America’s Longest War The United States And Vietnam, 1950-1975 6th Edition By George -Test Bank

Chapter 8 The Postwar War and the Legacies of Vietnam

1) During the three months following the January 1973 peace accord, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu sought unsuccessfully to solidify his position by
A) opening secret negotiations with Hanoi.
B) securing military aid from France.
C) asking the United Nations to deploy peacekeepers to South Vietnam.
D) appealing directly to the American people for additional military assistance.
E) securing disputed territory through resettlement and military action.

Answer: E
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2) In the six months following the peace accord, North Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG)
A) made a good faith effort to secure a negotiated solution to the war.
B) proposed that the World Court mediate the ongoing dispute between Hanoi and Saigon.
C) launched a massive, tank-led offensive aimed at capturing Saigon.
D) infiltrated troops into South Vietnam, and constructed a greatly improved logistical infrastructure.
E) called on France to use its good offices to achieve a mutually satisfactory diplomatic solution to the war.

Answer: D
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3) President Richard Nixon followed the January 1973 peace accord by
A) scrupulously adhering to the letter and spirit of the agreement.
B) securing Congressional approval for continued American bombing in the event the accord broke down.
C) providing military aid to the South clandestinely without overtly violating the Paris accords.
D) threatening North Vietnam with nuclear retaliation should it fail to remove its troops from South Vietnam.
E) washing his hands of America’s Vietnam commitment.

Answer: C
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4) Inspired by popular weariness with the Vietnam War, Congress in 1973
A) insisted that Nixon provide North Vietnam with $3.25 billion in reconstruction aid.
B) passed the War Powers Act and forced Nixon to end the bombing of Cambodia.
C) called for a massive bombing effort to settle the war once and for all.
D) provided unlimited military assistance to offset troop withdrawals.
E) demanded military actions to force Hanoi to account for troops missing in action (MIA).

Answer: B
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5) South Vietnamese President Thieu’s “Four Nos” included which of the following?
A) no negotiations of any kind
B) no aggravation of the enemy
C) no coalition government
D) no independence for South Vietnam
E) no pointless territorial squabbles

Answer: C
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6) During 1974, South Vietnam
A) suffered economic problems but saw its military position improve slightly.
B) launched a successful offensive against Communist base areas in Cambodia.
C) suffered serious economic problems and faced a shift in its military fortunes.
D) won steadily increasing popular support in the United States as a result of its plucky defense in the face of mounting Communist attacks.
E) experienced a series of military defeats, but enjoyed an unprecedented period of political unity.

Answer: C
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7) In January 1975, Hanoi decided to
A) launch a massive offensive designed to achieve a quick victory in the spring of 1975.
B) continue with low-intensity guerrilla actions in anticipation of the Thieu regime’s complete collapse.
C) build up its military forces for a massive offensive to take place in the summer of 1977.
D) assist the Khmer Rouge in their war with the Cambodia government before completing the conquest of South Vietnam.
E) launch a large offensive in spring to open a “general offensive, general uprising” in 1976.

Answer: E
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8) Faced with the impending collapse of South Vietnam in the spring of 1975, President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
A) gladly washed their hands of America’s decades-old commitment to South Vietnam.
B) persuaded Congress to increase dramatically U.S. Military assistance to the South.
C) ordered carrier-based American aircraft to bomb advancing North Vietnamese columns.
D) sought to shift blame to the legislative branch.
E) supported a military coup d’état against President Thieu.

Answer: D
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9) In the years following the Communist victories in Indochina, the non-Communist states of Southeast Asia
A) fell like a row of dominoes to internal insurgencies.
B) enjoyed unprecedented levels of stability.
C) were conquered one by one by Vietnam’s army.
D) largely embraced leftist policies to placate its populations.
E) became satellites of the Soviet Union.

Answer: B
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10) Following the war’s conclusion in 1975, the people of Vietnam experienced which of the following?
A) investments in infrastructure
B) educational reforms
C) recognition of its unions
D) Unprecedented economic growth
E) searing poverty

Answer: E
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