History - Vietnam War

Question 1

what is french Indochina

Answer 1

colonies controlled by France in the far east

Question 2

who is Ho Chi Minh

Answer 2

communist president and resistance fighter in North Vietnam

Question 3

when was the first frenchindo china war

Answer 3

1946-54

Question 4

how long was the siege at Diem Bien Phu

Answer 4

57 days

Question 5

when were the Geneva Accords

Answer 5

1954

Question 6

How much financial aid did USA give France in 1950

Answer 6

15 million

Question 7

where is Vietnam divided by

Answer 7

the 17th parallel

Question 8

when would free elections be held in vietnam

Answer 8

July 1956

Question 9

what is the McCarran Act

Answer 9

law that limited employment opportunities for communist in USA

Question 10

what does HUAC stand for

Answer 10

House Unamerican Activities Committee

Question 11

What was HUAC

Answer 11

all communist groups had to register with this body

Question 12

who is Joseph McCarthy

Answer 12

senator who claimed to have a list of 200 communist Govt workers - his accusations escalated the Red Scare

Question 13

how many people did McCarthy accuse of being communist

Answer 13

200 workers

Question 14

How much did diem win the elections for

Answer 14

98.2%

Question 15

when is diem assassinated

Answer 15

November 2nd 1963

Question 16

When was the support for the strategic hamlet programme

Answer 16

1962

Question 17

When does LBJ become president

Answer 17

November 1963

Question 18

what did JBL send to the gulf of tonkin

Answer 18

US destoryers/ USS Maddox

Question 19

when did LBJ send the USS Maddox to South Vietnam

Answer 19

March 1964

Question 20

When did LBJ speak on national media to announce his involvement in Vietnam

Answer 20

4th August 1964

Question 21

when was the gulf of Tonkin resolution passed

Answer 21

7th august 1964

Question 22

what was the gulf of tonkin resolution

Answer 22

us act of granting LBK power to use military in Vietnam

Question 23

when was camp Holloway attacked

Answer 23

February 1965 -68

Question 24

how many people died and were injured in the camp holloway attack

Answer 24

8 marines killed 100 wounded

Question 25

when was operation rolling thunder established

Answer 25

February 1965

Question 26

what is operation rolling thunder

Answer 26

a 3 year major bombing campaign of N.V 1,000,000 tonnes of bombs where dropped

Question 27

how many us marines in South Vietnam by the end of 1965

Answer 27

200,000

Question 28

how many American citizens supported LBJs decisions to send US troops to Vietnam

Answer 28

61%

Question 29

what was the distance covered by the Ho Chi Minh trail

Answer 29

15,000km

Question 30

% of VC weapons that were stolen from USA/ARVN

Answer 30

90

Question 31

Number of S.Vietnemese Govt workers killed by VC

Answer 31

27,000

Question 32

what was the amount of supplies recieved daily by VC through the Ho Chi Minh Trail

Answer 32

60 tonnes

Question 33

what was the distance covered by the VC tunnels

Answer 33

300km

Question 34

% of US troops who dies in ambushes

Answer 34

5%

Question 35

Guerrillas built these to wound GIs and lower their morale, cheap to make-

Answer 35

Punji traps

Question 36

Huge tunnel complex outside Saigon-

Answer 36

Cu Chi

Question 37

Chemical weapon, burning gasoline jelly-

Answer 37

Napalm

Question 38

Chemical weapon defoliant-

Answer 38

Agent Orange

Question 39

Network of supply routes for the VC & NLF-

Answer 39

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Question 40

Two neighbouring countries through which these supply routes went-

Answer 40

Laos & Cambodia

Question 41

Period of mass anti-communist fear and paranoia in America-

Answer 41

Red Scare

Question 42

US President 1953-60, saw escalation in Vietnam-

Answer 42

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 43

US President 1961-63, escalated involvement in Vietnam again (16K advisors)-

Answer 43

John F Kennedy

Question 44

US President 1963-68, put troops on the ground, did not stand for re-election-

Answer 44

Lyndon B Johnson

Question 45

US President 1969-74, elected to end the war without losing; resigned in disgrace-

Answer 45

Richard Nixion

Question 46

Communist guerrilla and leader of North Vietnam-

Answer 46

Ho Chi Minh

Question 47

North Vietnamese communist guerrilla general-

Answer 47

General Giap

Question 48

Corrupt South Vietnamese president-

Answer 48

Ngo Din Diem

Question 49

US Chief of Staff determined to achieve a high ‘Body Count’.-

Answer 49

Westmoreland