Vietnam War 1
President Nixon's plan for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces as South Vietnamese troops assumed more combat duties.
a. retreat
b. Americanization
c. Vietnamization
d. expansion
c. Vietnamization
He led North Vietnam's fight to reunify North and South Vietnam.
a. Ho Chi Minh
b. Genghis Kahn
c. Mao Zedong
d. Emperor Hirohito
a. Ho Chi Minh
A jellied gasoline that covered large areas in flames.
a. agent orange
b. napalm
c. isopropyl
d. fermented grains
b. napalm
To state positively; declare.
a. assert
b. doctrine
c. infiltrate
d. quagmire
a. assert
The action or fact of putting something off to a later time; postponement.
a. undermine
b. inconclusive
c. deferment
d. conclusive
c. deferment
A village in South Vietnam wherein 1968 American forces opened fire on unarmed civilians; U.S. soldiers killed between 400 and 500 Vietnamese.
a. Saigon
b. My Lai
c. Hanoi
d. Hue
b. My Lai
A person who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
a. dove
b. bear
c. hawk
d. bull
c. hawk
A herbicide that destroys plant life.
a. agent orange
b. napalm
c. isopropyl
d. fermented grains
a. agent orange
To cause someone to feel isolated.
a. align
b. regime
c. alienate
d. ensure
c. alienate
Not leading to a definite result.
a. positive
b. inconclusive
c. conclusive
d. certain
b. inconclusive
Classified U.S. government study that revealed American leaders involved the United States in Vietnam without fully informing the American people; leaked to the New York Times in 1971.
a. The Pentagon
b. Pentagon Papers
c. Secret Service Section
d. Selective Services
b. Pentagon Papers
A person who opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
a. dove
b. bear
c. hawk
d. bull
a. dove
Which country controlled Vietnam as a colony since the 1800s.
a. Britain
b. France
c. Spain
d. Portugal
b. France
To give support to a person, organization, or cause.
a. regime
b. infiltrate
c. skirmish
d. align
d. align
A government, especially an authoritarian one.
a. regime
b. democracy
c. republic
d. self-government
a. regime
His communist government and ties to the Soviet Union were a source of conflict between Cuba and the United States.
a. Fidel Gomez
b. Alias Castro
c. Fidel Castro
d. Carlos Leon
c. Fidel Castro
American public's growing distrust of statements made by the government during the Vietnam War.
a. Unbelievable
b. Credibility Gap
c. Misunderstanding Gap
d. Delusional Theory
b. Credibility Gap
The authority to use force to defend American troops.
a. SEATO
b. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c. Domino Theory
d. By any means necessary
b. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A brief, unplanned fight during a war.
a. infiltrate
b. indoctrinate
c. skirmish
d. assert
c. skirmish
Using language clearly and effectively.
a. eloquent
b. unclear
c. inarticulate
d. inability
a. eloquent
The idea that if a nation falls to communism, its closest neighbors will also fall under communist control.
a. Domino Effect
b. Falling Domino
c. Domino Theory
d. Gravity Theory
c. Domino Theory
Communist assault on a large number of South Vietnamese cities in early 1968.
a. Lunar Attacks
b. Tet Defensive
c. Tet Offensive
d. My Lai Massacre
c. Tet Offensive
The United States became involved in Vietnam because
a. it wanted to keep France as an ally.
b. it wanted to contain the spread of Communism.
c. Both a and b.
d. None of the above.
c. Both a and b.
To secretly pass troops through an enemy line in war.
a. compliance
b. advocate
c. deferment
d. infiltrate
d. infiltrate
To gradually make something or someone weaker and less effective.
a. undermine
b. ensure
c. alienate
d. domesticat
a. undermine