This is a timed quiz.
You have 30 minutes to complete the 7 questions in this quiz.
Before American involvement, when did the conflict first start in Vietnam (known as the First Indochina War)?
July 1941
September 1945
December 1946
June 1950
Which country occupied Vietnam prior to the First Indochina War?
United States
France
Japan
China
Which U.S. President sent the first military aid to Vietnam?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
In 1945, Vietnam was split at the 16th parallel between which two countries?
U.S. and Russia
Russia and France
China and Britain
China and Japan
American ground forces were directly involved in the war between what years?
1965 and 1973
1950 and 1969
1945 and 1970
1959 and 1975
What city fell as the U.S. was trying to remove troops toward the end of the Vietnam War?
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Saigon
Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?
To protect the North Vietnamese
To prevent the spread of Communism
To protect the French Territory in Vietnam
Wanted to fight another war after Korea
