The Vietnam War Years

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Date
CHAPTER
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CHAPTER TEST
The Vietnam War Years
Form A
Part 1: Main Ideas
Write the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
______ 1. ___ was the United States’ main goal in Vietnam.
a. Reunifying Vietnam
b. Containing the spread of communism
c. Upholding the Geneva Accords
d. Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam
______ 2. ___ served as the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam.
a. Dean Rusk
c. Robert McNamara
b. Clark Clifford
d. William Westmoreland
______ 3. In the early years of the war, a young man could automatically be
deferred from the draft by ___.
a. getting married
c. getting a job
b. enrolling in college
d. becoming a conscientious objector
c. The assassination of Robert Kennedy
d. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
______ 5. ___ set off the first general student strike in U.S. history.
a. The invasion of Cambodia
b. The assassination of Robert Kennedy
c. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
d. Riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
______ 6. After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep
control of Vietnam.
a. Japan
c. France
b. China
d. Britain
______ 7. ___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.
a. The Ho Chi Minh Trail
c. The strategic hamlet program
b. The fall of Dien Bien Phu
d. Operation Rolling Thunder
______ 8. The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.
a. expand the power of the military
c. restrict the power of the military
b. expand the power of the president
d. restrict the power of the president
______ 9. ___, founded by Tom Hayden and Al Haber, charged that corporations and large government institutions had taken over America.
a. Students for a Democratic Society
c. The New Left
b. The Free Speech Movement
d. The Hardhats
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______ 4. ___ did not occur in 1968.
a. The Tet Offensive
b. The U.S. invasion of Cambodia
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______ 10. ___ was/were most effective in convincing the American public that
the war was not winnable.
a. Body counts
b. The Tet Offensive
c. The actions of Students for a Democratic Society
d. The invasion of Cambodia
Part 2: Map Skills
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
May 1954. Vietminh overrun French
outpost, forcing French surrender.
Hanoi
September 1945. Ho Chi Minh
declares Vietnam an
independent nation.
NORTH
VIETNAM
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
August 1964. North Vietnamese
fire at U.S.S. Maddox.
Haiphong Hanoi and Haiphong
December 1972. U.S. planes drop
100,000 bombs over eleven days.
Gu lf o f
Ton k i n
Haiphong
March 1972. Nixon orders
massive bombing campaign
and placement of mines in harbor.
LAOS
Use the map to complete this section. Write the
letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
CHINA
Hainan
(China)
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
17th Parallel
Quang Tri
Hue
My Lai
Kontum
Pleiku
Cambodia
April 1970. U.S. troops invade
Cambodia to clear out North Vietnamese
and Vietcong supply centers.
CAMBODIA
Me
Qui Nhon
SOUTH
VIETNAM
R.
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Da Nang
rail
h i M i nh T
Ho C
THAILAND
My Lai
March 1968. U.S. platoon
kills over 200 South
Vietnamese civilians in
the My Lai Massacre.
g
kon
Cam Ranh South
China
Sea
Saigon
April 1975. North Vietnamese capture
city, causing South Vietnam to surrender.
Phnom
Penh Saigon
Ben Tre
Gul f of
Th ail a nd
Ben Tre
February 1968. Ben Tre is one of many towns
leveled by U.S. search-and-destroy missions.
0
0
100
100
200 Miles
200 Kilometers
______ 11. Approximately how many miles
did the main part of the Ho Chi
Minh trail cover?
a. 250
b. 450
c. 650
d. 850
______ 12. Which country bordered North
Vietnam on the north?
a. Cambodia
b. China
c. Laos
d. Thailand
______ 13. What city did the North
Vietnamese capture that caused
South Vietnam to surrender?
a. Hanoi
b. Haiphong
c. My Lai
d. Saigon
______ 14. Which of the following cities lies
closest to the border between
North and South Vietnam?
a. Hue
b. Vinh
c. Quang Tri
d. Saigon
______ 15. Which country lies directly
northwest of Saigon?
a. Cambodia
b. China
c. Laos
d. Thailand
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Test Form A continued
Part 3: Interpreting Charts
Use the chart to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
______ 17. What percent of Midwesterners
opposed immediate withdrawal of
troops from Vietnam?
a. 7%
b. 30%
c. 33%
d. 63%
______ 18. In which region of the country
did the greatest percent of
people favor immediate
withdrawal?
a. East
b. Midwest
c. South
d. West
Public Opinion Poll, 1969
Do you favor immediate withdrawal
of all U.S. troops from Vietnam?
Yes (%)
No (%)
Nationwide
36
57
7
East
Midwest
South
West
45
30
33
33
47
63
57
60
8
7
10
7
Cities
Suburbs
Towns, Rural Areas
47
33
31
48
61
59
5
6
10
Age 29 or under
Age 30–49
Age 50 and over
35
34
38
59
59
51
7
7
11
______ 19. In which of the following categories did the greatest percent of
people oppose immediate withdrawal?
a. West
b. cities
c. suburbs
d. towns
______ 20. In which of the following categories were people almost evenly
divided between support and opposition?
a. age 29 or under
b. cities
c. towns and rural areas
d. suburbs
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______ 16. What percent of all Americans
favored immediate withdrawal of
troops from Vietnam?
a. 7%
b. 36%
c. 47%
d. 57%
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Part 4: Extended Response
Answer each of the following questions in a paragraph on the back of this paper or on a
separate sheet. (10 points each)
21. Describe some of the most important effects of the Vietnam War on the
United States and the American people. Think About:
• the effects on those who served in the war
• the effect on society as citizens formed differing opinions about the war
• how the war affected people’s perceptions of government
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22. What were the goals of the United States in Vietnam? Which of those goals
were not achieved, and why? Think About:
• attitudes toward communism at the time
• the amount of U.S. involvement expected
• Nixon’s goal of “peace with honor”
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