FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT US HIS CH 20 2 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT US HIS CH 20 #2 EXAM

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-Guarantee passing score -20 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: President Truman agreed to help France because he thought:

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Communism was going to spread in Southeast Asia

Question 2: Ho Chi Minh compared his military to a(n) what?

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Tiger Question 3: A classified government history of American involvement in Vietnam:

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Pentagon Papers Question 4: A jellied gasoline that explodes when dropped in large canisters:

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Napalm

Question 5: President Nixon's leading adviser on national security and international affairs:

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Henry Kissinger Question 6: A coordinated assault by communist forces on more than 40 cities in Vietnam:

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Tet offensive

Question 7: Why did American soldiers use Agent Orange?

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Disrupt enemy food supply Question 8: To convince North Vietnam to stop reinforcing the Vietcong, President Johnson ordered Operation Rolling Thunder, which did what?

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Began a sustained bombing campaign Question 9: The idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its neighbors would follow:

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Domino Theory

Question 10: Rebel leader who demanded independence for Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

Question 11: What happened during the Vietnamese election in 1956?

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Ngo Dinh Diem refused to participate Question 12: By the end of 1965, most American soldiers in Vietnam (got there how):

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Had been drafted

Question 13: The Geneva Accords provided for what?

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Division of Vietnam into N and S Question 14: President Johnson escalated American involvement in Vietnam by doing what?

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Ordering airstrikes and committing troops

Question 15: What best describes the Vietcong's war strategy?

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Fight small skirmishes Question 16: A Vietnamese village attacked by American troops:

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My Lai Question 17: An antiwar candidate for President in 1968:

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Eugene McCarthy Question 18: Chinese premier who normalized relations with President Nixon:

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Zhou Enali Question 19: Guerrilla fighters who launched an insurgency in Vietnam:

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Vietcong Question 20: Why did President Johnson have to cut back his Great Society initiatives?

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Rising cost of war