Chapter 19 Test - Vietnam
This test will assess your knowledge over materials from chapter 19, Vietnam.
- 1.Which of the following was most influential in turning the American public opinion against the Vietnam War?
- A.
Protests organized by Students for a Democratic Society
- B.
Military defeats
- C.
Violent police responses to antiwar speeches
- D.
Media coverage of the war
- 2.President Nixon endorsed Vietnamization because
- A.
It empowered the Vietnamese to run their own government
- B.
He hoped it would give South Vietnamese leaders enough time to create a stable anti-Communist government
- C.
It would bring American troops home immediately
- D.
He believed it would win the war
- 3.How did Ho Chi Minh win support in N. Vietnam despite his repressive regime?
- A.
By instituting a representative democracy
- B.
By killing all who opposed him
- C.
By redistributing land from large estates to peasants
- D.
By favoring Catholics
- 4.Cause: Operation Rolling Thunder ---> Effect:_____________
- A.
Strengthened rather than weakened the Vietcong
- B.
Buildup of U.S. air power
- C.
Destruction of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
- D.
Severe weakening of the Vietcong's will to fight
- 5.What were the Communist forces that took control of Cambodia in 1975 called?
- A.
Vietminh
- B.
Dien Bien Phu
- C.
Khmer Rouge
- D.
Khe Sanh
- 6.Pacification failed because
- A.
War was highly valued in Vietnamese culture
- B.
Civilians resented being moved off their land and having their homes destroyed
- C.
The mountainous jungle made detection of the enemy difficult
- D.
Officials often inflated body counts reported by units in the field
- 7.Who were the Vietminh?
- A.
A group organized by Ho Chi Minh during WWII to resist the Japanese occupation
- B.
Vietnamese people who supported French rule
- C.
Protesters who used civil disobedience to fight for Vietnamese rights
- D.
French soldiers who fought the Vietnamese
- 8.President Kennedy initially sent advisers and aid to Vietnam in part to
- A.
Overthrow Ngo Dinh Diem
- B.
Counter the Tet Offensive
- C.
Help the French retain their colony
- D.
Display U.S. strength and resolve
- 9.
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The the following chart to answer the question below.What explains the change in troop levels from 1969 to 1972?- A.
U.S. losses during the Tet offensive
- B.
Pacification
- C.
Vietnamization
- D.
The end of the draft
- 10.What is the domino theory?
- A.
The strategy of dropping strings of bombs to destroy large areas
- B.
The belief that if one country entered a war, neighboring countries would quickly follow
- C.
The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would quickly follow
- D.
A system for aiding S. Vietnamese civilians
- 11.
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Why did U.S. planes spray defoliants like Agent Orange over the Ho Chi Minh Trail?- A.
To make it easier to land U.S. planes on the trail
- B.
To destroy farms and villages that were near the trail
- C.
To expose those areas of the trail that were hidden in the jungle, making it easier for planes to see enemy supply routes
- D.
To disrupt the flow of troops and supplies from South Vietnam to Laos
- 12.____________________ headed a brutal and corrupt government in South Vietnam.
- A.
Ngo Dinh Diem
- B.
Ho Chi Minh
- C.
Bien Denh Phu
- D.
Dong Ken Rho
- 13.__________________ ran as an independent candidate and was an important factor in the 1968 presidential election.
- A.
Hubert Humphrey
- B.
George Wallace
- C.
Richard Nixon
- D.
John F. Kennedy
- 14.By basing the draft on birth days, ________________ lessened the inequity in the draft.
- A.
The deferment program
- B.
The avoidance system
- C.
The lottery system
- D.
The Equal Draft Program of 1964
- 15.The _____________________ lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
- A.
Youth's Right to Vote Act of 1967
- B.
Voting Age Act of 1968
- C.
26th Amendment
- D.
25th Amendment
- E.
27th Amendment
- 16.In the ____________________, U.S. soldiers killed at least 450 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.
- A.
Tet Offensive
- B.
My Lai massacre
- C.
Attack on Khe Sanh
- D.
Attack on Sai Pan
- 17.The attack on the USS Maddox led to approval of the Tet Resolution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.During the early years of the war, the U.S. soldiers who fought in Vietnam were disproportionately poor and African American.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.The Tet Offensive shattered many people’s belief that the United States would soon win the Vietnam War.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Only military bases and power plants were targeted by Operation Rolling Thunder.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention hoped to pressure the Democratic delegates to reject President Johnson’s war policies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.A vocal antiwar group:
- A.
NAACP
- B.
Doves
- C.
Students for a Democratic Society
- D.
Students for a Democratic Tomorrow
- E.
People for a Free Vietnam
- 23.He offered criticism of the Vietnam War that greatly worried President Johnson:
- A.
Walter Cronkite
- B.
Henry Kissinger
- C.
Hubert Humphrey
- D.
Richard Daley
- 24.He persecuted Buddhists in Vietnam:
- A.
Ho Chi Minh
- B.
Ngo Dinh Diem
- C.
Minh Poh Dak
- D.
Van Doh Phu
- 25.Mayor of Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention:
- A.
Bruce King
- B.
William Westmoreland
- C.
Henry Kissinger
- D.
Richard Daley
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