The National Liberation Front was a
A. coalition of southern forces opposed to the Diem regime
B. labeled "the Vietcong" by Diem
C. succeeded in understanding the Vietnamese farmer better than the Americans or South Vietnamese government
D. all of these answers
E. none of these answers
ANSWER: D


Richard Nixon accused the Democrats in 1968 of causing all of the following during the last four years, EXCEPT:
A.  The longest war that America's ever had in its history
B. The worst crime wave we've ever had in our history
C. The highest taxes we've ever had in our history
D. The highest raise in the cost of living that we've had in a generation
E. The highest level of respect for the United States of America in our history.
ANSWER: E

In 1969, which Washington official took the lead in attacking the media, both newspapers and television, in the United States.  He claimed that a credibility gap existed when it came to what the majority of Americans wanted and supported and what someone would see if he relied on television for his news.
A. Richard Nixon
B. Hubert Humphey
C. Spiro Agnew
D. Robert Kennedy
E. Martin Luther King, Jr.
ANSWER: C

Which of the following did NOT play a significant role in creating the "credibility gap" between governmental promises and military outcomes, which existed in Vietnam especially after Tet?
A. President Lyndon Johnson
B. General William Westmoreland
C. Gen Earle Wheeler, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
D. Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara
E. Sec. of Defense Clark Clifford
ANSWER: E


Which one of the following was not a president or candidate for the presidency of the Democratic Party in 1968?
A. Richard Nixon
B. Lyndon Johnson
C. Robert Kennedy
D. Eugene McCarthy
E. Hubert Humphrey
ANSWER: A


Which of the following is NOT associated with being or revealing  communists/Vietcong in South Vietnam?
A. National Liberation Front (NLF)
B. NVA
C. pacification
D. Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG)
E. Phoenix Program
ANSWER: B

The battle that most clearly represented that Vietnamization had replaced Americanization in Vietnam was:
A. Hue
B. Khesanh
C. Tet
D. Quangtri
E. Saigon
ANSWER: D


Concerning the North Vietnamese view of the war protests in the United States, ALL of the following points were raised in the video, EXCEPT:
A. If 200 people marched on Washington, they said it was 200,000.
B. Every protest and anti-war speech discouraged the Vietcong
C. Every protest and anti-war speech prolonged the war
D. Every protest and anti-war speech worsened the condition of American soldiers and POW's.
E. Every protest and anti-war speech cost the lives of more Americans on the battlefield.
ANSWER: B


According to the United States government, what was the important political breakthrough in the Paris Peace talks in 1972?
A. The North Vietnamese dropped their demand for the dissolution of the Thieu government in South Vietnam.
B. The decision by Nixon to mine Haiphong Harbor and begin bombing after the Easter Offensive.
C. the North Vietnamese offensive that had taken all of the Quangtri Province, forcing refugees and the South Vietnamese Army to flee.
D. Nixon's historic meeting with Mao Zedong in China.
E. Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union led to the signing of a strategic arms control treaty.
ANSWER: A