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Vietnam War

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The Vietnam War

Watch the following video and answer the associated questions.

Answer the following questions related to the previous video on the Vietnam war.

Question 1

1.

In the late 1800s, what we now know as Vietnam was better known then as...

Indochina

North Vietnam

South Vietnam

French Indochina

Question 2

2.

By the end of WWII the Vietnamese people wanted their independence from France so they started their own liberation movement that was known as the Viet Minh.

True

False

Question 3

3.

The leader of the Viet Minh was a communist by the name of...

Ngo Dinh Diem

Nguyen Van Thieu

Ho Chi Minh

Nguyen Cao Ky

Question 4

4.

The First Indochina War over Vietnam was between who?

China in the north and Britain in the south

Britain in the north and France in the south

France in the south and China in the north

China in the south and France in the north

Question 5

5.

In 1954, after the First Indochina War became a stalemate, Vietnam was partitioned into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. How did this come about and where was the partition located?

Question 6

6.

What was the reason for the partition between the north and south?

To permanently separate the two into two distict coutries; North and South Vietnam

It was to be a cooling off period of 300 days to decide what would be best for the country

Make sure that both sides would agree to turn it into a demilitarized zone like Korea had

It was the only way either side would leave the other side alone

Question 7

7.

Who took over South Vietnam as Prime Minister in 1954 and then as President in 1955?

Ngo Dinh Diem

Nguyen Van Thieu

Ho Chi Minh

Nguyen Cao Ky

Question 8

8.

What reason can you give that would explain why the U.S. would be in favor of supporting South Vietnam over North Vietnam?

Question 9

9.

What was the name of the South Vietnamese group who supported communism and rose up against Ngo Dinh Diem and assassinated him?

The NVA

The Viet Minh

The Viet Cong

The South Viet Army

Question 10

10.

What events helped set up the Vietnam War? List all that apply (hint: more than 1, less than 4)

South Vietnam was fighting a conventional war against North Vietnam

South Vietnam was still trying to get the French to leave Vietnam

South Vietnam was fighting a war against the Viet Cong (S. Vietnamese communists)

U.S. President Kennedy kep increasing the number of miltary advisors sent to Vietnam 

The U.S. started sending troops to Vietnam to help South Vietnam fight communism

Question 11

11.

What was the name of the incident that help to get the U.S. actively invollved in the Vietnam War?

Question 12

12.

Has it been proven that the North Vietnamese actually fired at the U.S.S. Maddox, or any other U.S. ship for that matter, to try and pull the U.S. into the Vietnam War?

True

False

Question 13

13.

What was it that President Johnson and the American military advisors in Viernam were telling the American people to gain support for their actions in the war?

Question 14

14.

How did the Tet Offensive change the American publicś opinion of the war?

Question 15

15.

What incident from the Vietnam War was considered to be the most damaging on how America and its actions were percieved during the Vietnam War?

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident

The Tet Offensive

The My Lai Massacre

The Pentagon Papers

Question 16

16.

What impact did the 1971 Pentagon Papers have on President Nixonś presidency?

Question 17

17.

What was the＂official＂outcome of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords? (Hint: there is more than one answer)

There was peace between North and South Vietnam

There was peace between South Vietnam and the Americans

There was peace between North Vietnam and the Americans

There was peace between the Viet Cong and the Americans

Question 18

18.

How would a peace agreement between North Vietnam and the U.S. benefit North Vietnam?

Question 19

19.

What name was the capitol of South Vietnam changed to after the fall to North Vietnam in 1975?

Saigon

Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh City

Da Nang

Question 20

20.

Overall, the Vietnam War was viewed as an ugly incident, but how was America impacted because of its involvement in the war? Number an Describe at least 3 specific ways.

Besides being considered a super ugly chapter in American history, it was the first war that America lost

It hurt America´s prestige and their ability to influence what is going on in other parts of the world

The Domino Theory did not happen: just because South Vietnam fell to communism did not cause other countries in Southeast Asia fall to communism.

After the Vietnam War, America would not be able to enter another war like it because the American people would not allow it to happen

58,000 Americans died fighting the Vietnam war