Johnson's War: Escalation

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AS - Level Vietnam and USA (Johnson) Quiz on Johnson's War: Escalation, created by hanifa.hussain on 06/05/2016.
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Question 1

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Which general succeeded Diem?
Answer
  • General Minh
  • General Khanh
  • General Thieu

Question 2

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

Question 3

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How much of Vietnam did the Communists control by 1964?
Answer
  • A Quarter
  • A Half
  • A Third
  • Three Quarters

Question 4

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Who supplied the Vietcong with weapons?
Answer
  • Chinese
  • Soviets
  • Japanese
  • British

Question 5

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McNamara described the situation in 1964 as 'very disturbing'.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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Who became the leader of South Vietnam after General Minh?
Answer
  • Khanh
  • Thieu
  • Ky

Question 7

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Khanh did not ask the United States for more aid.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff advocate doing to North Vietnam in 1964?
Answer
  • Bombing North Vietnam
  • Using Nuclear Weapons
  • Sending the CIA to infiltrate the North Vietnamese Army
  • Pulling out of Vietnam altogether

Question 9

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McNamara did not favour escalation.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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What did Johnson need in order bomb North Vietnam?
Answer
  • Congressional support
  • Public support
  • Permission from South Vietnam
  • Permission from the UN

Question 11

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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.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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The Gulf of [blank_start]Tonkin[blank_end] Incident was controversial, it allowed the US to present these acts as North Vietnamese [blank_start]aggression[blank_end] directly against the US vessels. [blank_start]Congress[blank_end] acted swiftly and responded by supporting a [blank_start]resolution[blank_end].
Answer
  • Tonkin
  • aggression
  • Congress
  • resolution

Question 13

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The Gulf of Tonkin [blank_start]Resolution[blank_end] allowed the [blank_start]president[blank_end] to "take all [blank_start]necessary[blank_end] measures to repel any armed [blank_start]attack[blank_end] against the forces of the United States and to prevent any further [blank_start]aggression[blank_end] in Southeast [blank_start]Asia[blank_end]." The Resolution, therefore, gave the president [blank_start]power[blank_end] to wage war in [blank_start]Vietnam[blank_end].
Answer
  • Resolution
  • president
  • necessary
  • attack
  • aggression
  • Asia
  • power
  • Vietnam

Question 14

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What were the names of the 2 huge bombing campaigns initiated by the US over North Vietnam in 1965 called?
Answer
  • Operation Rolling Thunder
  • Operation Drowning Duck
  • Operation Flaming Dart
  • Operation Shooting Star

Question 15

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What were the 4 main objectives of Operation Rolling Thunder?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 16

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How many US troops were in South Vietnam by the end of 1965?
Answer
  • 180,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000

Question 17

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How many US troops were in South Vietnam by December 1966?
Answer
  • 350,000
  • 400,000
  • 245,000

Question 18

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What did the Defense secretary and General westmoreland ask for?
Answer
  • More men and materials
  • More fighter jets and less men
  • less advisers and more warships

Question 19

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The significance of the Gulf of [blank_start]Tonkin[blank_end] Resolution was that [blank_start]Johnson[blank_end] appeared to have the [blank_start]nation[blank_end] behind him. Congress, the [blank_start]military[blank_end], his cabinet, the media and the public were [blank_start]supportive[blank_end] of further military [blank_start]involvement[blank_end] in Vietnam.
Answer
  • Tonkin
  • Johnson
  • nation
  • military
  • supportive
  • involvement

Question 20

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How did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution help Johnson win the 1964 election?
Answer
  • He looked like a strong leader
  • It made Johnson look like a war monger
  • Johnson seemed very decisive

Question 21

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Because of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Johnson's approval ratings soared to...
Answer
  • 72%
  • 95%
  • 66%

Question 22

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

Question 23

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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident of [blank_start]1964[blank_end] was an event in which there was an alleged attack on the destroyer USS [blank_start]Maddox[blank_end] by North Vietnamese [blank_start]Torpedo[blank_end] boats. This was followed by an alleged further attack on the Maddox and USS [blank_start]Turner Joy[blank_end].
Answer
  • 1964
  • Maddox
  • Torpedo
  • Turner Joy
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