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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?
(a) The Buddhists were attracting dissidents in opposition to the government.
(b) The Vietnamese government did not have its people's support.
(c) The government did not know what was going on in the war.
(d) The Vietnamese government did not have control of the Delta.

2. Why does Halberstam say that September and October of 1963 were good for the Kennedy administration?
(a) The military made progress in the Mekong Delta.
(b) The administration was prepared to pick up seats in special elections.
(c) There was accord on civil rights issues.
(d) Averell Harriman made progress on the test ban treaty.

3. What plan was the U.S. government preparing for by the end of 1964?
(a) Have Cambodia and Laos intervene.
(b) Bring in a coalition of forces against the Vietcong.
(c) Strike directly against China.
(d) Have the South take military action against the North.

4. When did the Spring offensive start in Vietnam?
(a) March 1963.
(b) May 1965.
(c) June 1966.
(d) April 1964.

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
(a) The use of napalm.
(b) Bombing of North Vietnam.
(c) An end of diplomacy.
(d) A Northern offensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was the result of Johnson's method of planning for the war?

2. Who opposed the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965?

3. What does Halberstam say happened to Diem and Nhu after they fled?

4. What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin as a part of 34A?

5. What does Halberstam say was the beginning of the 'credibility gap'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Halberstam say became clear to the American government after Diem's death?

2. What does Halberstam say was Johnson's approach to paying for the war?

3. What issues were discussed as there started to be struggles over Vietnam strategy in mid-1965?

4. How did the reality of the war become public information?

5. What was the result of the first direct confrontation with Vietcong and American troops?

6. What does Halberstam say the effect of the Vietnam war on the American people was?

7. Who expressed doubt about the Vietnam war, and what happened to their opposition?

8. What happened to Diem and Nhu during the coup?

9. What did the Johnson administration tell America as it committed more troops to Vietnam?

10. What happened during the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

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