General
Vietnam
Tet Offensive
American Involvement
Russian Revolution
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What was the capital of North Vietnam?
Hanoi
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What year did the first Indo-China war finish?
1954
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What year was the Tet Offensive?
1968
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What US President came BEFORE President Richard Nixon?
Lyndon B Johnson
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What year did Bloody Sunday occur in?
1905
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What was the capital of South Vietnam?
Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City)
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Why was Diem chosen to lead South Vietnam?
Because he was very anti-Communist
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How many cities were simultaneously attacked at the start of the Tet Offensive?
1968
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What was the name of the first US bombing campaign in Vietnam?
Operation Rolling Thunder
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What was the name of the priest that led the Bloody Sunday Revolution?
Father Gorgi Gapon
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What type of warfare did the Viet Cong use?
Guerilla Warfare
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How many names/aliases did Ho Chi Minh have?
Over 19 different ones.
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How did the Tet Offensive shift the scenes where the war was primarily being carried out?
Moved it from the countryside into the cities.
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What was the name of the event that the Americans used to justify their involvement in the Vietnam war?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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What country did Lenin hide out in when he was exiled from Russia?
Switzerland
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Who wrote the book "Vietnam and the IndoChina Conflict"?
John Wood
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What year did Ho Chi Minh die?
1969
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What did the Tet Offensive lead to in the second half of 1968?
Secret Peace talks in Paris started by LBJ
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What date did the Second Indo-China war finish?
1954
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What month did the first Revolution happen in 1917?
February
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Who is the longest serving History teacher at CCC? (hint: he taught Mr Fields as a student....)
Rick Stone
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What do NVA and ARVN stand for?
North Vietnamese Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam
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Who won the Tet offensive (i.e. American's or Viet Cong) Justify your answer with at least TWO points?
Answers could include: US defeated the Vietnamese but at large loss of life, severely depleted the Viet Cong and NVAs troop numbers so they couldn't launch a major offensive again for some time. OR Viet Cong won as the US morale was broken especially back home. Became clear to the shocked US leaders that they were not invincible and unlikely to ever win the war there.
500
How many US soldiers died in Vietnam? (rounded to the nearest thousand)
56,524
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What was the name of Lenin's military adviser during the October Revolution AND how and where did he die?
Leon Trotsky - ice pick to the head in South America
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