// question: 0  name: switch category to $course$/W08 Midterm New 
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// question: 506  name: TF Instructions 
::TF Instructions::[html]<font size\="4"><span style\="font-weight\: bold;"> When reading and answering True or False questions, if ANY PART of the statement is false, the answer is false. In order to be true, every statement or fact must be true.</span></font>

// question: 486  name: According to Karnow, without the Japanese invading 
::According to Karnow, without the Japanese invading::[html]According to Karnow, without the Japanese invading Vietnam in WWII, Ho Chi Minh's rise to prominence probably would have never happened{
	=True
	~False
}




// question: 497  name: All of the following events during 1953-4 helped t 
::All of the following events during 1953-4 helped t::[html]All of the following events during 1953-4 helped to bring about a possible peace settlement in Vietnam, EXCEPT{
	~Joseph Stalin, the uncompromising communist leader of the Soviet Union died
	~The Korean War had been settled by an armistice, a cease fire, with the country divided North and South
	~The world looked to settle the Indochinese War between France and the Vietminh and ease Cold War tensions
	~Communist China feared the U.S. might replace the French in Indochina, and menace China at the border, so it hoped to end the conflict without regard to it Vietnamese communist comrades
	=President Dwight Eisenhower and his Secretary of State John Foster Dulles rigidly clung to the domino theory and pledged to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia at all costs.
}


// question: 488  name: Although greatly outnumbered by the French, Genera 
::Although greatly outnumbered by the French, Genera::[html]Although greatly outnumbered by the French, General Vo Nguyan Giap's Vietminh forces, supplied by Chinese communists, were successful in defeating the French at Dien Bien Phu. While the French employed siege tactics, Giap kept the French trapped in the mountainous hillsides as the Vietminh defended the lowlands with military tactics referred to as &quot;human waves&quot;. The Chinese had successfully employed the same tactic in Korea previously.{
	~True
	=False
}




// question: 471  name: As Ho Chi Minh renamed his Vietnamese Communist Pa 
::As Ho Chi Minh renamed his Vietnamese Communist Pa::[html]As Ho Chi Minh renamed his Vietnamese Communist Party the Vietnamese Workers Party in 1951 in order to gain support, the French in South Vietnam made an effort to create a national Vietnamese Army in the South under the Bao Dai government. This term for this effort was{
	~containment
	=jaunissement
	~guerrilla
	~la mission civilisatrice
	~mandarin
}





// question: 483  name: Considering methods, goals, and the establishment 
::Considering methods, goals, and the establishment::[html]Considering methods, goals, and the establishment of a governmental system, it is accurate to state that what the French were doing in Indochina in the 20th Century was essentially the same as what Great Britain was doing in India.{
	~True
	=False
}


// question: 491  name: Historical Vietnamese nationalists, like Ho Chi Mi 
::Historical Vietnamese nationalists, like Ho Chi Mi::[html]Historical Vietnamese nationalists, like Ho Chi Minh and countless others, have opposed all of the following groups EXCEPT{
	~imperialists
	~mandarins
	~capitalists
	~big landlords
	=peasants
}





// question: 485  name: In 1940, all of the following are correct, EXCEPT 
::In 1940, all of the following are correct, EXCEPT::[html]In 1940, all of the following are correct, EXCEPT{
	~the Japanese defeated the French in Vietnam
	~the Japanese defeated the United States in the Philippines
	~the Japanese defeated the British in Malaya
	~Unlike many Asian leaders, Ho Chi Minh sided with the Allies
	=all of these answers are correct
}





// question: 487  name: In WWII, the United States initially supported Ho 
::In WWII, the United States initially supported Ho::[html]In WWII, the United States initially supported Ho Chi Minh because he was a communist and because the Vietminh had helped to rescue downed U.S. pilots, during the Deer Mission. But after the war, when Ho became a nationalist and used the Declaration of Independence to establish the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the U.S. withdrew its support and considered him an enemy.{
	~True
	=False
}


// question: 479  name: Initially, U.S. forces in Vietnam were meant to pr 
::Initially, U.S. forces in Vietnam were meant to pr::[html]Initially, U.S. forces in Vietnam were meant to protect air fields such as those at Da Nang and Pleiku. But after continued attacks at these locations, and government locations in Saigon, the military mission of U.S. soldiers turned to that of search and destroy, the first time the U.S. authorized the offensive use of ground troops.{
	=True
	~False
}




// question: 505  name: Please answer honestly.  Either answer will receiv 
::Please answer honestly.  Either answer will receiv::[html]Please answer honestly. Either answer will receive full credit. Answer this statement\: &quot;I have kept up with and completed the textbook reading schedule (for both books) in this class so far.&quot;{
	=Yes
	=No
}




// question: 498  name: Stanley Karnow in Vietnam A History suggested that 
::Stanley Karnow in Vietnam A History suggested that::[html]Stanley Karnow in Vietnam A History suggested that there were several opportunities for the United States to withdraw somewhat easily from the conflict in Vietnam. He wrote that the most favorable solution came when China suggested the admission of two Vietnams, North and South, to the United Nations. Unfortunately the U.S. objected, supporting its global policy of containment. Karnow suggests that if the U.S. had not made this mistake, it may have averted the severity of its involvement the Vietnam War altogether.{
	=True
	~False
}



// question: 469  name: The First Vietnam War can accurately be described 
::The First Vietnam War can accurately be described::[html]The First Vietnam War can accurately be described as starting in 1946, when the French forced Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh out of Hanoi, and ending in 1954 after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.{
	=True
	~False
}



// question: 496  name: The idea that the U.S. could abandon the French in 
::The idea that the U.S. could abandon the French in::[html]The idea that the U.S. could abandon the French in Indochina was a possibility and even suggested by some members of the U.S. intelligence and policy community. Unfortunately, Dean Rusk, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for three presidential administrations did not change his view on halting the spread of communism in Vietnam for 20 years. Instead, the U.S. recognized Bao Dai as the rightful leader and established an embassy in Vietnam, continuing its support of anyone who opposed the communist Ho Chi Minh.{
	=True
	~False
}


// question: 484  name: The term Indochina refers to all of the following 
::The term Indochina refers to all of the following::[html]The term Indochina refers to all of the following EXCEPT{
	~Laos
	~Cambodia
	~Vietnam
	=Philippines
}



// question: 493  name: Vladimir Lenin, the Russian communist leader showe 
::Vladimir Lenin, the Russian communist leader showe::[html]Vladimir Lenin, the Russian communist leader showed Ho Chi Minh that anti-colonial nationalism and revolution were inseparable. When Ho wrote on these subjects in his travels to foreign countries, his writings were circulated in Vietnam during his absence. He was a propagandist and an organizer, the latter which he learned to do while in the Soviet Union and China. Ho cultivated a celibate image as Uncle Ho, although this was probably not true.{
	=True
	~False
}


// question: 475  name: What anti-communist United States foreign policy p 
::What anti-communist United States foreign policy p::[html]What anti-communist United States foreign policy position, begun by Democratic President Harry Truman in the period immediately following WWII, seemed to tie the hands of Democratic Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and forced them to continue supporting South Vietnam against communism?{
	~domino theory
	=containment
	~strategic hamlets
	~Mekong Delta River Project
	~special forces, such as the Green Berets
}




// question: 477  name: Which term most accurately describes the Vietnames 
::Which term most accurately describes the Vietnames::[html]Which term most accurately describes the Vietnamese communist who operated against the United States and the South Vietnamese government in South Vietnam?{
	~guerrillas
	~Vietminh
	~hawks
	=Viet Cong
	~ARVN
}


// question: 465  name: While both the Karnow text and videos contain slig 
::While both the Karnow text and videos contain slig::[html]While both the Karnow text and videos contain slightly different information on this subject, they both agree that the two most important exports that France received from its Vietnam colony were{
	~rubber
	~rice
	=both of these answers
	~neither of these answers
}


// question: 499  name: Who said \'President Diem is the Churchill of the 
::Who said \'President Diem is the Churchill of the::[html]Who said 'President Diem is the Churchill of the decade... in the vanguard of those leaders who stand for freedom.&quot;{
	~Dean Acheson
	=Lyndon Johnson
	~Dwight Eisenhower
	~John F. Kennedy
	~Dean Rusk
}