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Grades 9 and 10 - World History - High School - Cold War: Vietnam - US Intervention, 1965-1973
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MCQs on the Vietnam War, and the intervention of the USA.
 

Grades 9 and 10 - World History - High School - Cold War: Vietnam - US Intervention, 1965-1973
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1. Which powerful American Democrat senator chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and was a constant critic of US policy in Vietnam?
2. The US army officer, Lieutenant Calley, was accused of war crimes against villagers in which South Vietnamese hamlet during 1968?
3. Many Communist troops fighting in South Vietnam were organized in units that were part of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). However, others were guerrillas recruited in the South to fight for the National Liberation Front. What Vietnamese name was given to these latter forces?
4. Which US general commanded US ground troops in Vietnam, and asked for another 500,000 men to bring total US troop numbers up to 1,000,000?
5. What term of abuse was used by US troops to refer to their Vietnamese adversaries?
6. Which North Vietnamese minister shared the Nobel Peace Prize for his skillful negotiations with the Americans in Paris?
7. Which American, an advisor to President Nixon, shared this Nobel Peace Prize for his persistent and patient negotiating style?
8. Which historic Vietnamese city was almost totally destroyed in this campaign?
9. Communist forces launched a strong offensive in South Vietnam in 1968 at the time of the Vietnamese New Year. What name is given to this attack?
10. The US army officer, Lieutenant Calley, was accused of war crimes against villagers in which South Vietnamese hamlet during 1968?