnam is none of our business.
What impact did the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive have on the American public in 1968?
It encouraged the public to support the invasion of Cambodia
it shocked the nation and increased the anti-war movement
it had little effect because the U.S. defeated the Vietcong
it led to an increase in enlistments in the armed force
What was the primary factor in President Johnson dropping out of the 1968 Presidential race?
the assassination of Robert Kennedy
the Watergate scandal
the unpopularity of the Vietnam War
the popularity of anti-war candidate Hubert Humphrey
The assassination of which anti-war candidate influenced the Presidential election of 1968?
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Malcolm X
Hubert Humphrey
Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of guerilla fighters in South Vietnam?
the fighters were supporters of the Diem regime and attacked communist supporters
the fighters were very organized despite their lack of military training
the fighters were hard to identify because they dressed like the civilian population
the fighters used children to smuggle in bombs and weapons through parts of South Vietnam
Which U.S. leader worked under President Nixon and made important progress in ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam, easing the Cold War relationship with both China and the Soviet Union, and negotiating peace between Egypt and Israel?
Henry Kissinger
Robert McNamara
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
The Pentagon Papers were published by the New York Times in 1971. Why were they so controversial?
They showed that multiple presidents had deceived the public about Vietnam
They showed that the United states had actually won the Tet Offensive
They showed that Henry Kissinger had stolen secret documents
They showed that the credibility gap did not actually exist
President Nixon tried to get the U.S. out of Vietnam by replacing American soldiers with Vietnamese soldiers. What was this strategy called?
Agent Orange
Vietnamization
The fall of Saigon
The invasion of Cambodia
The results of the battle at Dien Bien Phu convinced
President Johnson to send American troops into Vietnam.
regular North Vietnamese army units to join the Vietcong.
President Nixon to pull American troops out of Vietnam.
the French to withdraw from Indochina.
President Johnson refused to allow a full-scale attack on the Ho Chi Minh Trail because
such an attack would result in heavy American casualties
it passed through countries that were not involved in the war
he feared such an attack would bring the Soviet Union into the war
its route continually changed, making it hard to locate and destroy
Which of the following is a long-term impact of the Vietnam War?
Americans gave up on the Cold War.
Americans warmly welcomed back veterans of the Vietnam War.
Americans were eager to invade the Soviet Union and put an end to the Cold War.
Americans became distrustful of the government and reluctant to intervene in the affairs of other countries.
In the early 1970s, President Nixon proclaimed a foreign policy of détente, which meant
a policy of no communication with communist countries.
a policy of using biological weapons as needed.
a policy of opposing the admission of China to the United Nations.
a policy of relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and communist countries.
One of the outcomes of President Nixon’s policy of détente was
President Nixon refused to visit China.
President Nixon visited the Soviet Union and signed the SALT treaty.
President Nixon engaged in shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East.
President Nixon refused to sign the SALT agreement.
What scandal was brought to the public’s attention when the Nixon administration attempted to cover up its involvement in the break-in at the Democratic Committee headquarters?
Southern Strategy
The Iran-Contra Affair
Watergate
Woodward-Bernstein
President Nixon taped conversations in the Oval Office and tried to avoid giving these tapes to the House Judiciary Committee by claiming that the tapes
would endanger national security
were private property
did not exist
did not contain any information relevant to the investigation
How did Gerald Ford become President of the United States?
President Richard M. Nixon resigned
President Richard M. Nixon lost the election
Gerald Ford won the election against George McGovern
Gerald Ford won the election against Spiro Agnew
In the 1970s, the American economy fell into a recession, partly as a result of an oil embargo imposed by
NATO
OPEC
NAFTA
The Warsaw Pact
Arab countries that participated in the oil embargo wanted to punish the United States and other countries that supported
Iraq
Egypt
Iran
Israel
As part of his Southern strategy, Nixon took steps to
increase school funding.
slow desegregation.
balance the budget.
support prices for farm products.
Who was the first US president to send combat troops into Vietnam in 1965?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
What was the sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam by the U.S.?
Operation Rolling Thunder
Agent Orange
Hawk
Operation Desert Storm
What is the name for someone who was not a supporter of the war and believed that the US should withdraw?
Hawk
Dove
Agent Orange
Richard Nixon
What is the name for someone who was an advocate or supporter of the Vietnam War?
Dove
Vietminh
Vietcong
Hawk
What is the term that means "the difference between what the government was telling the public and what was actually happening"
Operation Rolling Thunder
Demilitarized Zone
Credibility Gap
Guerilla
What is the name of the network of jungle paths throughout Cambodia that supplied Vietcong fighters?
Agent Orange
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Demilitarized Zone
What is the name for the chemical used by the US to strip trees and shrubs?
Ho Chi Minh
Guerilla warfare
Agent Orange
Napalm
What was the name for the group living arrangements in which members shared and worked in harmony with nature?
counterculture
communes
inflation
Woodstock
What was the name of the music festival attended by over 400,000 people during the late 1960s?
counterculture
Woodstock
Selma
Coachella
Who was the journalist who helped bring light to the role of the White House in Watergate?
Gerald Ford
Hubert Humphrey
Carl Bernstein
William Calley
Who was the person that pardoned Richard Nixon?
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
Hubert Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
This is the term for the economic problem caused by spending from the Vietnam War and social programs.
communes
inflation
budget
deficit
What was the name for the young Americans who challenged the values of older generations?
hippies
counterculture
conservatives
communes
Who was the leader of the My Lai Massacre who was dishonorably discharged for his actions?
Hubert Humphrey
Carl Bernstein
William Calley
Richard Nixon
This term means "to officially charge a president with misconduct"
inflation
impeach
counterculture
subpoena
