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Chapter 15.2 Practice

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

France's empire in Southeast Asia included present-day Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
 

 2. 

The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
 

 3. 

A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group is called a regime.
 

 4. 

To escalate means to gradually decrease.
 

 5. 

Napalm was a type of plant found in the dense jungles of Vietnam.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

What theory helped shape American policy in Vietnam for 20 years?
a.
presidential theory
c.
Vietnam theory
b.
domino theory
d.
20-year theory
 

 7. 

To train and advise South Vietnamese troops, Kennedy sent
a.
the navy.
c.
the Green Berets.
b.
Robert McNamara.
d.
$3 billion.
 

 8. 

Ngo Dinh Diem's government took rights away from which group that made up the majority of South Vietnam's population?
a.
French-speaking people
c.
Buddhists
b.
nonnative Vietnamese
d.
Catholics
 

 9. 

With what did President Lyndon B. Johnson begin to escalate the United States's involvement in Vietnam?
a.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c.
Cambodia Trail
b.
napalm
d.
search-and-destroy missions
 

 10. 

What chemical used by the United States during the Vietnam War is believed to have contaminated many Americans and Vietnamese?
a.
Red Salve
c.
napalm
b.
oil gas
d.
Agent Orange
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Ho Chi Minh
d.
Ngo Dinh Diem
b.
Green Berets
e.
Robert McNamara
c.
Vietcong
 

 11. 

Secretary of Defense
 

 12. 

Communist Vietnamese leader
 

 13. 

South Vietnamese leader
 

 14. 

National Liberation Front
 

 15. 

Special Forces troops
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

What nation controlled Vietnam until they were defeated by Ho Chi Minh’s forces in 1954?
 

 17. 

What did Eisenhower say would happen to the other countries of Southeast Asia if the Communists took South Vietnam?
 

 18. 

In what year did President Johnson begin to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
 

 19. 

What was the name of the intense bombing campaign begun in March of 1965?
 

 20. 

What White House official began to argue that the war could not be won?
 



 
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