The Democratic administrations of these two American presidents failed to recognize Ho Chi Minh's government, to honor his requests for a diplomatic dialog, and even to follow a consistent policy towards Vietnam in the years during and immediately after WWII. 	59% Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower 
18% FDR & HST
WOW what a students mistake

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 
The communist Ho Chi Minh was sold out and betrayed by the Russian and Chinese communists 	(0.00) 	14/22	(64%)
Chinese leader Jo En Lai's complete support of Ho and the Vietminh worried the United States 	(1.00) 	2/22	(9%)	

Who was the communist leader of country #1 during the 1950's and 1960's? 	Mao Tse Tung 	(1.00) 	10/22	(45%)
Chiang Kai Shek 	(0.00) 	11/22	(50%)


Just as the communist takeover in Cuba by Fidel Castro disrupted the foreign policy of the Eisenhower administration, what event disrupted the foreign policy of the Kennedy administration and continued to lead U.S. leaders to fear the global communist threat? 	Khruschev's building of a concrete and steel wall in Berlin, separating democratic and communist zones 	(1.00) 	0/22	(0%)	36%

In 1963, tensions between communist China and the Soviet Union became openly hostile, which started to relax some Cold War tensions, but what other event in that year led to new, greater problems in Vietnam. 
50% correct
36% said JFK assassination

Both France and the United States agreed to support Ngo Dinh Diem and that he was the best choice for leader of South Vietnam following the Geneva Agreements of 1954 
True 68%


Reading stories or accounts from people who actually participated in historical events such as the Vietnam War always provide a more accurate and complete historical account of the event. Textbooks written by historians after the fact can never be as informative or present a clearer depiction of the events of history as can the memories of actual participants in those events.
59% said TRUE - Yikes