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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 evidence does Halberstam say the President was presented with to make the case for bombing?
(a) U.S. soldiers' atrocities.
(b) Test results from the bomb manufacturers.
(c) Jobs reports in districts where bombs were manufactured.
(d) U.S. soldiers' casualty rates.

2. Who did President Johnson send to Vietnam to investigate the situation there?
(a) General Harkin.
(b) General Westmoreland.
(c) General Johnson.
(d) Maxwell Taylor.

3. What does Halberstam say conditions were like in South Vietnam by the end of 1964?
(a) Settling into a war of attrition.
(b) Stabilizing.
(c) Deteriorating.
(d) Improving.

4. Whose staff does Halberstam say outlined three responses to the American bombing campaign?
(a) General Westmoreland.
(b) General Harkin.
(c) Maxwell Taylor.
(d) McGeorge Bundy.

5. Who does Halberstam say was making the case for bombing after the 1964 election?
(a) Harkin.
(b) Bundy.
(c) McNamara.
(d) Harriman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who traveled to Vietnam after the 1965 inauguration?

2. What movement regarding the war does Halberstam say started at the University of California in Berkeley?

3. Who tipped off Senator Wayne Morse about the real situation of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

4. What does Halberstam say was the beginning of the 'credibility gap'?

5. Who was it who authorized a paper that would rationalize an exit from Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What issues were discussed as there started to be struggles over Vietnam strategy in mid-1965?

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

4. What was the intelligence community's assessment of Rolling Thunder?

5. What does Halberstam say was Johnson's approach to paying for the war?

6. What does Halberstam say happened when Westmoreland assumed control?

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

8. What was the result of the first direct confrontation with Vietcong and American troops?

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

10. Who expressed doubt about the Vietnam war, and what happened to their opposition?

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