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Vietnam - Statistics
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- The average score is 43 of 86
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| ____ ___ ___ fought for Vietnamese independence(communism) (pres. of north Vietnam) | Ho Chi Minh | 97%
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| in the 1800s what country established itself as a colonial power in nam | France | 90%
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| communist guerrillas in the South | Viet Cong | 69%
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| divided Vietnam at the __th parallel | 17 | 66%
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| herbicide to burn dense jungle to reveal Viet Cong hiding places. | agent orange | 62%
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| if Vietnam fell, Cambodia, Laos, ____ & Thailand would be threatened | Burma | 62%
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| diem filled many govt. positions with members of his own ___ | family | 62%
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| did this event happen | no | 62%
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| his party was called the ____ | Vietminh | 62%
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| Repub. of Vietnam led by emperor ____ supported bus US | Bao Dai | 59%
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| Viet Cong used _____ warfare which we used in the revolutionary war | guerrilla | 59%
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| they also had a massive ___ system underground | tunnel | 59%
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| over _._ million of them | 1.5 | 55%
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| this assassination happened on Nov of what year | 1963 | 55%
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| military staged a ____ ____ & assassinated Diem as he tried to flee. | Coup d’ etat | 55%
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| The location of this attack | Gulf of Tonkin | 55%
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| _ _ _ realized struggle against communism could not be won under Diem.🡪 told S. Vietnamese military we would not object to his overthrow | John Kennedy | 55%
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| south Vietnam begins a ____ government | military | 55%
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| jellylike substance splattered and burned uncontrollably 🡪 stuck to bodies and seared flesh. | napalm | 55%
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| S. Viet. capital: Viet Cong attacked Amer. embassy, fierce fighting followed here. | Saigon | 55%
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| Vietminh defeated French in ____ | 1954 | 52%
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| LBJ announced that N. Vietnamese attacked U.S. destroyers in internat’l waters in this month of 1964 | august | 52%
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| In a ___ country | Buddhist | 52%
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| ____ invasion fueled more protest | Cambodia | 52%
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| Diem was a _____ | Catholic | 52%
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| Most were ______opposed fighting on moral/religious grounds. | conscientious objectors | 52%
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| Amer. involvement in Vietnam was based on Truman’s _____ of communism promise | containment | 52%
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| fear that if one SE Asian country fell to communism, the others would. | domino theory | 52%
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| mtg. that divided Vietnam into 2 sep. nations at 17th parallel | Geneva Accords | 52%
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| relocated peasants to govt.-run _____ to isolate them from Communist influences (happy _____) | hamlet | 52%
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| as a supply route through Laos and Cambodia | Ho Chi Minh Trail | 52%
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| All military activities would be ended in ___ & Cambodia | laos | 52%
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| the national _______ ____gained more territory in the South & support of S. Vietnamese people | liberation front | 52%
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| Pres of anti-Comm. South Vietnam | Ngo Dinh Diem | 52%
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| 1965: LBJ ordered ________: 3 yr. bombing campaign🡪 still didn’t stop Viet Cong. | Operation Rolling Thunder | 52%
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| assassinated in June while running for the '68 election | Robert Kennedy | 52%
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| U.S. & 7 other nations formed SE Asia Treaty Organ. to stop spread of communism. | SEATO | 52%
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| U.S. Commander ______ requested more troops | Westmoreland | 52%
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| by 1957 over ___,___ draft resistors were believed to have left the country. | 100,000 | 48%
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| By 1960, U.S. had 675 military advisors assisting S. Vietnam with its struggle against N. Vietnam.1963🡪 ______ | 16,000 | 48%
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| of the year ___ | 1975 | 48%
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| us ___,___ wounded | 300,000 | 48%
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| U.S. withdrawal of all troops in S. Viet within __ days | 60 | 48%
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| Dem. Convention in ______ saw protestors beaten down in the street while the nation watched. | Chicago | 48%
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| College students received ____ (postponement), others who couldn’t afford to go to college had to go to war. | deferments | 48%
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| home the ____ were against the conflict | doves | 48%
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| those required to serve in the military (not volunteer) | Draftees | 48%
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| Congress allowed LBJ nearly complete control in Vietnam decisions. | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | 48%
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| at home ____ were pro-conflict | hawks | 48%
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| U.S., S. Viet., N. Viet.(Hanoi), Viet Cong signed Paris Peace Accords in this month of 1973 | January | 48%
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| Ohio students broke windows & set ROTC office on fire🡪 Nat’l guard gassed them & fired into the crowd killing 4, injuring 9 | Kent state | 48%
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| Viet Cong attack ____ in S. Viet. caused 134 U.S. casualties🡪 LBJ ordered a bombing of N. Viet. | Pleiku | 48%
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| this form of bombing consisted of dropping thousands of tons of explosives over large areas🡪 tore N. Vietnam apart. | Saturation | 48%
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| N. Viet. & Viet Cong launched surprise attacks on capitals, major cities & Amer. military bases in S. Viet. | Tet offensive | 48%
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| 1967 ___succeeded ___ as S. Viet. Pres.🡪 still couldn’t put together an army to defeat the North (first blank) | Thieu | 48%
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| All prisoners of __ to be released | war | 48%
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| 17th parallel still div. the country( yes or no) | yes | 48%
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| costed ___ billion | 150 | 45%
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| _,___ POW and MIA troops | 2,500 | 45%
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| us __,___ troops dead | 58,000 | 45%
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| under orders of Lt.___. | Calley | 45%
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| civil rights. & anti-war demonstrators took over Univ. Pres.’s office in protest, hundreds arrested/ university closed took place at this university | Columbia | 45%
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| distrust of govt. statements | Credibility gap | 45%
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| Chicago Mayor ____ sent police and troops | Daley | 45%
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| Sept. 1964: Berkeley students protested when college would not allow them to pass out civil rts. leaflets.(over 700 arrested) | Free Speech Movement | 45%
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| the youth unsatisfied w/ values of their parents & sought change. | generation gap | 45%
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| Dem’s chose | Hubert Humphrey | 45%
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| all-black univ. student confrontation w/ police killing 2, wounding 11. | Jackson state | 45%
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| in 1967 ___ succeeded ___ as S. Viet. Pres.🡪 still couldn’t put together an army to defeat the North(second blank) | Ky | 45%
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| revealed deceit and lies on the part of the Amer. govt. and our involvment in Vietnam | Pentagon Papers | 45%
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| those who Nixon felt quietly supported his policies. | silent majority | 45%
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| Nixon’s plan to remove Amer. soldiers from Viet. & replace them w/ S. Viet. Soldiers. “peace with honor” | Vietnamization | 45%
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| by end of 1965, # of troops went from 25,000 to | 184,000 | 41%
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| elected Repub. Nixon who promised to end the war. | middle America | 41%
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| Amer. Massacre of small village of innocent civilians (children, old men, women) | My Lai | 41%
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| those who seek radical change to solve major U.S. problems. | new left | 41%
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| Nixon’s attempt to bring the war to an end🡪 failed. | Paris Peace Talks | 41%
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| called for change (poverty/racism) became New Left political mvt. | Port Huron Statement | 41%
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| S. Viet. Fell & Vietnam united under Communist govt.in ____ | spring | 41%
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| faculty members taught night session about issues concerning the war at the university of Michigan | teach ins | 41%
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| limiting Pres. War making power | War Powers Act | 41%
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| By 1968: ___,___ Amer. soldiers in Viet. | 536,000 | 38%
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| Long _____ __wall of names in order of how they died🡪 each name easily seen | black granite | 38%
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| held contest for designs🡪 21 yr old college stud., ____ won | Maya Ying Lin | 38%
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| granite ____ image of the viewer. | reflects | 38%
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| 1979 Viet. Memorial: Jan _____ received Congress permission to build a memorial. | Scruggs | 38%
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