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Vietnam War

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Congressional approval to the Commander in Chief to take all

necessary measures to prevent any further aggression.

a)

Gulf Tonkin

Resolution

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Vietnamization

d)

Fall of Saigon

2.

What is the capital of South Vietnam that fell in 1975?

a)

Vientiane

b)

Hanoi

c)

Saigon

d)

Phenom Penh

3.

What event was considered the turning point of the war?

a)

Gulf of Tonkin incident

b)

Tet offensive

c)

Bombing of Hanoi

d)

Battle of the Id-rang Valley

4.

Which U.S. President sent troops to Vietnam?

a)

J. F. Kennedy

b)

L. B. Johnson

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

5.

Which President got the U.S. out of the Vietnam War?

a)

J.F. Kennedy

b)

L.B. Johnson

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald Ford

6.

What was the name of the Communist underground army in South Vietnam?

a)

Viet Minh

b)

King Kong

c)

Viet Cong

d)

Nationalist Union

7.

What means if one country falls to Communism

the other countries will also become Communist.

a)

Checkers theory

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

c)

Communist revolt

d)

Domino theory

8.

When did the Vietnam War end?

a)

1969

b)

1965

c)

1975

d)

1979

9.

Led to the expansion of the commercial airline industry

help reduce travel time for business and tourism

a)

Aerospace/Jet Engines

b)

Mainframe computers

c)

Satellite Communications

10.

What event caused the U.S. to take a more active role in Vietnam?

a)

Geneva Agreement

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

d)

Bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail

11.

The Iron Curtain served as what?

hint: (West Germany is the Best vs East Germany= Communist)

a)

challenged communist ideology with Western values

b)

U.S. banning exports of popular media

c)

immediate (quick) collapse (fall) of Soviet Union

d)

Eastern European wanted to be like capitalist

12.

Roy Benavidez won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his contributions in Vietnam

a)

True

b)

false

13.

What are two outcomes of US involvement in the Vietnam War?

a)

26th Amendment & Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

War Powers Act and Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

26th Amendment & War Powers Act

d)

Vietnam becomes all Democratic & limited free speech

14.

What methods of protest was used during the vietnam war

a)

Burning draft cards

b)

boycotts

c)

lunch counter sit-in

15.

A massive coordinated offensive by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong against U.S. in south Vietnamese cities

a)

Tet Offensive

b)

Fall of Saigon

c)

Escalation of Forces

16.

Increase U.S. combat troops authorized by President Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) dealing with Gulf of Tonkin

a)

Tet Offensive

b)

Escalation of Forces

c)

Vietnamization

17.

What is the 26th Amendment?

a)

Women's right to vote

b)

No more poll taxes

c)

Lowers the voting age

18.

Name one impact of the Beat Generation writers

a)

To influence people to reexamine traditional beliefs

b)

Influenced people to accept the world around them

c)

Encouraged people to solve political problems

d)

Encourage people to move to suburbs

19.

The act of transferring military power back to south Vietnam

a)

Fall of Saigon

b)

Vietnamization

c)

War Powers Act

d)

Paris Peace Talks

20.

Change in military policy in Vietnam aimed at ending

U.S.involvement in the war by equipping and training South

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Fall of Saigon

d)

GulfTonkinResolution

21.

April 30, 1975 marks the official end of the Vietnam War

when North Vietnamese forces breached the gates of the

Presidential Palace.

a)

Gulf Tonkin

Resolution

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Vietnamization

d)

Fall of

Saigon

22.

Which issue of the Cold War is addressed by the lyrics "Fortunate Son"?

a)

disillusionment with the U.S. involvement in Vietnam

b)

disillusionment caused by a loss of innocence

c)

disillusionment with American materialism

d)

disillusionment by the experience of World War II

23.
  1. U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a student's

  2. First Amendment right to engage in symbolic speech in school

a)

Tinker vs. Des Moines


b)

War Doves

c)

Counterculture 


d)

United states vs. The People

24.
  1. Policy done by President Nixon to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam while training South Vietnamese soldiers to fight

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Fall of Saigon

25.

What does "E Pluribus Unum" mean

a)

Justice for All

b)

Out of Many, One

c)

Liberty, Fraternity, Equality

d)

America First

26.

What challenge of transporting wounded soldiers face to get medical care

a)

High altitude bombers

b)

battlefield communication

c)

helicopters for medical evacuation

27.

In what country was the Truman Doctrine first tested?


a)

Greece

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Hungary

28.

What was the result (effect) of the Sputnik 1

a)

Soviet government collapsed

b)

Space Race

c)

U.S. Share technology with Soviet Union

29.

Congress passed The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (to fix the problem) because: President the power to fight a war without getting a formal approval from Congress

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What was another methods of protest was used during the vietnam war

a)

lunch counter sit-ins

b)

voter drives

c)

public demonstrations

31.

Will send Military forces to help other counties against Communists

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

32.

Signifying the END of the War and unification (bringing together North and South Vietnam) of Vietnam under Communist rule

a)

Fall of Saigon

b)

Escalation of Forces

c)

Vietnamization

33.

What is Containment?

a)

to prevent (stop) spreading communism

b)

forcibly reduce Soviet influence

34.

Attack of South Vietnam During Tet Holiday will weaken the public support in Vietnam

a)

True

b)

False

35.

"Are you now or have you ever been part of the Communist Party?"

Who would had asked that question?

a)

HUAC = House Un-American Activities Committee

b)

Communist Party

c)

Warsaw Pact

36.

What will intensified public fear and damaged the careers and reputations of individuals in government and the entertainment industry?

a)

HUAC = House Un-American Activities Committee

b)

Communist Party

c)

Warsaw Pact

37.

Why did the college adentaced, and $33 billion homeloans increase after WWII increase

a)

Law passed for health care of disabilities

b)

Law passed giving financial aid to veterans (soldiers)

c)

law passed for Social Security

38.

How did the U.S. respond when Soviet Block West Berlin

a)

Airlift Supplies - Berlin Airlift 

b)

place embargo on Soviet Union

c)

limited trade with Soviet Union

d)

Sent war army

39.

Applying Containment policies in Korea was stated in President Harry Truman Farewell address

a)

True

b)

False

40.

The Geneva Conference was about helping South Vietnam:

with financial and military aid

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Enabled the growth of global telecommunication,

television signals

a)

Satellite Communication

b)

Jet Engines

c)

Mainframe computers

42.

government to process massive (large) amount of data and manage complex logistics

a)

Mainframe Computers

b)

Satellite communications

c)

Jet Engines