Starter quiz

  • What event at the start of 1968 significantly altered the perception of US citizens towards the Vietnam War?
    • the assassination of Martin Luther King
    • the assassination of Robert Kennedy
    • the Tet Offensive  ✓
    • the decision of Lyndon B. Johnson not to run for reelection
  • Complete the sentence: Nixon claimed to have a plan to bring 'peace with ______' in Vietnam.
    • 'honour' ✓
  • What was the goal of Vietnamisation in regards to US ground troops?
    • to increase in number
    • to decrease in number  ✓
    • to spend more time training
    • to spend less time training
  • By 1970, how many US troops had been withdrawn from Vietnam?
    • close to 50 000
    • close to 100 000
    • close to 200 000  ✓
    • close to 400 000
  • Complete the sentence: towards the end of the war, ______ use amongst US soldiers increased dramatically.
    • 'drug' ✓
  • What was the problem with the training manuals for heavy equipment that the US gave to the South Vietnamese Army?
    • they were for the wrong equipment
    • they contained lots of mistakes
    • they were never delivered
    • they were not written in Vietnamese  ✓
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