The Vietnam War Explained

What did Ho Chi Minh become after reading the writings of Lenin?

• President of the US

• Leader of China

• a Communist

• a Traitor

What fighting tactics did the Vietnam Independence League use?

• gorilla warfare

• surround and concur

• divide and attack

• corruption

In 1950, after North Korea invaded South Korea, the domino theory was at the height of political thought. The idea that if one country fell to communism, the others...

• would surrender.

• would also fall to communism.

• might grow stronger and help fight.

• could not help America.

Vietnam was split along the ...

• jungle.

• ocean.

• mountain line.

• 17th parallel.

The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attack of South Vietnam was January 31, 1968 during a celebration known as...

• Tet.

• Christmas.

• Independence Day.

• Holiday.

"Vietnamization" was a policy where ARVN troops would gradually take on more and more and American troops would start to...

• help the South Vietnamize fight for independence.

• adopt Vietnamese children.

• help the North Vietnamese.

• withdraw from Vietnam.

Protests erupted after the news coverage of Mai Lai. Four students were killed at ...

• Kent State.

• Harvard University.

• the White House.

• the Stock Exchange.