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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the report that came out of the fact-finding trip to Vietnam in early 1965 ultimately advocate?
(a) Diplomatic efforts.
(b) Bombing.
(c) Troops on the ground.
(d) Reprisals against the Vietcong.

2. What does Halberstam say was the result of Johnson's method of planning for the war?
(a) He missed opportunities to let his generals take actions that might have been decisive.
(b) He never raised taxes to pay for the war.
(c) He was compelled to water down his plans to accommodate his advisers' pet projects.
(d) He often took the most effective actions.

3. Who tipped off Senator Wayne Morse about the real situation of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) McGeorge Bundy.
(c) General Westmoreland.
(d) An anonymous caller.

4. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Spring Offensive?
(a) General Westmoreland raised troop levels to 200,000.
(b) The military employed more bombers.
(c) General Harkin withdrew from his post.
(d) American troop levels were reduced to 20,000.

5. How was the situation changing in South Vietnam in early 1965?
(a) The civilians were becoming more passive.
(b) The government was losing credibility.
(c) The Communists were winning more territory.
(d) The Buddhists were becoming more restive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halberstam say was Lyndon Johnson's feeling about the coup?

2. What evidence does Halberstam say the President was presented with to make the case for bombing?

3. What does Halberstam say the Kennedy administration found out after the coup?

4. What pressure does Halberstam say the events of September and October of 1963 relieved for Kennedy?

5. What does Halberstam say was going to cause the realities of the war to be made public?

Short Essay Questions

1. What program did Maxwell Taylor call for in the paper he wrote on his way back from Vietnam?

2. Describe what Halberstam calls 'the Bundy trip' to Vietnam.

3. What did the Johnson administration tell America as it committed more troops to Vietnam?

4. What does Halberstam say the effect of the Vietnam war on the American people was?

5. What does Halberstam say became clear to the American government after Diem's death?

6. What was Rolling Thunder and what was its purpose?

7. What happened during the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

8. What was Dean Rusk's role in Vietnam after Kennedy's assassination?

9. What were the alternatives the staff in Vietnam laid out for Maxwell Taylor when he visited Vietnam in the fall of 1964?

10. What was the public story of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and what was the truth?

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