Starter quiz
- What event at the start of 1968 significantly altered the perception of US citizens towards the Vietnam War?
- the assassination of Martin Luther King
- the assassination of Robert Kennedy
- the Tet Offensive ✓
- the decision of Lyndon B. Johnson not to run for reelection
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- Complete the sentence: Nixon claimed to have a plan to bring 'peace with ______' in Vietnam.
- 'honour' ✓
- What was the goal of Vietnamisation in regards to US ground troops?
- to increase in number
- to decrease in number ✓
- to spend more time training
- to spend less time training
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- By 1970, how many US troops had been withdrawn from Vietnam?
- close to 50 000
- close to 100 000
- close to 200 000 ✓
- close to 400 000
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- Complete the sentence: towards the end of the war, ______ use amongst US soldiers increased dramatically.
- 'drug' ✓
- What was the problem with the training manuals for heavy equipment that the US gave to the South Vietnamese Army?
- they were for the wrong equipment
- they contained lots of mistakes
- they were never delivered
- they were not written in Vietnamese ✓
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