The United States' approach to fighting the Vietnam War:

A. Brilliantly related American military power to the central task of building an effective South Vietnamese government.

B. Was consciously designed to inflict the maximum number of civilian deaths possible.

C. Was never appropriate for the war because the U.S. merely assumed that applying its superior military power would achieve victory.

D. Was more political than military in nature.

E. Greatly overestimated North Vietnam's military strength.

ANSWER: C

 



The principle index the United States used to chart success in Vietnam was:

A. The movement of the front line and the capture of key geographical objectives.

B. A sophisticated measurement of the proportion of South Vietnamese peasants who were loyal to the Saigon government.

C. The strength and stability of the South Vietnamese government.

D. The "body count."

E. All of the above.

ANSWER: D

 



With the Americanization of the war in 1965, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN):

A. Became more dependent than ever on the U.S.

B. Underwent a period of intensive retooling from which it emerged stronger than ever.

C. Was divided into small units that were then integrated into the American command under a system pioneered during the Korean War.

D. Shrank dramatically in size to become a highly mobile, elite striking force.

E. Undertook a series of spoiler attacks into North Vietnam that threw the enemy off balance.

ANSWER: A







Which of the following was one of the important reasons why the United States military effort in South Vietnam was unsuccessful?

A. The United States attempted to fight a conventional war against a guerrilla force that avoided large battles.

B. The United States measures only attracted the support of the peasant masses and failed to gain the support of the local elites.

C. Counterinsurgency could not have been adapted to the terrain in Vietnam.

D. Counterinsurgency was unpopular politically in the United States.

ANSWER: A



When the United States took charge of the war, a major impact on Vietnamese society was a dramatic

A. reduction in religious intolerance

B. expansion of political democracy

C. influx of money and technology

D. improvement in education

ANSWER: C