Statistics for HST195 - Vietnam War Midterm Exam

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Question #10 Statistics: President Dwight Eisenhower's Vietnam policy Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 1 committed thousands of troops to aid the Diem government.    4% 2 left the South Vietnamese government to fend largely for itself.    8% 2 sanctioned the signing of the Geneva accord that ended French control there.    8% 21 committed advisors and economic aid to South Vietnam.    81%

Question #20 Statistics: The Tonkin Gulf resolution Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 23 gave the president the authority to use military force in Vietnam.    88% 1 called on the United Nations to seek a negotiated settlement of the Vietnam war.    4% 0 denounced military aggression by the Soviet Union in Vietnam.    0% 2 delayed a response to the Tonkin incident until completion of an investigation into its causes.    8%

Question #30 Statistics: By 1965 the United States had committed another 150,000 troops to defeat the Viet Cong because Offered 26 times Correct 2 times or 7% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 14 Viet Cong activity in the South had escalated dramatically.    54% 2 the French withdrew all military and economic assistance.    8% 0 Chinese and Soviet troop levels there had risen.    0% 10 political and military leadership was weak in South Vietnam.    38%

Question #40 Statistics: Johnson's popularity began to wane after 1966 because Offered 26 times Correct 8 times or 30% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 14 American military leaders expressed serious disagreement among themselves over the conduct of the war.    54% 8 media coverage raised questions about Johnson's credibility.    31% 0 reports surfaced that Cambodia and Laos had formally allied themselves with North Vietnam.    0% 4 World War II and Korean war veterans publicly criticized U.S. use of chemical warfare.    15%

Question #50 Statistics: The National Liberation Front was Offered 26 times Correct 18 times or 69% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 18 organized by the Vietminh.    69% 3 able to confine its military efforts to one section of Vietnam.    12% 4 an arm of the Buddhists in Vietnam.    15% 1 thoroughly divorced from the Viet Cong.    4% 0 interested in promoting Roman Catholicism in Vietnam.    0%

Question #60 Statistics: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was an American response to Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 23 attacks of torpedo boats on American destroyers.    88% 0 a Vietminh thrust into Saigon.    0% 1 shelling of offshore islands under South Vietnamese control.    4% 1 a North Vietnamese decision to arm its allies in the South.    4% 1 Chinese intervention in the Vietnam War.    4%

Question #70 Statistics: The greatest increase in the number of American troops in Vietnam came during the administration of Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 1 Dwight Eisenhower    4% 0 John Kennedy    0% 23 Lyndon Johnson    88% 2 Richard Nixon.    8%

Question #80 Statistics: By 1967 President Johnson responded to mounting inflation at home by Offered 26 times Correct 11 times or 42% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 putting even more money into circulation.    0% 1 raising interest rates.    4% 8 escalating the war in Vietnam.    31% 11 raising taxes.    42% 6 declining to run for reelection.    23%

Question #90 Statistics: What was NOT a provision of or associated with the Geneva Agreements? Offered 26 times Correct 0 times or 0% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 16 Vietnam was divided into North and South at the 38th Parallel    62% 4 The agreement was signed after the French defeat at Dienbienphu    15% 0 Ho Chi Minh was to lead Communist North Vietnam    0% 3 An anti-Communist government was established in South Vietnam    12% 3 Cambodia and Laos were to be considered and treated as neutrals    12%

Question #100 Statistics: Who said, 'We are not about to send American boys nine or ten thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.'? Offered 26 times Correct 7 times or 26% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 2 times or 7% Frequency Choice Percent 2 Henri Navarre    8% 7 Barry Goldwater    27% 4 John Kennedy    15% 7 Lyndon Johnson    27% 4 Robert McNamara    15%

Question #110 Statistics: Why did Lyndon B. Johnson continue the U.S. escalation of the war? Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 19 The US commitment as an ally was being tested    73% 0 His Great Society had been completed and he focused on foreign affairs    0% 0 He was a racist    0% 5 Peace talks with Ho Chi Minh failed    19% 2 aerial bombardment had proven so effective    8%

Question #120 Statistics: What city was designated as the capitol of South Vietnam after the Geneva Agreements? Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 3 Hanoi    12% 0 Dienbienphu    0% 0 Inchon    0% 23 Saigon    88% 0 Pyongyang    0%

Question #130 Statistics: The general in command of American forces in Vietnam from 1964-1968 was Offered 26 times Correct 22 times or 84% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 2 Douglas McArthur    8% 2 Maxwell Taylor    8% 0 General Khan    0% 0 General Luan    0% 22 William Westmoreland    85%

Question #140 Statistics: American military objectives were, at best, difficult to achieve because Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 3 the enemy did not fight in a conventional way    12% 0 the government of South Vietnam was corrupt    0% 0 the U.S. had very little allied support    0% 0 lack of public support at home    0% 23 all of the above    88%

Question #150 Statistics: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave Offered 26 times Correct 18 times or 69% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 3 Congress the authority to send troops to Vietnam    12% 0 Military aid to Ho Chi Minh    0% 18 The president complete authority to wage war on North Vietnam    69% 0 The Navy authority to mine the Gulf of Tonkin    0% 5 none of the above    19%

Question #160 Statistics: Approximately how many soldiers were stationed in Vietnam at the height of the conflict in 1967-68? Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 2.5 million    0% 0 17,000    0% 19 500,000    73% 5 250,000    19% 2 none of the above    8%

Question #170 Statistics: 'Operation Rolling Thunder' was the code name for Offered 26 times Correct 25 times or 96% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 the landing of the first combat troops in Vietnam    0% 25 American bombing raids on North Vietnam    96% 0 the airlift of food to the blockaded city of West Berlin    0% 1 the plan to assassinate South Vietnam's president, Ngo Dinh Diem    4% 0 the black activist movements in the South, ie. boycotts, sit-ins, voter registration drives    0%

Question #180 Statistics: The Gulf of Tonkin resolution Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 advocated the use of nuclear weapons against North Vietnam if that government did not accede to American demands    0% 21 authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against American forces and to prevent further aggression in Vietnam    81% 1 condemned U.S. involvement in Vietnam and demanded that American troops be withdrawn immediately    4% 1 constituted a congressional explanation to the American people of the Johnson administration's immediate and long-term foreign policy goals in Southeast Asia    4% 3 none of the above    12%

Question #190 Statistics: Belief in the Domino Theory would most likely lead a person to support Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 3 federal intervention in the South to protect freedom riders and other civil-rights activists    12% 0 a test-ban treaty with the Soviets against further atmospheric and ocean firing of nuclear weapons    0% 23 American intervention in the war in Vietnam to prevent a Vietcong victory    88% 0 appointment of more conservative justices to the Supreme Court to prevent it from falling completely under the influence of Warren liberals    0% 0 U.S. withdrawal from IndoChina due to lack of vital interests    0%

Question #200 Statistics: Which of the following was NOT one of the names used by or given to the leader of North Vietnam? Offered 26 times Correct 13 times or 50% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 'Uncle Ho'    0% 12 Nguyen That Than    46% 1 Nguyen Ai Quoc    4% 0 Ho Chi Minh    0% 13 All are correct    50%

Question #210 Statistics: Which 'dove' senator from Oregon eventually became a leader of the antiwar sentiment in Congress? Offered 26 times Correct 20 times or 76% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 1 Robert McNamara    4% 20 Wayne Morse    77% 0 Harry Truman    0% 5 Dean Rusk    19% 0 John Foster Dulles    0%

Question #220 Statistics: With what economic/industrial project did LBJ attempt to 'bribe' Ho Chi Minh to the bargaining table prior to 1968? Offered 26 times Correct 20 times or 76% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 2 Operation Rolling Thunder    8% 0 Operation Junction City    0% 20 Mekong Delta River Project    77% 1 Operation Cedar Falls    4% 3 Building an airfield at Danang    12%

Question #230 Statistics: Question from Episode 1 - Roots of War The traditional enemy of the Vietnamese people was Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 19 China    73% 0 Cambodia    0% 0 Kampuchea    0% 2 Japan    8% 5 None of the above.    19%

Question #240 Statistics: Question from Episode 1 - Roots of War Bao Dai was Offered 26 times Correct 25 times or 96% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 25 the emperor of Vietnam during the French and Japanese occupations.    96% 0 the name of the CIA assassination squads    0% 1 the name of the Japanese emperor during W.W.II.    4% 0 none of the above.    0%

Question #250 Statistics: Question from Episode 1 - Roots of War Indochina under French rule Offered 26 times Correct 15 times or 57% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 1 times or 3% Frequency Choice Percent 0 experienced the longest period of peace in its history.    0% 0 imported more rubber than at any other time previously.    0% 0 became much more Buddhist as a reaction against the westerners.    0% 15 was compelled to export rice even when the Indochinese were starving.    58% 10 All of the above.    38%

Question #260 Statistics: Question from Episode 1 - Roots of War Ho Chi Minh Offered 26 times Correct 20 times or 76% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 3 A) tried in vain to plead his country's cause before the Versailles Peace Conference.    12% 0 B) was the first Vietnamese to join the Communist Party.    0% 0 C) worked for the French delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference.    0% 20 both A and B.    77% 3 both B and C.    12%

Question #270 Statistics: Question from Episode 2 - The First Vietnam War The United States instructed its diplomats at the Geneva Convention of 1954 to Offered 26 times Correct 16 times or 61% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 1 times or 3% Frequency Choice Percent 1 A) keep the French from selling out the South Vietnamese government.    4% 4 B) press hard for democratic elections to decide the fate of South Vietnam.    15% 16 C) watch, but not talk or agree to anything.    62% 1 D) protect the interests of the South Vietnamese government at all costs.    4% 3 E) Both answers B and D.    12%

Question #280 Statistics: Question from Episode 2 - The First Vietnam War The first country to officially recognize Ho Chi Minh's Democratic Republic of Vietnam was Offered 26 times Correct 10 times or 38% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 1 North Korea in 1949.    4% 10 The Soviet Union in 1948.    38% 2 The United States after the surrender of the Japanese in W.W.II.    8% 3 The government of South Vietnam.    12% 10 The People's Republic of China in 1950.    38%

Question #290 Statistics: Question from Episode 2 - The First Vietnam War The first country to give substantial military aid to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was Offered 26 times Correct 6 times or 23% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 3 France    12% 1 Japan    4% 0 North Korea    0% 16 China    62% 6 The Soviet Union.    23%

Question #300 Statistics: Question from Episode 2 - The First Vietnam War When it became apparent that the French may lose their hold on Dienbienphu Offered 26 times Correct 4 times or 15% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 11 the French military stopped sending any more reinforcements or supplies.    42% 7 the United States considered the use of tactical nuclear weapons.    27% 4 the Chinese advised the Vietnamese to prolong the struggle until the following year.    15% 0 American troops in French uniforms parachuted into the valley to help the French.    0% 4 all of the above.    15%

Question #310 Statistics: Question from Episode 3 - America's Mandarin The reason(s) many Vietnamese moved from the north to the south after the partition of Vietnam was Offered 26 times Correct 15 times or 57% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 because Ngo Dinh Diem was a Catholic.    0% 0 because the United States mounted an extensive propaganda effort in the north.    0% 7 because Catholics in the north were fearful of Communist reprisals.    27% 15 all of the above.    58% 4 none of the above.    15%

Question #320 Statistics: Question from Episode 3 - America's Mandarin The two biggest opponents of the Geneva Conference provisions for elections to be held in Vietnam Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 19 were the United States and the government of South Vietnam.    73% 3 were the Soviet Union and China.    12% 1 were the original signers of the Geneva accords.    4% 0 were North and South Korea.    0% 3 none of the above.    12%

Question #330 Statistics: Question from Episode 3 - America's Mandarin When it became clear to the Kennedy administration that Diem's government was losing control of South Vietnam Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 1 times or 3% Frequency Choice Percent 21 the U.S. government gave the green light to South Vietnamese generals for a coup against Diem.    81% 2 Kennedy ordered more American troops into the country to prevent a coup.    8% 0 the U.S. government ordered the Christmas bombing of Vietnam.    0% 1 all of the above.    4% 1 none of the above.    4%

Question #340 Statistics: Question from Episode 3 - America's Mandarin Perhaps the most significant reason for the failure of Diem's 1963 anti-Buddhist crusade was the fact that Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 1 times or 3% Frequency Choice Percent 1 his brother was a Buddhist Monk and supported the opposition.    4% 2 Catholic students were failing to register for the draft.    8% 2 most of the members of the Viet Cong were Buddhists.    8% 1 the Buddhists were getting their orders from Communist China.    4% 19 most South Vietnamese soldiers were Buddhists.    73%

Question #350 Statistics: Question from Episode 4 - LBJ Goes To War One of President Johnson's greatest concerns in 1964 and 1965 was Offered 26 times Correct 18 times or 69% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 the buildup of Soviet troops on the Laotian border with Vietnam.    0% 18 the instability of the South Vietnamese government.    69% 0 the growing anti-war movement among U.S. servicemen overseas.    0% 2 the lack of any congressional support for his military agenda in Vietnam.    8% 6 all of the above are incorrect.    23%

Question #360 Statistics: Question from Episode 4 - LBJ Goes To War In 1965, President Johnson offered a deal with Ho Chi Minh Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 21 to develop the Mekong Delta if Ho would abandon his political goals for South Vietnam.    81% 0 to hold elections between Ho and Diem for president of a united Vietnam.    0% 3 for full diplomatic recognition of DRV in exchange for a halt to the bombing of the North.    12% 0 to exchange thousands of American POWs for thousands of NVA POWs.    0% 2 all of the above are correct.    8%

Question #370 Statistics: Question from Episode 4 - LBJ Goes To War The events that comprise the Gulf of Tonkin incidents resulted in Offered 26 times Correct 18 times or 69% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 2 the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.    8% 2 a later analysis that showed that tbe 2nd Gulf of Tonkin Incident was fabricated.    8% 3 the U.S. Congress giving the President the power to wage war without a declaration of war.    12% 18 all of the above.    69% 1 none of the above.    4%

Question #380 Statistics: Question from Episode 5 - America Takes Charge 'Indian Country' was a term used by Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 1 U.S. forces to indicate land controlled by troops from India.    4% 21 U.S. forces to indicate land in South Vietnam controlled by the Viet Cong or NVA.    81% 2 U.S. forces to indicate land that had just recently changed hands.    8% 0 ARVN to indicate land controlled by the United States.    0% 2 The CIA to indicate unfriendly cities near the DMZ.    8%

Question #390 Statistics: Question from Episode 5 - America Takes Charge As U.S. bombing of North Vietnam increased Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 21 so did the amount of supplies going from North to South.    81% 0 the will of the people in the North began to crumble.    0% 1 the people of North Vietnam became bitter and angry with their political leaders.    4% 1 North Vietnamese planes increased their bombing of South Vietnamese airfields.    4% 3 all of the above are true statements.    12%

Question #400 Statistics: Question from Episode 5 - America Takes Charge According to Pentagon strategists, the bombing of North Vietnam served two purposes, Offered 26 times Correct 24 times or 92% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 to kill the North Vietnamese, and to increase the morale of the troops back home.    0% 1 to destroy the lines of communication with the South, and to train ARVN pilots.    4% 1 to apply pressure on the North, and to discourage the Chinese from sending more troops.    4% 0 to destroy the lines of communication with the South, and to scare the Russians.    0% 24 to cause pain in the North and to cut off their supplies from going to the enemy in the South.    92%

Question #410 Statistics: Question from Episode 6 - America's Enemy The DRV did not provide direct military aid to their allies in South Vietnam until Offered 26 times Correct 4 times or 15% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 1 after the success of the Tet Offensive.    4% 2 after the so-called 'Secret Bombing of Cambodia'.    8% 6 after the 'Gulf of Tonkin Incident.    23% 4 after the time stipulated by the Geneva Accords for countrywide general elections on unification    15% 13 after the death of Diem and his brother.    50%

Question #420 Statistics: Question from Episode 6 - America's Enemy In 1963, Diem was killed in a Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 21 coup conducted by his own officers, and with consent of the United States government.    81% 5 coup conducted by his own officers, against the orders of the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam.    19% 0 collision involving the Chief of U.S. Operations in Vietnam.    0% 0 coup which was planned and financed by the North Vietnamese Army.    0% 0 hunting accident in the countryside outside of Saigon.    0%

Question #430 Statistics: Question from Episode 6 - America's Enemy The Ho Chi Minh Trail was Offered 26 times Correct 20 times or 76% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 never a vital or important communication link between North and South Vietnam.    0% 5 the common term for Highway One which ran from Hue to Hanoi.    19% 20 kept open through the efforts of large numbers of women, some drafted for the purpose.    77% 0 shut down for good after the Tet Offensive.    0% 1 the main link between Saigon and Thailand.    4%

Question #440 Statistics: Question from Episode 6 - America's Enemy 'Alvarez, Alvarez, Son-of-a-bitch, Son-of-a-bitch' was a Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 21 cheer that greeted Officer Alvarez on a march of POWs through the streets of Hanoi.    81% 1 secret greeting among U.S. POWs being held in the 'Hanoi Hilton'.    4% 1 name given to the most cruel prison guard in the Hanoi prison .    4% 1 term used to describe the treatment of POWs in the prison camp near Saigon.    4% 2 code word for attempted escape by a POW.    8%

Question #450 Statistics: Question from Episode 7 - Tet 1968 The Tet Offensive was Offered 26 times Correct 21 times or 80% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 3 the largest ARVN offensive across the DMZ since Dien Bien Phu.    12% 21 the largest Viet Cong offensive of the war.    81% 1 a total military success for the NVA.    4% 0 overrated, since there was always an ARVN offensive during the Chinese New Year.    0% 1 none of the above.    4%

Question #460 Statistics: Question from Episode 7 - Tet 1968 The Tet Offensive Offered 26 times Correct 22 times or 84% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 1 was not a total surprise to U.S. intelligence since they had monitored increased VC activity.    4% 2 resulted in an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.    8% 0 resulted in an attack on Westmoreland's headquarters near Saigon.    0% 22 all of the above are correct.    85% 1 none of the above are correct.    4%

Question #470 Statistics: Question from Episode 7 - Tet 1968 One of the major goals of the Tet Offensive was Offered 26 times Correct 12 times or 46% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 12 the capture of the ancient capital city of Hue.    46% 0 to relieve ARVN units that wanted time off during the holiday season to be with relatives.    0% 1 to show solidarity with the Chinese on the occasion of their important holiday.    4% 1 to embarrass the leaders of North Vietnam into negotiating with the Americans in Paris.    4% 12 none of the above are correct.    46%

Question #480 Statistics: Refer to the map above. Who was the communist leader of country #1 during the 1950's and 1960's? Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 19 Mao Tse Tung    73% 1 Ho Chi Minh    4% 0 Ngo Dinh Diem    0% 5 Chiang Kai Shek    19% 1 Bao Dai    4%

Question #490 Statistics: Refer to the map above. What is 9 on the map? Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 The location of the Tet Offensive    0% 0 The farthest south that the Vietcong invaded    0% 19 The 17th parallel, the line dividing the Vietnam from the Geneva Agreements of 1954    73% 1 The location of the borders of Cambodia and Laos    4% 6 None of the above    23%

Question #500 Statistics: Refer to the map above. A North Vietnamese attack on an American ship in this location prompted the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by the U.S. Congress in 1964, thus giving President Lyndon Johnson the authority to escalate and wage war in Vietnam. (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #510 Statistics: Refer to the map above. Which country was led by the nationalist/communist Ho Chi Minh after the 1954 Geneva Accords? (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 25 times or 96% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #520 Statistics: Refer to the map above. The Ho Chi Minh Trail was used by the NVA to bring supplies to South Vietnam during the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, the trail ran mainly within the borders of Laos and the war escalated to include part of that country even though it was officially neutral during the conflict. Where is Laos? (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 22 times or 84% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #530 Statistics: Refer to the map above. Vietnam was artificially divided into regions by the French during its colonial period. Which section was known as Annam, therefore making all Vietnamese people known to Europeans as Annamites or Annamese? (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 16 times or 61% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #540 Statistics: Refer to the map above. The ancient city of Hue was an important cultural center of Vietnam and served as the capitol of the French Vietnamese provice of Annam. Where is Hue? (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #550 Statistics: Refer to the map above. Which was the capital city of the NVA and Ho Chi Minh? (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 25 times or 96% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #560 Statistics: Section 6 on the map above was know as the 'rice bowl' of Vietnam because it was the richest and most fertile region (thus delivering plentiful agricultural harvests). During the French colonial period it was known as Offered 26 times Correct 14 times or 53% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 0 Tonkin    0% 4 Pleiku    15% 14 Cochinchina    54% 3 Annam    12% 5 Mekong Delta    19%

Question #570 Statistics: Refer to the map above. Although students have yet to see the corresponding videos or read the appropriate chapters in the textbook for this telecourse, this city fell to the communists in 1975, thus 'ending' the war in Vietnam as far at the United States was concerned. (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 24 times or 92% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #580 Statistics: Refer to the map above. Where is Dienbienphu, the location of the French defeat in 1954 at the hands of the North Vietnamese Army and its communist allies and the official end of French rule in Vietnam? (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 23 times or 88% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #590 Statistics: Refer to the map above. The province of Tonkin was one of the French provinces in Vietnam and suffered a terrible famine during the mid 1940's. Which section is Tonkin? (Enter only a single number in the box) Offered 26 times Correct 18 times or 69% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0%

Question #600 Statistics: Matching Look at the term on the right. Find the number of its definition on the left. Choose that number from the pop up box that appears to the right of the term. (Each of the 5 terms on the right has a correct matching definition on the left) Offered 26 times Correct 19 times or 73% Partially correct 7 times or 26% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 22 The French plan to turn over control of the military to the loyal, colonial Vietnamese soldiers rather than relying on French soldiers.::jaunissement    85% 23 A Chinese term which describes a high ranking governmental official who is either out of touch or not close to the common people over which he rules.::mandarin    88% 22 John F. Kennedy’s support for using elite military units, such as the Green Berets, to combat guerrilla warfare, is described by this term.::counterinsurgency    85% 24 This civilian/military operation in Vietnam met with stiff resistance by the peasants, whom the program was supposed to protect from V.C. guerillas.::strategic hamlets    92% 23 An American term used to describe the United States’ foreign policy which seeks to halt communist aggression and expansion throughout the world.::containment    88%

Question #610 Statistics: Matching Look at the person on the right. Find the number of its definition on the left. Choose that number from the pop up box that appears to the right of the person's name. (Each of the 5 people on the right has a correct matching definition on the left) Offered 26 times Correct 10 times or 38% Partially correct 15 times or 57% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 21 He was officially the first U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam in 1945 by Vietminh forces, perhaps accidentally mistaken as a French soldier.::Peter Dewey    81% 20 LBJ soundly defeated this Republican candidate in the 1964 presidential election, implying that he was too reckless in his anti-communist policies.::Barry Goldwater    77% 17 This anti-communist Secretary of State served President Eisenhower and supported Ngo Dinh Diem’s decision NOT to allow free elections in 1956.::John Foster Dulles    65% 13 This Secretary of State served both presidents Kennedy and Johnson during the escalation of the war in the 1960’s::Dean Rusk    50% 15 The Secretary of Defense for presidents Kennedy and Johnson who helped LBJ in getting Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.::Robert McNamara    58%

Question #620 Statistics: The United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), responsible for much of the secret military operations in Vietnam during the war, was the precursor to the present day Central Intelligence Agency or C.I.A. Offered 26 times Correct 20 times or 76% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 20 True    77% 6 False    23%

Question #630 Statistics: The French mission to bring western civilization and advances to the people of the French colony of Vietnam was known as la mission civilisatrice and was largely successful in helping the poorer working class people of that region. Offered 26 times Correct 24 times or 92% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 2 True    8% 24 False    92%

Question #640 Statistics: To many Vietnamese people, the Vietminh and Ho Chi Minh were very much like other nationalists, such as the Trung Sisters, trying to gain independence for their tiny embattled country. Offered 26 times Correct 24 times or 92% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 24 True    92% 2 False    8%

Question #650 Statistics: Tran Le Xuan, also known as Madame Nhu, sister in law to South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem, was clearly upset that her husband and brother in law were killed by a military coup in 1963, but was saddened and remorseful over their corrupt political leadership and brutal use of police and military force against helpless Buddhist monks. Offered 26 times Correct 17 times or 65% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 9 True    35% 17 False    65%

Question #660 Statistics: As head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, J. William Fulbright was constantly arguing with dove politician Maxwell Taylor over U.S. military policy in Vietnam. Offered 26 times Correct 6 times or 23% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 20 True    77% 6 False    23%

Question #670 Statistics: According to you text, the French were unparalleled in their cruelty towards the people of Vietnam when considering France's historical position as an imperial power and Vietnam's status as a colony to be exploited. Offered 26 times Correct 22 times or 84% Partially correct 0 times or 0% Unanswered 0 times or 0% Frequency Choice Percent 22 True    85% 4 False    15%

Number of Submissions:	26
Perfect Scores:	0
Maximum Score:	69
Minimum Score:	21
Median Score:	55.5
Mean Score:	53.038
Standard Deviation:	10.798
Mean Percentage:	70.384
Standard Deviation:	14.4002

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