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Vietnam 1964-1968

Question 1 of 37

1

How many troops were in Vietnam in December 1965?

Select one of the following:

  • 200,000

  • 100,000

  • 250,000

Explanation

Question 2 of 37

1

When were there almost 20,000 advisers in Vietnam?

Select one of the following:

  • July 1964

  • March 1964

  • July 1963

Explanation

Question 3 of 37

1

When and where was the first anti-war protest and how many people took part?

Select one of the following:

  • 1964, New York, 1000 Yale Students

  • 1965, Washington, 5000 Students

Explanation

Question 4 of 37

1

what did the opinion polls of 1965 show?

Select one of the following:

  • 80% Nation behind Johnson
    70% feared domino theory
    70% favoured sending US troops to stop South Vietnam falling

  • 70% Nation behind Johnson
    80% feared domino theory
    80% favoured sending US troops to stop South Vietnam falling

  • everyone just wanted to party

Explanation

Question 5 of 37

1

Which two events triggered Johnson's escalation and Operation Rolling Thunder?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Battle of Ia Drang 1965

  • Christmas Eve Bar bombing by the Vietcong 1964

  • Phan Huy Quat government overthrown June 1965

  • Attack on American camp near Pleiku, killing 8, injuring 100 Feb 1965

Explanation

Question 6 of 37

1

Who opposed sending more troops in 1965

Select one of the following:

  • George Ball, Bobby Kennedy, Johsnon

  • Geroge Ball, Ambassador Taylor and the CIA

  • McNamara, General Westmoreland, General Curtis LeMay

Explanation

Question 7 of 37

1

How much of the Countryside did Thieu say the Vietcong controlled in 1965?

Select one of the following:

  • 75%

  • 9%

Explanation

Question 8 of 37

1

When was the Battle of Ia Drang and how long did it last?

Select one of the following:

  • November 1965, 34 days

  • August 1965, 1 week

  • November 1964, 30 days

Explanation

Question 9 of 37

1

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed on the 7th August 1964

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 37

1

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed on the 2nd August 1964

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 37

1

How many Amricans had dies in Vietnam by July 1964

Select one of the following:

  • 200

  • 58

  • 420

Explanation

Question 12 of 37

1

Who set them-self on fire outside McNamara's Pentagon window

Select one of the following:

  • Ho Chi Minh

  • Norman Morrison

  • Norman Mailer

Explanation

Question 13 of 37

1

How Many Americans and PAVN died at the battle of Ia Drang

Select one of the following:

  • 305 Americans, 6000 PAVN

  • 200 Americans, 3610 PAVN

  • 305 Americans, 3561 PAVN

  • 350 Americans, 3651 PAVN

Explanation

Question 14 of 37

1

After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Johnson's approval rating rose from 45% to 72%

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 37

1

After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Johnson's approval rating fell from 72% to 45%

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 37

1

Who expressed doubts in May 1964 saying "I don't think we can fight them 10,000 miles from home"

Select one of the following:

  • Johnson

  • McNamara

  • Eugene McCarthy

  • Dean Rusk

  • George Ball

Explanation

Question 17 of 37

1

When did 25,000 protesters March on Washington?

Select one of the following:

  • April 1965

  • November 1964

  • January 1968

Explanation

Question 18 of 37

1

How many bombs were dropped on Vietnam daily between 1966 and 1968

Select one of the following:

  • 800

  • 700

  • 1000

Explanation

Question 19 of 37

1

How many troops were in Vietnam in December 1966?

Select one of the following:

  • 385,000

  • 450,000

  • 535,000

Explanation

Question 20 of 37

1

What percentage of the vote did Thieu get in 1966?

Select one of the following:

  • 98.2%

  • 37%

  • 47%

  • 0%

Explanation

Question 21 of 37

1

How many of the 2 million small unit Search And Destroy operations resulted in contact with the enemy?

Select one of the following:

  • <1%

  • 50%

  • <10%

  • 37%

Explanation

Question 22 of 37

1

When did McNamara resign?

Select one of the following:

  • November 1967

  • January 1968

  • November 1966

Explanation

Question 23 of 37

1

Why did African American soldiers show particular resentment to the war?

Select one or more of the following:

  • disproportionate black deaths: 13% men in Vietnam African American but 28% of combat troops.

  • African Americans felt cheated fighting for rights that they didn't have at home

  • They wanted more say in the war effort

  • They were all pacifists

Explanation

Question 24 of 37

1

When were draft cards publicly burned?

Select one of the following:

  • October 1967

  • June 1967

  • April 1967

Explanation

Question 25 of 37

1

How many arrests were made at the Washington Rally and how many National Gaurd troops were sent in?

Select one of the following:

  • 65 arrests, 10,000

  • 653 arrests, 2000

  • 625 arrests, 17,000

Explanation

Question 26 of 37

1

How many Americans, Communists, ARVN and Civilians died in the January 1968 Tet Offensive?

Select one of the following:

  • 3895, 58,373, 4954, 14,300

  • 500, 50,766, 4954, 14,300

  • 3895, 57,484, 4954, 1430

  • 6105, 58,373, 3760, 14,900

Explanation

Question 27 of 37

1

When was the My Lai massacre and what was claimed to have happened?

Select one of the following:

  • March 17th, 128 civilians unfairly murdered

  • March 16th, 128 Vietcong killed

  • March 18th, 504 communists killed

Explanation

Question 28 of 37

1

In which battle did 10,000 communists and 500 Americans die?

Select one of the following:

  • Battle of Ap Bac

  • Battle of Ia Drang

  • Battle of Khe Sahn

Explanation

Question 29 of 37

1

Tet turned Clark Clifford, Dean Rusk and Richard Nixon against the war

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 37

1

In the weeks after tet, Johnson's approval rating fell...

Select one of the following:

  • ...from 48% to 36%

  • ...from 50%to 24%

  • ....from 70% to 36%

Explanation

Question 31 of 37

1

How much was spent on the Great Society compared to the $120 billion spent on the war between 1965 and 1973?

Select one of the following:

  • $50 billion

  • $15.5 billion

  • $155 billion

Explanation

Question 32 of 37

1

Who did Nixon defeat to win the presidency in 1968?

Select one of the following:

  • Johnson

  • Hubert Humprey

  • Bobby Kennedy

  • Eugene McCarthy

Explanation

Question 33 of 37

1

Why was Westmoreland moved to a desk job in 1968

Select one of the following:

  • Tet Offensive failure, American morale down, many lives lost

  • He was replacing McNamara

  • He had turned against the war

Explanation

Question 34 of 37

1

How far would guerrillas carry loads on the Ho Chi Minh trail

Select one of the following:

  • 12 to 15 miles

  • 4 miles

  • 500 miles and 500 more

Explanation

Question 35 of 37

1

Who gave the Communists supply vehicles in 1964

Select one of the following:

  • China and The Soviet Union

  • America and South Korea

  • North Korea and China

Explanation

Question 36 of 37

1

What percentage of jungles were defoliated by Agent Orange?

Select one of the following:

  • 20%

  • 50%

  • <1%

Explanation

Question 37 of 37

1

What was operation Phoenix?

Select one of the following:

  • Brutal interrogation of supposed Vietcong by American soldiers

  • Chemical warfare operation

  • Mass bombing campaigh

Explanation

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