HIWD 375 Quiz WEEK 7.docx.pdf

Question 1

3.75 out of 3.75 points

By 1966 the North Vietnamese had adopted a strategy of:

Selected Answer:

Protracted Warfare

Question 2

0 out of 3.75 points

The “two unprovoked attacks” on US Naval Vessels would leave President Johnson in a position to

request:

Selected Answer:

Permission to initiate an unrestricted air war over North Vietnam

Question 3

3.75 out of 3.75 points

The ultimate outcome of SIGMA II-65 seemed to validate many of the Generals who had been previously

ignored by the Kennedy administration. What was the ultimate outcome of the exercise?

Selected Answer:

A war of attrition could be at odds with Westmoreland’s strategy

Question 4

3.75 out of 3.75 points

General William Westmoreland’s strategy for winning the war in Vietnam seemed to consist of:

Selected Answer:

All of the answers

Question 5

3.75 out of 3.75 points

President John F. Kennedy throughout his career had a special interest in what Southeast Asian Nation-

state?

Selected Answer:

Vietnam

Question 6

3.75 out of 3.75 points

Is it true the anti-war movement consisted of a diverse following, ranging from civil rights leadership to

radical leftists on college campuses?

Selected Answer:

True

Question 7

0 out of 3.75 points

The major Vietnamese offensive known as Tet initially intended to draw American troops to where and

ultimately hoped to obtain what city in the south?

Selected Answer:

Saigon, Hue

Question 8

3.75 out of 3.75 points

Power struggles continued throughout 1964 and 1965 within the Republic of Vietnam:

Selected Answer:

True

Question 9

3.75 out of 3.75 points

The slowness in accelerating the bombing campaign during OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER resulted in:

Selected Answer:

All of the answers

Question 10

3.75 out of 3.75 points

According to the text, by the summer of 1965, what had become increasingly clear?

Selected Answer:

the advisory period of American involvement had ended

Question 11

3.75 out of 3.75 points

Johnson’s announcement in July of 1965 basically:

Selected Answer:

All of the answers

Question 12

3.75 out of 3.75 points

Throughout 1966-1967 the Marines became engaged in an effort to build a static line of sensors and

barriers across I Corps known informally as McNamara’s line or ?

Selected Answer:

Dye Marker

Question 13

3.75 out of 3.75 points

Mr. Ritchie argued in the video as Dr. Addington mentions in the text, the one foreign policy success

achieved by the Kennedy Administration continued by President Johnson and his advisors into the War in

Vietnam was the strategy of_____________?

Selected Answer:

Gradual Escalation

Question 14

0 out of 3.75 points

The Strategic Hamlet Program saw a Counter Insurgency (CI) strategy aimed at:

Selected Answer:

Protecting vital military bases

Question 15

3.75 out of 3.75 points

A major and possibly somewhat deceptive victory for the Americans occurred in November 1965 as a

result of General Thanh’s smash and grab strategy where?

Selected Answer:

None of the Above

Question 16

3.75 out of 3.75 points

Although the professor of this course has argued Tet resulted in a military victory, a negative aspect of

the Tet Offensive was?

Selected Answer:

All of the answers

Question 17

3.75 out of 3.75 points

According to the text, Diem ran against Bao Dai the former, unpopular French and Japanese “puppet

emperor” thereby claiming a mandate of the people to lead South Vietnam:

Selected Answer:

True

Question 18

3.75 out of 3.75 points

The author of the text believes President Kennedy was ultimately responsible, even if indirectly for the

assassination of Ngo Dien Diem because of his stated support of Duong Van Minh:

Selected Answer:

True

Question 19

3.75 out of 3.75 points

The tourniquet strategy used in Vietnam pertained to what military operation?

Selected Answer:

OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER

Question 20

3.75 out of 3.75 points

After the disaster at Ap Bac in 1963, various attempts to brief the President about the abysmal

performance of South Vietnamese troops by the American “advisor” in charge of the operation were

blocked by what General, a protégé to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maxwell Taylor ?

Selected Answer:

Lt Gen. Paul D. Harkins

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