Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence: Operation ______ II saw the US fly nearly 2000 missions and drop nearly 35 000 tonnes of bombs on North Vietnam over the course of 12 days in December 1972.
- Rolling Thunder
- Linebacker ✓
- Search and Destroy
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- When was the Paris Peace Agreement signed?
- 1st January 1973
- 27th January 1973 ✓
- 1st March 1974
- 13th March 1974
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- Under the terms of the treaty, how would Vietnam be unified?
- through elections overseen by independent people to make sure it was fair ✓
- the government of the North would assume control over all of Vietnam
- the government of the South would assume control over all of Vietnam
- unification was not agreed upon by those involved
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- What award were the main negotiators of the treaty - Henry Kissinger of the US and Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam - presented with in 1973?
- 'Nobel Peace Prize' ✓
- How long did the ceasefire between North and South Vietnam last until it was broken?
- less than one day ✓
- nearly a week
- roughly a month
- just over a year
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- Why did the US not keep its promise to re-enter the war if North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam after the peace treaty was signed?
- The US Army was already engaged in a different war.
- There were huge anti-war demonstrations again.
- The new US president was a pacifist who did not believe in fighting.
- The US Congress refused to grant permission to re-enter the war. ✓
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