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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. When did Khanh overthrow the generals in Vietnam?
(a) April, 1965.
(b) December, 1964.
(c) December, 1963.
(d) February, 1964.
2. When did McNamara say the U.S. would be out of Vietnam, when he visited the country?
(a) By 1970.
(b) By the beginning of 1966.
(c) By the end of 1965.
(d) By the end of 1968.
3. What does Halberstam say became clear by the time Rolling Thunder had been in effect for six weeks?
(a) That Rolling Thunder was not breaking the North's resistance.
(b) That Rolling Thunder was breaking the Vietcong supply routes.
(c) That it was only a matter of time until Hanoi capitulated.
(d) That Rolling Thunder was not going to make Hanoi capitulate.
4. What strategy does Halberstam say evolved out of the struggle over troop strength?
(a) A search-and-destroy strategy.
(b) Bombing of Cambodia.
(c) The use of napalm.
(d) The bombing campaign.
5. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?
(a) The Vietnamese government did not have its people's support.
(b) The Buddhists were attracting dissidents in opposition to the government.
(c) The government did not know what was going on in the war.
(d) The Vietnamese government did not have control of the Delta.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the U.S. embassy offer to Diem and Nhu when the coup began?
2. What does Halberstam say the military had been telling President Johnson when he sent an investigative team to Vietnam?
3. What did Johnson say he needed before they could move against the North?
4. What problem does Halberstam say McNamara discovered in Vietnam?
5. What evidence does Halberstam say the President was presented with to make the case for bombing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Halberstam say began to change in early 1964?
2. What was Rolling Thunder and what was its purpose?
3. What program did Maxwell Taylor call for in the paper he wrote on his way back from Vietnam?
4. What were the questions people were asking on the issue of bombing the North?
5. What does Halberstam say was Johnson's approach to paying for the war?
6. Who was interested in overthrowing Diem?
7. What was the public story of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and what was the truth?
8. What was President Johnson's position with regard to bombing?
9. Who expressed doubt about the Vietnam war, and what happened to their opposition?
10. Describe what Halberstam calls 'the Bundy trip' to Vietnam.
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