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Johnson's War: Escalation

Pregunta 1 de 23

1

Which general succeeded Diem?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • General Minh

  • General Khanh

  • General Thieu

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 23

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 23

1

How much of Vietnam did the Communists control by 1964?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A Quarter

  • A Half

  • A Third

  • Three Quarters

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 23

2

Who supplied the Vietcong with weapons?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Chinese

  • Soviets

  • Japanese

  • British

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 23

1

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

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 23

1

Who became the leader of South Vietnam after General Minh?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Khanh

  • Thieu

  • Ky

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 23

1

Khanh did not ask the United States for more aid.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 23

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Bombing North Vietnam

  • Using Nuclear Weapons

  • Sending the CIA to infiltrate the North Vietnamese Army

  • Pulling out of Vietnam altogether

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 23

1

McNamara did not favour escalation.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 23

2

What did Johnson need in order bomb North Vietnam?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Congressional support

  • Public support

  • Permission from South Vietnam

  • Permission from the UN

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 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.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 23

4

Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

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 .

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 23

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Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

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 .

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 23

2

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

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

  • Operation Drowning Duck

  • Operation Flaming Dart

  • Operation Shooting Star

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 23

4

What were the 4 main objectives of Operation Rolling Thunder?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 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.

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 23

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 180,000

  • 200,000

  • 100,000

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 23

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 350,000

  • 400,000

  • 245,000

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 23

1

What did the Defense secretary and General westmoreland ask for?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • More men and materials

  • More fighter jets and less men

  • less advisers and more warships

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 23

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Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

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.

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 23

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • He looked like a strong leader

  • It made Johnson look like a war monger

  • Johnson seemed very decisive

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 23

1

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 72%

  • 95%

  • 66%

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 23

1

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

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 23

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Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

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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