Author Question: In 1956, the United States' interest in South Vietnam A. was mainly in replacing the corrupt Ngo ... (Read 90 times)

evelyn o bentley · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was in response to

A. the decision by North Vietnam to arm its allies in the South.

B. the so-called Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese soldiers.

C. mortar attacks on the American embassy in Saigon.

D. alleged attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyers.

E. a Vietminh attack on an American-occupied air base in South Vietnam.

Question 2

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson responded to an attack on Pleiku by

A. warning China and the Soviet Union not to be involved in Vietnam.

B. sending 250,000 American troops to Vietnam.

C. bombing North Vietnam.

D. mining the harbor of Haiphong.

E. organizing the Tet Offensive.

Question 3

In 1956, scheduled national elections for Vietnam were canceled because

A. the United Nations asserted it would be impossible to prevent election fraud.

B. the leader of the pro-Western government in South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, refused to hold them.

C. the communist government in North Vietnam refused to participate.

D. a leading presidential candidate was assassinated.

E. actions by the National Liberation Front (NLF) prevented free and open elections.

Question 4

The National Liberation Front was

A. also known in the United States as the Viet Cong.

B. an organization attempting to overthrow the North Vietnamese government.

C. both created by Ngo Dinh Diem and also known in the United States as the Viet Cong.

D. None of these answers is correct.

E. created by Ngo Dinh Diem.

Question 5

In 1956, the United States' interest in South Vietnam

A. was mainly in replacing the corrupt Ngo Dinh Diem government.

B. was predicated on Diem agreeing to hold free and open elections.

C. was nearly nonexistent.

D. was purely commercial.

E. had made the country a recipient of large amounts of American military and economic aid.