Chapter 10 Self-test questions

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. Who succeeded the assassinated Ngo Dinh Diem as leader of South Vietnam in 1963?

General Nguyen Khanh correct incorrect

General Nguyen Van Thieu correct incorrect

General 'Big' Minh correct incorrect

Air Vice-Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky correct incorrect

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. Which of these US officials opposed the military escalation of the Vietnam War in 1964-5?

Robert McNamara correct incorrect

George Ball correct incorrect

Dean Rusk correct incorrect

McGeorge Bundy correct incorrect

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. Which of these countries did sent troops to fight alongside the Americans in Vietnam?

South Korea. correct incorrect

Great Britain. correct incorrect

Pakistan. correct incorrect

Japan correct incorrect

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. Approximately what was the peak figure of US troop numbers deployed in Vietnam in 1968?

540,000 correct incorrect

475,000 correct incorrect

570,000 correct incorrect

320,000 correct incorrect

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. Who took power in Cambodia in March 1970?

Prince Sihanouk correct incorrect

Pol Pot correct incorrect

Ho Chi Minh correct incorrect

Lon Nol correct incorrect

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. What were the dates of the passage and repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

1965 and 1971 correct incorrect

1963 and 1972 correct incorrect

1964 and 1970 correct incorrect

1964 and 1973 correct incorrect

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. What was 'Operation Rolling Thunder'?

Retaliatory US air attacks following the Gulf of Tonkin incident correct incorrect

Sustained US bombing campaign of North Vietnam in 1965-68 correct incorrect

US bombing campaign against North Vietnam around Christmas 1972 correct incorrect

Landing of US Marines at Da Nang in March 1965 correct incorrect