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Which of the following is not true about the Ho Chi Minh trail?

  1. It had branch lines extending into South Vietnam

  2. It was used to transport men and materials from North to South Vietnam

  3. It was used by the Vietnamese rebels and the US troops

  4. Had support bases and hospitals along the way
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Ho Chi Minh trail is one way of understanding the nature of the war that the Vietnamese fought against the US
  • Most of the trail was outside Vietnam in neighbouring Laos and Cambodia with branch lines extending into South Vietnam. 
  •  The trail, an immense network of footpaths and roads, was used to transport men and materials from the north to the south. 
  • The trail had support bases and hospitals along the way. 
  • The US regularly bombed this trail trying to disrupt supplies, but efforts to destroy this important supply line by intensive bombing failed because they were rebuilt very quickly.

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Which of the following Presidents is correctly paired with an event that took place during his administration?

  1. Lyndon B. Johnson . . . the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China

  2. John F. Kennedy . . . resolution of the Suez Crisis

  3. Richard M. Nixon . . . the reduction of United States forces in Vietnam

  4. Gerald R. Ford . . . the signing of the Camp David Accords

  5. Jimmy Carter . . . resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Vietnamization was a strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War by transferring all military responsibilities to South Vietnam. The increasingly unpopular war had created deep rifts in American society. President Nixon believed his Vietnamization strategy,

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The attack launched by North Vietnamese troops on January 30, 1968, is called the Tet Offensive because ___________.

  1. January 30 is Tet, the Vietnamese New Year

  2. Tet is the province where fighting was launched

  3. General Tet and his staff advisors planned the attack

  4. the fighting began with the troops crossed the Tet River

  5. Tet was a Vietnamese code name for the operation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The attack launched by North Vietnamese troops on January 30, 1968, is called the Tet Offensive because January 30 is Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.

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All the following turned people in the United States against the Vietnam War except:

  1. The Kent State and Jackson State massacres

  2. Publication of the Pentagon Papers

  3. Disclosure of the bombing of Cambodia

  4. Repeal of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution

  5. Revulsion against the horrors of war as shown on television news broadcasts
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Repeal of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.

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"Whereas these attackers are part of a deliberate and systematic campaign of aggression that the Communist regime in North Vietnam has been waging against its neighbors and the nations joined with them in the collective defense of their freedom now, therefore be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."
The passage above is excerpted from which of the following?

  1. The Platt Amendment

  2. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  3. The War Powers Resolution of 1973

  4. The War Powers Act of 1941

  5. The Teller Amendment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.