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  • 1. 
    What was the name given to communist insurgents fighting in South Vietnam?

  • The People’s Army of Vietnam
  • The Viet Cong
  • Army of the Republic of Vietnam
  • Khmer Rouge

  • 2. 
    Which incident in 1964 led the United States to send more troops to Vietnam?

  • The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
  • The Partition of Vietnam
  • The Gulf of Tonkin incident
  • The Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

  • 3. 
    Which aerial bombardment campaign in 1972 involved the largest number of heavy bomber raids by the American Air Force since World War II?

  • Rolling Thunder
  • Arc Light
  • Operation Crossbow
  • Linebacker II

  • 4. 
    US forces used which chemical agent to defoliate large swaths of Vietnam?

  • Agent Orange
  • White Phosphorous
  • DDT
  • Napalm

  • 5. 
    As part of the Vietnam War, the United States also bombed what other Southeast Asian country?

  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Korea
  • A & B

  • 6. 
    Which town was the location of an infamous war crime where American forces slaughtered Vietnamese civilians in 1968?

  • My Lai
  • Khe San
  • Dien Bien Phu
  • No Gun Rhi

  • 7. 
    Which 1969 battle resulted in US forces capturing terrain with little strategic value and then abandoning it?

  • Khe San
  • Hamburger Hill
  • Dien Bien Phu
  • Tet Offensive

  • 8. 
    Which battle resulted in the withdrawal of French forces from Vietnam in 1954?

  • Khe San
  • Ap Bac
  • Dien Bien Phu
  • Hue

  • 9. 
    Which statesman served as president of the Republic of Vietnam between 1955 and 1963?

  • Bao Dai
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Nguyen van Thieu

  • 10. 
    Which of the following Cold War policies held that if one country became communist, all the other adjacent nations would be threatened as well?

  • Domino Theory
  • Mutually assured destruction
  • Rollback
  • Détente

  • 11. 
    Which president coined the term “silent majority”?

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Richard M. Nixon

  • 12. 
    Which of the following methods did anti-war activists use to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War?

  • Organizing large protests.
  • Burning draft cards.
  • Writing anti-war songs.
  • All of the above.

  • 13. 
    Which battle in 1963 resulted in a small Viet Cong force repulsing an attack by a large South Vietnamese army group that included armored personnel carriers and helicopters?

  • Ap Bac
  • Khe San
  • Hue
  • Ia Drang

  • 14. 
    Which battle in 1965 was an inconclusive engagement between US air cavalry forces and North Vietnamese troops.

  • Khe San
  • Hue
  • Ia Drang
  • Xuan Loc

  • 15. 
    The Tet Offensive had which of the following consequences?

  • It led to the capture of Saigon.
  • It resulted in heavy casualties for the Viet Cong.
  • It undermined public support for the Vietnam War in the US.
  • B & C

  • 16. 
    What were students at Kent State University protesting when National Guardsmen opened fire on them in 1970?

  • The invasion of Laos
  • The invasion of Cambodia
  • The fall of Saigon
  • The institution of a draft

  • 17. 
    How was President Nixon’s policy of Vietnamization implemented?

  • The Vietnamese government began building protected hamlets to isolate peasants from the insurgents.
  • The US government began relocating South Vietnamese refugees after the fall of Saigon.
  • The US government began to increase efforts to train and equip the South Vietnamese Army.
  • The US government began to train officers to speak the local language before they were deployed to Vietnam.

  • 18. 
    Which diplomat represented the United States at the Paris Peace Talks in 1973?

  • Henry Kissinger
  • Dean Rusk
  • Robert McNamara
  • Henry Cabot Lodge

  • 19. 
    What did the Paris Peace Talks of 1973 accomplish?

  • They established a permanent cease-fire.
  • They established a temporary cease-fire.
  • They immediately reunified North and South Vietnam.
  • B & C

  • 20. 
    When did Saigon fall to North Vietnamese troops?

  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976

  • 21. 
    Which of the following countries provided military assistance to the South Vietnamese?

  • South Korea
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • All of the above

  • 22. 
    Which of the following countries provided the most military and economic assistance to the North Vietnamese?

  • The USSR
  • China
  • Cuba
  • North Korea

  • 23. 
    Which city was the former imperial capital of Vietnam and was the site of heavy fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive?

  • Saigon
  • Hai Phong
  • Hue
  • Hanoi

  • 24. 
    Which general led US forces in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968?

  • William Westmoreland
  • Creighton Abrams
  • Frederick Weyand
  • Lloyd Ferendall

  • 25. 
    Which US Senator was an early opponent of the Vietnam War and published a critique called

  • Frank Church
  • George McGovern
  • William Fulbright
  • Eugene McCarthy

  • 26. 
    Which statesman was the US ambassador to South Vietnam during the 1963 coup and refused to help the embattled ruler?

  • Dean Acheson
  • Dean Rusk
  • Robert McNamara
  • Henry Cabot Lodge

  • 27. 
    President Johnson declared that he lost “middle America” when which famous broadcast journalist declared the Vietnam War had become a quagmire in 1968?

  • Ted Koppel
  • Walter Cronkite
  • Walter Lipmann
  • David Halberstam

  • 28. 
    What were the Pentagon Papers?

  • Secret diplomatic cables from Vietnam
  • Secret combat reports from Vietnam
  • A history of US intervention in Vietnam
  • Secret intelligence reports from Vietnam

  • 29. 
    Which tribesmen lived in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and cooperated with US Special Forces during the war?

  • Chams
  • Degar/Montagnards
  • Pathet Lao
  • Khmer Krom

  • 30. 
    Who was the commander of the Vietnam People’s Army (NVA)?

  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Le Duan
  • Pol Pot
  • Vo Nguyen Giap

  • 31. 
    What was the name of the secret CIA effort to kill or capture Viet Cong agents?

  • Phoenix Program
  • Winter Soldier
  • Operation Wandering Soul
  • Operation Bravo

  • 32. 
    Which of the following Southeast Asian countries also succumbed to a Communist revolution after American forces left Vietnam?

  • Thailand
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • B & C
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