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WorksheetsVietnam Pop Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
During the Vietnam War, the following people were presidents of the United States. Check all that apply.
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
Nuclear deterrence
Flexible response
Domino theory
Iron Curtain
New weapons like (a) , a sticky gasoline-based jelly that burns, inflicted harm on the Vietnamese, while herbicides like (b) destroyed the jungle cover used by the Vietcong to hide.
Which article would most likely quote this excerpt?
“Embedding Journalists in Combat during the Korean War”
“The Role of the Office of War Information during World War II”
“Improvements in Media Production during the Persian Gulf War”
“The Role of the Media during the Vietnam War”
Which cause united many college students, civil rights activists, and labor union members during the 1960s?
Opposing U.S. participation in the Vietnam War
Expanding presidential use of executive privilege
Protecting the world against climate change
Using détente as a foreign policy with China
How did the events in this cause-and-effect diagram affect the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government?
By reducing the ability of the House of Representatives to approve military funding requested by the president
By giving the president the power to fight a war without getting a formal declaration from Congress
By allowing Congress to supersede the president’s role as commander in chief
By reducing the power of the president to bypass the Senate’s treaty-making powers
Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?
Vietcong
Vietminh
NATO
South Vietnamese gov't
Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.
Great Society
War Powers Act
26th Amendment
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The "New Frontier" was _____________'s social agenda
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
LBJ's "Great Society" included all of the following EXCEPT:
The Federal Reserve
Medicare
Title IX
Expansion of welfare programs
How did a South Vietnamese monk protest Diem's persecution of Buddhists?
Set himself on fire
Chained himself to the White House fence
Hanged himself in public
Set off a bomb in Saigon
What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?
Hand South Vietnam over to the communists
Keep peace with the Soviet Union
Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive
Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...
American withdrawal from Vietnam
Public disapproval of the war
Escalation of the war
What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?
France
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was
a secret path which was used by the Viet Cong in Saigon.
a supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries.
the route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam.
a supply line used by South Vietnam.
After the Vietnam War
South Vietnam stayed independent but communist.
both countries were reunited.
the Americans had to pay for most of the damage.
all of the above.
In the ____________________, United States soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.
My Lai Massacre
Attack on Sai Pan
Tet Offensive
Attack on Khe Sanh
The sustained bombing of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, ordered by Johnson in 1965
Domino Theory
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cong
Kent State University
1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American public support of war to plummet
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Kent State University
