US History Chapter 19: The Vietnam War



US History Chapter 19 and 20.1: The Vietnam War

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1. American officials did not like imperialism and did not think France should control Vietnam. However, they did not want Vietnam to become:

A. Capitalist

B. Communist

C. Fascist

2. What two events convinced Truman to help France in Vietnam?

A. Japan’s surrender in World War II and the fall of China to capitalism

B. The fall of China to communism and the outbreak of the Korean War

C. The Civil Rights uprising in the United States and the Watts Riots

3. The cartoon to the right represents Eisenhower’s which stated that if Vietnam fell to communism so would :

A. Falling country theory, all of Asia

B. Domino theory, all of Southeast Asia

C. Butterfly effect, all of Southeast Asia

4. North Vietnam received military weapons and other support from:

A. USSR and China

B. United States and Great Britain

C. Japan and the Philippines

Use the map to the right to answer question 5.

5. The Ho Chi Minh trail, used to transfer supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, ran through which two nations?

A. Laos and Thailand

B. Cambodia and Thailand

C. Laos and Cambodia

6. The goal of Agent Orange was to:

A. Infiltrate the Vietcong military

B. Sabotage Vietcong equipment

C. Destroy the Vietcong’s ability to hide in jungles

7. With the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Congress, in effect,

A. Handed its war powers to the president

B. Committed to a limited war only

C. Declared war on China

8. A main reason President Johnson refused to order a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam was his fear that it would:

A. Bring China into the war

B. Strengthen the North Vietnamese will to fight

C. Cause Japan to side with North Vietnam

Use the graph below to answer questions 9-10.

9. These graphs show:

A. How African Americans were dying at a higher percentage in Vietnam than other Americans in relation to total population in the United States

B. The number of working-class youths dying in Vietnam

C. The percentage of troops who were drafted versus those who volunteered

10. How did the draft system at the beginning of the war contribute to this situation?

A. The draft only selected minorities to serve

B. More whites students earned deferment by attending college

C. The draft system did not contribute to this situation

Use the timeline to answer questions 11.

11. When did the first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam?

A. One year prior to the Tet offensive

B. One year prior to student protests at Kent State University

C. One year after the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

12. Which of the following is true about the Tet Offensive?

A. Was a military victory for the US

B. Led to public opinion to turn against the war

C. Both A and B

13. On which idea is the 26th Amendment based?

A. Women should to allowed to serve in the armed forces

B. The president, not Congress, should decide where and when troops will fight

C. A person who is old enough to fight is old enough to vote

14. Who appeared to be on his way to winning the Democratic nomination for president until he we gunned down on June 5, 1968, in a California hotel?

A. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

B. Hubert Humphrey

C. Robert Kennedy

15. Complete the diagram to the right:

A. Napalm

B. War of Attrition

C. Credibility Gap

16. The Pentagon Papers revealed that:

A. American prisoners of war were being tortured in North Vietnamese prisons

B. The government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam

C. The United States had surrendered to the Vietcong

17. Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia another country angered Congress, resulting in:

A. Passage of the Twenty-seventh Amendment

B. A vote of censure

C. A repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

18. Nixon’s Vietnamization called for:

A. South Vietnam to assume more of the fighting as American troops withdrew

B. A massive invasion of North Vietnam to finally end the war

C. The United States to declare war on all communism countries

Use the passage below to answer questions 19-20.

19. This passage is explaining that the Vietnam War was essentially fought:

A. To control territory because of the need for raw materials and resources

B. To halt the spread of communism not only in South Vietnam, but also in other parts of the world

C. To end World War II

20. George W. Ball’s main idea in his speech is that the United States is ultimately seeking a(n):

A. Communist world

B. Way to continue war to show total power over the world

C. World living in peace and freedom

21. After the United States ended its direct involvement in Vietnam, the North Vietnamese captured Saigon and united Vietnam under:

A. Rule of the United Nations

B. Communist rule

C. Capitalist rule

22. Long after troops were home, the war lingered on for the American families whose relatives and friends were classified as missing in action or:

A. Prisoners of War

B. Draft Dodgers

C. Traitors

Use the graph below to answer questions 23-24.

23. What was the highest number of total American casualties in a single year of the Vietnam War, according to the graph?

A. Around 12,000

B. Around 14,000

C. Around 16,000

24. The number of deaths in Vietnam reached a peak in the same year in which:

A. The presidential election was occurring

B. Johnson decided not to run for presidency

C. Both A and B

25. Which of the following was not a legacy of the Vietnam War?

A. Americans lost confidence in their countries ability to contain communism

B. The war increased the nations doubt about their government

C. Americans felt they had won the Cold War

26. In the 1960s young people known as hippies began the movement.

A. Counterculture

B. Civil Rights

C. Bilingualism

27. The Port Huron Statement expressed the view of the:

A. United Farm Workers

B. La Raza Unida

C. Students for a Democratic Society

28. Student for a Democratic Society was comprised mainly of:

A. The “baby boom” generation

B. Latino students

C. African American students

29. Soon after the campus-wide strike at the University of California at Berkeley, the Supreme Court upheld the students’ right to:

A. Desegregation on campus

B. Freedom of speech and assemble on campus

C. Use drugs freely

30. Students involved in the Free Speech Movement demonstrated by:

A. Holding college administrators as hostages

B. Abandoning classes and occupying buildings

C. Opening fire against the national guards

31. Many hippies wanted to build a – a society that was freer, closer to nature, and full of love, empathy, tolerance, and cooperation.

A. Utopia

B. Conformity

C. Pragmatist

32. Which of the following is not a result of counterculture clothing:

A. Gray flannel suit and buzz cuts

B. Tie-dye

C. Beads, fringes and Native American headbands

33. Use the picture to the right to answer the following question. This district located in San-Francisco was famous because:

A. It was where John F. Kennedy was assassinated

B. It was a hippie destination

C. It was where Europeans met to try and understand the civil rights movement

34. A rock festival that drew hundreds of thousands of people in 1969 was at:

A. San Francisco

B. Woodstock

C. Berkeley

Use the chart above and your prior knowledge to answer question 35.

35. What factor led to the increase in college enrollments?

A. “Baby boomers” began to reach college age in the 1960s

B. Young people wanted to go to college to avoid the war

C. Both A and B

36. Complete the diagram to the right:

A. Youth Movement

B. Latin-American Movement

C. Civil Rights Movement

37. By the end of Vietnam, the total tonnage of bombs dropped on North Vietnam by the United States was

A. Less than what was dropped in both WWII and the Korean War

B. Nearly the same as the tonnage dropped during WWII and the Korean War

C. More than twice what was dropped in both WWII and the Korean War

38. What affect did images like those above had what impact on the American public?

A. Encouraged more young men to enlist in the armed forces

B. Public protest of the war increased

C. Americans increase their support for the Vietnam War

39. What publicized American massacre by American troops led to protest against the Vietnam War?

A. My Lai

B. Gulf of Tonkin

C. D-Day

40. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Kent State shooting?

A. 4 students were killed

B. Students were protesting the election of Richard Nixon

C. The National Guard opened fire on protestors.

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Reports from the government

Reports from televised newscasts

“The conflict in Vietnam is a product of the great shifts and changes triggered by the Second World War. Out of the war, two continent-wide powers emerged – the United States and the Soviet Union. The colonial systems through which the nations of Western Europe had governed more than a third of the people of the world were, one by one, dismantled…

The bloody encounters in [Vietnam] are thus in a real sense battles and skirmishes in a continuing war to prevent one Communist power after another from violating internationally recognized boundary lines fixing the outer limits of Communist dominion.

… In the long run our hopes for the people of South Vietnam reflect our hopes for people everywhere. What we seek is a world living in peace and freedom.” -George W. Ball

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