Vietnam War Part 1, Review

Prior to getting independence, Vietnam had been a colony of which country?

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Spain

• France

What is a proxy war?

• A war fought entirely at sea

• A war fought entirely in the air

• A war in which superpowers back opposing sides

• A war in which superpowers face each other directly

Where did most proxy wars take place?

• Antarctica

• second world nations

• third world nations

• first world nations

The northern portion of Vietnam followed which political ideology?

• socialism

• communism

• democracy

• constitutional monarchy

Why did America get involved in the Vietnam War?

• America hoped to stop the spread of communism

• America hoped to establish trade relations with Vietnam

• America hoped to make Vietnam a territory

• America hoped to find a new place to test an atomic weapon

Who became president after JFK was assasinated?

• Jimmy Carter

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard M. Nixon

• Dwight Eisenhower

What was Viet Cong?

• The name of a Vietnamese warship

• A group of communist rebels that fought against the U.S.

• The name of the Vietnamese capital

• The name of the Vietnamese air force

What was happened at the Gulf of Tonkin?

• An American plane was shot down

• The communist leader was assassinated

• Several American soldiers were tortured by communist rebels

• An American naval ship was destroyed

What did Lyndon B. Johnson decided to do about Vietnam?

• Leave Vietnam alone

• Increase the presence of troops

• drop an atomic bomb on the country

• form a trade agreement with Vietnam

What new type of media was used during the Vietnam War?

• morse code

• newspapers

• television

• radio