The Vietnam Quagmire

1 Opponents of American involvement in the Vietnam War said that the war was a civil conflict in which the U.S. had no business meddling the war would force drastic cutbacks in Great Society social programs the U.S. could never win the war without impossible expense all of the above none of the above 2 What policy did Lyndon Johnson follow with regard to American involvement in Vietnam? pull out immediately and declare that the U.S. had achieved its goals gruadually withdraw while asking for United Nations mediation rapidly send American ground troops in for a massive invasion of North Vietnam gradually escalate the direct American role in the war none of the above 3 Which of the following statements most accurately describes conditions in the American army in Vietnam by 1969? morale had plummeted drug use had soared racial conflict among American soldiers had increased killing of officers by enlisted men ("fragging") had become more common all of the above 4 Pres. Nixon's policy in Southeast Asia included all of the following except escalation of American bombing of North Vietnam massive increases in American ground troops to invade North Vietnam secret direct negotiations with North Vietnam's foreign minister widening of the war by invading Cambodia using Henry Kissinger as a peace negotiator 5 Which of the following events is out of chronological order? French defeat at Dienbienphu Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem Christmas bombing of North Vietnam Tet Offensive Abandonment of American Embassy in Saigon