FIX BAD QUESTIONS MADE 100% for multiple answers BUT need to fix for future terms I FIXED IT ALREADY************************* The Geneva Convention, during and following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, saw all of the following happen to Ho Chi Minh's victorious Vietminh communists, EXCEPT Vietnam was divided in half, North and South, at the 17th parallel (0.00) 5/44 (11%) 43% 0.501 0.47 0.26 The Vietminh begrudgingly accepted less than half of the Vietnamese land when in fact they controlled most of it. (0.00) 2/44 (5%) The communist Ho Chi Minh was betrayed by his Russian and Chinese communist allies and forced to accept a humiliating compromise. (0.00) 12/44 (27%) Countrywide elections, desired by the Vietminh, were pushed off to some future date, which in reality became two years, in 1956. (0.00) 6/44 (14%) Chinese leader Jo En Lai's complete support of Ho and the Vietminh and refusal to back down to the United States. (1.00) 19/44 (43%) BOTH D AND E ARE CORRECT MADE D NOT A CORRECT ANSWER *************** POOR QUESTION OKAY BUT VAGUE The importance of the Cold War mindset in the 1960's cannot be underestimated. It put a premium on toughness and viewed compromise as weakness, and retreat as a sign of cowardice. All of the following statements are indicative of this mindset EXCEPT A firm stand in Vietnam would discourage any Soviet tendencies to support further exploits; moreover, it might even lead to a more peaceful coexistence. (0.00) 4/44 (9%) 39% 0.493 0.42 0.33 It was important to contain the more aggressive and reckless Chinese, who had actually sent troops into North Korea on the communists behalf during the Korean War. (0.00) 11/44 (25%) Policymakers believed that the way the United States stood up to communist provocations in Vietnam would have profound consequences everywhere. (0.00) 4/44 (9%) If the U.S could force the leadership in Hanoi to the bargaining table, the conflict could be resolved through compromise and peaceful negotiations (1.00) 17/44 (39%) Wars of "national liberation" became synonymous with communist infiltration. If they witnessed the resolve of the United States in Vietnam, they would be less inclined to proceed. (0.00) 7/44 FINE QUESTION BUT ONLY 7% CORRECT????? Although the events surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident are problematic, President Johnson's handling of the event, from a political standpoint, was “masterly”. All of the following statements serve as clear evidence of his success, EXCEPT Johnson's firm but restrained response to the alleged North Vietnamese attacks won broad popular support and saw his approval rating soar up from 42 to 72 percent. (0.00) 8/44 (18%) 7% 0.255 0.16 0.17 Johnson was easily able to get congressional, military, and public approval for his decision to implement Operation Rolling Thunder (1.00) 3/44 (7%) Johnson effectively neutralized any “soft on communism” criticism from his Republican political rival in the 1964 election, Barry Goldwater. (0.00) 10/44 (23%) The resulting first Congressional debate on Vietnam brought Johnson near unanimous endorsement of the president's policies. (0.00) 12/44 (27%) Johnson won one of the largest popular and electoral majority landslides in presidential election history to that time. (0.00) 11/44 (25%) CHANGE MATCHING FOR FUTURE ONLY KNEW MCNAMARA AND NOT THE OTHERS FIX SOLDIERS AND WEAPONS - CHINESE INSTEAD OF CHINA China and Russian soldiers and personnel took an active part in the Vietnam War against the United States. American soldiers died at the hands of these communist countries which were also breaking the terms of the Geneva Accords of 1954. According to historians, this aid played a crucial, perhaps even decisive, role in the outcome of the war. True (1.00) 16/44 (36%) 36% 0.487 0.26 0.10 False (0.00) 28/44 (64%) ADD HAD BEEN A DISASTER FOR USA The United States, especially the National Security Council (NSC) had warned that Geneva had been a disaster. Although this happened in 1954 during Republican Eisenhower's presidency, and JFK, who believed it when he became president in 1961, behaved accordingly. True (1.00) 25/44 (57%) 57% 0.501 0.16 -0.23 False (0.00) 19/44 (43%)