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WorksheetsVietnam & Nixon
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which number from the map shows the location of VIETNAM?
1
2
3
4
Which was an important battle that led to France's desire to leave Vietnam?
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Da Nang
Tet
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Ngo Tho
Le Duan
Which US President coined the term "domino theory"?
JFK
Eisenhower
LBJ
Nixon
The US warfare tactic of dropping constant bombs and napalm on the VC and NVA was part of what Operation?
Rolling Thunder
Ranch Hand
Search & Destroy
Charlie
What infamous war crime instance continued the anti-war push in the US and led to American troops returning home being called "baby killers"?
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Da Nang
My Lai
What style of warfare was used by the Vietcong and made it difficult for our soldiers to be victorious?
Scorched earth
Rainbow Herbacide
Search & Destroy
Guerrilla Warfare
The Tet Offensive was a major turning point in Vietnam because it
began to turn people on the US homefront against the war.
saw the South Vietnamese capture Saigon.
led to the VC capturing major US airbases in South Vietnam.
wiped out most of the VC forces and led to a cease-fire in Vietnam.
Due to a lack of volunteers and the need for more troops, in 1965 LBJ
used the Selective Service System (Draft) to double the soldiers in Vietnam.
decided to start a draft lottery that would be televised.
announced the US would begin training South Vietnamese troops to cover the gap.
decided that it was time for the US to pull out of Vietnam.
The group that supported the war in Vietnam were known as
Hawks
Doves
Silent Majority
The group that opposed the war in Vietnam were known as
Hawks
Doves
Silent Majority
Term popularized by Nixon for people who did not express their opinions publicly about Vietnam, join in the counterculture movements or participate in public discourse.
Hawks
Doves
Silent Majority
Nixon's policy for achieving "Peace with Honor" by gradually withdrawing American troops to let South Vietnamese troops take over was known as
New Federalism
Vietnamization
Silent Majority
Operation Ranch Hand
The protests that broke out on Kent State University campus and led to the death of 4 students was in response to
Nixon announcing he was leaving the war in Vietnam.
LBJ announcing he would be running again for re-election.
Nixon's public announcement expanding the war into Cambodia.
LBJ's decision to prosecute draft dodgers and expand the draft.
What act was passed by Congress in 1973 to pull back the power given to the President during Vietnam to commit armed troops to conflict?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Selective Service Act
25th Amendment
War Powers Act
One of Nixon's greatest foreign policy victories was the thawing of relations with what two hostile powers? (aka detente)
China
Japan
Soviet Union
Germany
The scandal that shook the presidency and caused Nixon to resign was
Tet Offensive
Watergate
Ping Pong Diplomacy
CREEP
The term used during Vietnam to describe public skepticism about the government's statements and policies on the war.
Credibility Gap
CREEP
Silent Majority
Vietnamization
