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Chapt 30 Test
100
List the 2 ships involved with the Gulf of Tonkin
Mattox and Turner Joy
100
DOUBLE POINTS
Who was the Secretary of defense during the early part of the Vietnam War?
Robert McNorman
100
Which primary did RFK winn and was shot the same night
California
100
Who was the US solider that was in charge of the massacre at My Lai in 1968
William Calley
100
What did the VC use to their advantage on hit and run attacks in the jungles
tunnels
100
What didn't the Black Americans in Indianapolis do after RFK speech, which was the same night Dr. King was assassinated
roit
100
What was the name of the city that US troops defended an airbase in 1965
De Nang
200
What were the first US troops in Vietnam called?
advisors
200
What was the name of the event that happened in 1965 that caused LBJ to ask the Congress for power to attack North Vietnam
Tonkin
200
What was RFK government position in New York
senator
200
TRIPLE POINTS
What was William Calley's prison sentence
life
200
What were safe villages in the southside of South Vietnam called
Strategic Hamlets
200
where did 26,000 more US soldiers die after the death RFF
vietnam
200
What was the capital of North Vietnam
Hanoi
300
What were the communists in South Vietnam
VC
300
What type of government did North Vietnam have
Communist
300
Who assassinated RFK
Sirhan Sirhan
300
Which country did President Nixon bomb in 19070
Cambodia
300
Which member of LBJ cabinet resigned or was fired in December 1967
Robert S. McNamara
300
TRIPLE POINTS
Who didn't want more of he secret seice protectin him during the 1968 campaign
RFK
300
What was the capital of South Vietnam
Saigon
400
What is the capitol of Idaho
Boise
400
What was the name of the US General during the Vietnam War
William Westmoreland
400
400
Which university was 4 students killed by the US National Guard?
Kent State
400
What did LBJ do to NOrth Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
BOmb
400
which political party did RFK represent
democrats
400
What was the name of the battle in January 1963 when the VC stayed to fight the ARVN for the first time
Ap Bac
500
What did HCM want for his people?
freedom
500
What does Tet mean in Vietnam
holiday
500
Who was LBJ Vice president
Hubert Humphrey
500
What years was the US involved in the Vietnam War?
57-74
500
Which Army defeated the ARNV at Ap Bac for the 1st time
VC
500
who burned himself in front of the pentagon
norman morrison
500
Wath was the name of the massacre in which US troops killed innocent SOuth Vietnamese civilians
My Lai
600
What percentage of the French war in Vietnam did the US pay for?
80%
600
What was the main target during the Tet offensive
embassy
600
What was the name of the news person that stated the US could not win the war in Vietnam after the Tet offensive
Walter Cronkite
600
which US President sent the 1st advisors to Vietnam?
Dwight Eisenhower
600
Which veterans were not glorified as war heroes
Vietnam
600
what did 1,000 people do to protesst the war and went to jail for doing this
burned cards
600
What was the name of the Marine base that was surrounded by the VC during the Tet Offensive
Khe Sanh
700
Which country occupied Indochina during WW11
Japan
700
What was the age a person could be drafted to go to Vietnam
18
700
Which US city hosted the 1968 Democratic Convention
Chicago
700
Which US President Stated, "we don't have a prayer of staying in Vietnam, these people hate us. I cant up Vietnam and then get the people to re-elect me"
JFK
700
You can hold it without using your hands or your arms. What is it?
Your breath :)
700
what was also held that showed support for the troops in Vietnam
parades
700
What was RFK position on Vietnam after Tet
against
800
Who was the leader of North Vietnam
HCM
800
What was the age a person could vote in 1968
21
800
What were the VC fighting for
freedom
800
What did LBJ have prepared 3 months before the Gulf of Tonkin
speech
800
Who hated RFK, and would not chose him as VIce President in 1964
LBJ
800
what type of place would white men attend to avoid the war
college
800
DOUBLE POINTS
Which battle was the turning point of the war
Tet
900
Who was the first leased of South Vietnam?
NDD
900
Whoever does the most push-ups gets the points
Get to push uping lol
900
Who won the election of 1968
Richard Nixon
900
What were the first US troops at De Nang defending
airbase
900
which form of media showed the Vietnam War each night on the news
tv
900
What was the name of the battle that the french lost in Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
900
Who did not run for re-election in 1968
LBJ
1000
Which group of people did the first leader of South Vietnam oppress
buddhists
1000
Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1968
George Wallace
1000
What was a communist group of revolutionaries based in South Vietnam Called?
VC
1000
Who stated, "we were willing to fight for 20 years or more"
HCM
1000
What did RFK accomplish in Canada
Mt Kennedy
1000
which city was the longest and bloodiest battle of the Tet offensive
Hue
1000
Which chemical caused cancer for many soldiers that served in Vietnam
orange