Vietnam and the Era of Protest
In 1941, the Vietminh united both
Communists and non-Communists in
the struggle to expel the _____ from
Vietnam.
A.
B.
C.
D.
French
Japanese forces
Chinese
U.S. advisers
What troops returned to Vietnam in
1946 and drove the Vietminh’s forces
into hiding in the countryside?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Japanese
French
Chinese
American
The _________ theory was the idea
that if Vietnam fell to communism, its
closest neighbors would follow.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Checkers
Clock
Domino
None of the above
Who was the leader of North Vietnam
who demanded independence from
the French after WWII?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ngo Dinh Diem
Sun Yat-sen
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
The Vietminh laid siege to this French
military base leading to the French
withdrawal from Vietnam.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Saigon
Pusan
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
The Geneva Accords provided for
A.
B.
C.
D.
Immediate elections to reunify Vietnam
The division of Vietnam into two countries
French control of Cambodia and Laos
An anticommunist government in control of
Vietnam
What happened during the
Vietnamese election of 1956?
A. Ho Chi Minh cancelled the election
B. Ngo Dinh Diem refused to participate
C. Ngo Dinh Diem won an overwhelming
popular victory
D. The United States installed Ngo Dinh Diem as
president
National Liberation Front (NLF) guerilla
fighters, called __________, launched
an insurgency against the Diem
government of South Vietnam.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Vietcong
Vietminh
Ho Chi Minh’s Men
None of the above
Diem made himself even more
unpopular by discriminating against
one of the country’s most widely
practiced religions.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Catholicism
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
President Johnson gained
extraordinary powers under the _____
Resolution after two U.S. ships were
attacked by the North Vietnamese
A.
B.
C.
D.
South China Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Asiatic Zone
None of the above
President Johnson escalated American
involvement in Vietnam by
A.
B.
C.
D.
Declaring war
Sending “advisers”
Having Diem assassinated
Ordering massive airstrikes of North Vietnam
In March 1968, what surprising
announcement did President Johnson
make to the American people?
A. The draft had ended
B. He would not run for another term as
President
C. The Vietcong seized control of South Vietnam
D. The U.S. and South Vietnam won the war
Which of the following best describes
the Vietcong’s war strategy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fight small skirmishes
Engage in large-scale battles
Avoid any confrontation
Battle by day and rest at night
In the years after WWII, American
presidents opposed the spread of
communism in the world by
supporting a policy called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Containment
Isolationism
Colonialism
All of the above
In 1975, two years after the last
American troops left Vietnam
A. South Vietnam defeated the Vietcong
B. The United Nations drew up a treaty ending
the war
C. South Vietnam surrendered to North
Vietnam
D. All of the above
Who did President Nixon appoint as a
“special assistant” in helping to bring
an end to U.S. involvement in
Vietnam?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Henry Kissinger
In order to bring the Vietnam War to
an end, the U.S. needed to use
“linkage.” What two countries did the
U.S. need to work with to end the
war?
A. China and Japan
B. Soviet Union and China
C. Soviet Union and Greece
D. Vietnam and China
To eliminate deferment abuses, the
Selective Service System
A.
B.
C.
D.
Adopted a lottery system to draft Americans
Allowed some men to burn their draft cards
Put local draft boards in charge of selection
Recruited more heavily among working class
and poor people
Ultimately, the end of the Vietnam
War resulted in
A. Greater U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia
B. Expanded war-making powers for the U.S.
president
C. Communist control of Vietnam
D. A communist North Vietnam and a
democratic South Vietnam
American soldiers used Agent
Orange and napalm to
A. Detect Vietcong booby traps within the
jungles
B. Disrupt the enemy’s food supply
C. Find the enemy within the jungle
D. All of the above
Who won the 1968 Presidential
election?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
President Nixon ordered the secret
bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in
Cambodia to
A.
B.
C.
D.
Boost morale
To stop the peace process
Protect Vietnamese citizens
Reduce the flow of communist supplies
What did the Pentagon Papers
reveal?
A. President Nixon withdrew from the peace
process
B. The U.S. had given arms and money to the
Vietcong
C. The U.S. military tried to cover up the massacre
at My Lai
D. U.S. leaders misled Congress and the American
people about the war.
Which event helped create the
counterculture of the 1960s and
1970s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Great Depression
World War II
Vietnam War
Woodstock
Which defining characteristic of the
counterculture provided the
foundation for the various rights
movements that followed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Protest
Drug use
Communes
Youthfulness
Young protestors especially focused on
what they saw as an unfair
A.
B.
C.
D.
Draft system
Credibility gap
Teach-in
Division of Vietnam
The year 1968 saw a shocking political
announcement, a pair of traumatic
assassinations and finally, a violent
political convention in
A.
B.
C.
D.
New York
Chicago
Miami
San Francisco
The violence and chaos associated
with the Democratic Party, benefited
the 1968 Republican candidate
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
Who appeared to be on his way to
winning the Democratic nomination in
1968 until he was gunned down?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
George Wallace
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
The Haight-Asbury became a melting
pot for the counterculture in what U.S.
city?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Boston
Someone who supported U.S.
involvement was called a
A.
B.
C.
D.
Flower child
Hawk
Dove
Eagle
Someone who opposed U.S.
intervention in Vietnam was a
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dove
Hawk
Yankee
None of the above
Four people were killed during
protests at this university in May 1970
A.
B.
C.
D.
Penn State
Jackson State
Kent State
Ohio State
A small community of people who
shared resources was called a
A.
B.
C.
D.
Resunes
SMURF
Commune
All of the above
President to first send “advisers” to
Vietnam
A.
B.
C.
D.
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
LBJ
President who supported
“Vietnamization” as a way to
withdrawal American troops
A.
B.
C.
D.
Truman
Nixon
Kennedy
LBJ
It was a jellied gasoline used to set
villages and jungles on fire.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Agent Orange
DDT
Napalm
None of the above
The Massacre at _________ became a
huge publicity devastation for the U.S.
military
A.
B.
C.
D.
My Lai
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Saigon
Country suffered 58,000 deaths
and spent about 150 billion dollars
A.
B.
C.
D.
China
Soviet Union
United States
South Vietnam
Which country did not turn
communist after the Vietnam War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
China
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos