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Johnson's War: Escalation

Frage 1 von 23

1

Which general succeeded Diem?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • General Minh

  • General Khanh

  • General Thieu

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Frage 2 von 23

1

How were the North Vietnamese Army supporting the Viet Cong from December 1963?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • They were sending their own soldiers south to assist the Viet Cong

  • They started a massive bombing campaign called Operation Rolling Thunder

  • They infiltrated the South Vietnamese government and began to assassinate them one by one

  • They disguised themselves a flood relief workers and infiltrated the South

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Frage 3 von 23

1

How much of Vietnam did the Communists control by 1964?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A Quarter

  • A Half

  • A Third

  • Three Quarters

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Frage 4 von 23

2

Who supplied the Vietcong with weapons?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Chinese

  • Soviets

  • Japanese

  • British

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Frage 5 von 23

1

McNamara described the situation in 1964 as 'very disturbing'.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 6 von 23

1

Who became the leader of South Vietnam after General Minh?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Khanh

  • Thieu

  • Ky

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Frage 7 von 23

1

Khanh did not ask the United States for more aid.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 8 von 23

1

What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff advocate doing to North Vietnam in 1964?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Bombing North Vietnam

  • Using Nuclear Weapons

  • Sending the CIA to infiltrate the North Vietnamese Army

  • Pulling out of Vietnam altogether

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Frage 9 von 23

1

McNamara did not favour escalation.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 10 von 23

2

What did Johnson need in order bomb North Vietnam?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Congressional support

  • Public support

  • Permission from South Vietnam

  • Permission from the UN

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Frage 11 von 23

1

Johnson didn't think the public wanted him to 'run' away from Vietnam but he didn't want to commit to a war in Vietnam.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 12 von 23

4

Fülle die Lücken, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

The Gulf of Incident was controversial, it allowed the US to present these acts as North Vietnamese directly against the US vessels. acted swiftly and responded by supporting a .

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Frage 13 von 23

8

Fülle die Lücken, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

The Gulf of Tonkin allowed the to "take all measures to repel any armed against the forces of the United States and to prevent any further in Southeast ." The Resolution, therefore, gave the president to wage war in .

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Frage 14 von 23

2

What were the names of the 2 huge bombing campaigns initiated by the US over North Vietnam in 1965 called?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

  • Operation Drowning Duck

  • Operation Flaming Dart

  • Operation Shooting Star

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Frage 15 von 23

4

What were the 4 main objectives of Operation Rolling Thunder?

Wähle eine oder mehr der folgenden:

  • To boost morale in Saigon regime.

  • To persuade North Vietnam to cease its support for Communist insurgency in South Vietnam without taking ground forces into North Vietnam.

  • To destroy the North Vietnamese transportation systems, industrial bases and air defences.

  • To halt the flow of Communist soldiers and materials into South Vietnam.

  • To kill as many Communists as possible.

  • To destroy Ho Chi Minh's hideout and kill him.

  • To distract the North Vietnamese in order to capture and kill high level officials.

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Frage 16 von 23

1

How many US troops were in South Vietnam by the end of 1965?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 180,000

  • 200,000

  • 100,000

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Frage 17 von 23

1

How many US troops were in South Vietnam by December 1966?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 350,000

  • 400,000

  • 245,000

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Frage 18 von 23

1

What did the Defense secretary and General westmoreland ask for?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • More men and materials

  • More fighter jets and less men

  • less advisers and more warships

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Frage 19 von 23

6

Fülle die Lücken, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

The significance of the Gulf of Resolution was that appeared to have the behind him. Congress, the , his cabinet, the media and the public were of further military in Vietnam.

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Frage 20 von 23

1

How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution help Johnson win the 1964 election?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • He looked like a strong leader

  • It made Johnson look like a war monger

  • Johnson seemed very decisive

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Frage 21 von 23

1

Because of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Johnson's approval ratings soared to...

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 72%

  • 95%

  • 66%

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Frage 22 von 23

1

By early 1965 the USA (govt, congress, public) was firmly in favour of escalating the war in Vietnam.

Wähle eins der folgenden:

  • WAHR
  • FALSCH

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Frage 23 von 23

5

Fülle die Lücken, um den Text zu vervollständigen.

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident of was an event in which there was an alleged attack on the destroyer USS by North Vietnamese boats. This was followed by an alleged further attack on the Maddox and USS .

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