History

Question 1

What agreement was signed in 1954 which split Vietnam in half along the 17 parallel?

Answer 1

The Geneva Agreement

Question 2

Who was put in place to rule the republic of south Vietnam?

Answer 2

Diem

Question 3

What three reasons were there for why he was disliked?

Answer 3

Harsh to peasants, treated Buddhists badly and corrupt

Question 4

What organisation was set up in 1960 to fight against the corrupt government of the south?

Answer 4

The National front for the Liberation of south Vietnam

Question 5

What was the name of the bombing campaign that started in February 1965?

Answer 5

Operation Rolling Thunder

Question 6

What was the name of the village which witnessed the massacre of 400 people in March 1968?

Answer 6

My Lai

Question 7

What was the name of the Viet Cong attack on 100 targets in January 1968?

Answer 7

Tet Offensive

Question 8

Which CBS journalist reported after this this attack that Vietnam is an unwinnable war?

Answer 8

Walter Cronkite

Question 9

Which president replaced LBJ in January 1969?

Answer 9

Richard Nixon

Question 10

What was his policy of removing USA troops and replacing them with south Vietnamese troops called?

Answer 10

Vietnamation

Question 11

What was the 1972 Viet Cong attack on the south called?

Answer 11

The Spring Offensive

Question 12

Which two countries did Nixon visit in 1972 in a bid to put pressure of North Vietnam to end the war?

Answer 12

USSR and CHINA

Question 13

Which country did the USA invade in March 1969, in operation Menu in a attempt to end communism?

Answer 13

Cambodia

Question 14

What was the name given to the operation to invade Laos in February 1971 which ended up in a disaster?

Answer 14

Operation Lam Son 719

Question 15

Which famous boxer burnt his draft?

Answer 15

Muhammad Ali

Question 16

What was the name of the scandal which ended Nixon’s resignation?

Answer 16

Watergate

Question 17

Which 2 men had secret meetings for 3 years between 1969 and 1972?

Answer 17

kissinger and Tho

Question 18

Why did the north feel confident enough to break the Paris Accords and attack the south in 1975?

Answer 18

US congress wouldn’t allow Ford to commit and more money to the Vietnam war

Question 19

What was the code name of the us evacuation of south Vietnam?

Answer 19

Operation Frequent Wind

Question 20

What happened to General MacArthur in April 1951?

Answer 20

President Truman officially relieved Douglas MacArthur of this command

Question 21

Name 2 terms of the first fort Laramie treaty

Answer 21

Sioux promised not to attack settlers on trails.
US government promised to protect hunting grounds

Question 22

Name 2 terms of the first fort Laramie treaty?

Answer 22

Sioux promised not to attack settlers on trails.
US government promised to protect hunting grounds

Question 23

Name 2 terms of the second fort Laramie treaty in 1868?

Answer 23

Sioux burnt them down.
Great reservation was created

Question 24

Did the Sioux own land?

Answer 24

No they didn’t they believe that the land and all the worlds creatures belonged to a great spirit

Question 25

Which railroad company had to deal with the Sioux attacks?

Answer 25

Union Pacific

Question 26

Why did the Sioux scalp their enemies?

Answer 26

Trophies from battle

Question 27

Why did the Sioux practice polygamy?

Answer 27

Distant gender roles

Question 28

Why were Sioux normadic?

Answer 28

Followed the buffalo

Question 29

Which country did America defeat to win the south west in 1848?

Answer 29

Mexico

Question 30

How did the chief get this position?

Answer 30

Chosen by the council

Question 31

What was the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act and how did it contribute to the war?

Answer 31

US government let new states e.g Kansas an£ Nebraska vote if they should be a slave or free state

Question 32

What was the Perptual Emigrating Fund?

Answer 32

All expenses paid journey for new recruits to the Mormons religion

Question 33

Name one way the Donner Party and other pioneers Encourage further development?

Answer 33

Newspaper and journals

Question 34

What was the Truman doctrine?

Answer 34

the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance

Question 35

In the Korean War where was the line split in north and South Korea?

Answer 35

38th parallel

Question 36

The first Sioux war is known as the Cheyenne war, 1863- 1867. What caused it?

Answer 36

Sioux refused to live on reservation and attacked railroad settlers, miners etc.