TEST BANK   FIRST EXAMINATION
THEMES FOR FIRST EXAM: 	SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
1. Origins of the the War 	1. Compare the Vietnamese Communist views on independence and the French perspectives on colonization?
2. United States Cold War policy 	2. What were the assumptions of American foreign policy under Truman and Eisenhower? How were these assumptions translated into policies?
3. U.S. military intervention 	3. Why did Johnson change his mind and decide to send American forces into Vietnam in early 1965?
4. Ho Chi Minh and the origins of the Vietminh 	4. Why did the U.S. support the French in Indochina instead of Ho Chi Minh and his organization?
  	 
SECOND EXAMINATION
THEMES FOR THE SECOND EXAM: 	SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
1. War Experiences 	1. Why and how did American and Vietnamese soldiers justify their personal and collective actions?
2. Morality of War 	2. What is the relevance of the My Lai incident today?
3. Antiwar Protest 	3. What effect did opposition to the war have on American and Vietnamese Communist politics and policies?
4. Peace with Honor 	4. Would you characterize the Nixon/Kissinger policy in Vietnam a success?
5. Aftermath of the War 	5. What has been the legacy of the war in the American imagination and culture? In what ways was the war a defeat for the United States?