Chapter 11-Cold War

Question 1

List 3 features of Ho chi minhs land reform

Answer 1

1. He seized private land for redistribution
2. Denounced owners of land
3. Landlords were common place

Question 2

What were the positives and negatives of ho chi minhs land reform

Answer 2

Executions, 1 million refugees and 6,000 dead, however he increased agriculture and collectivisation

Question 3

What decision was taken at the fifteenth plenum of the VWP central committee meeting in 1958

Answer 3

Re unify Vietnam

Question 4

List 2 examples of nepotism under diem

Answer 4

Ngo dinh nhu was PM and family members in lucrative positions

Question 5

Give an example of financial corruption under diem

Answer 5

Stole financial aid

Question 6

Which 2 US foreign policies was Kennedy committed to

Answer 6

Containment and domino theory

Question 7

What options did Kennedy focus on in response to the report

Answer 7

Strengthening south vietnam army and counter insurgencey

Question 8

How many government officials were killed in south Vietnam by the NLF

Answer 8

4,000

Question 9

How many advisors did Kennedy send to Vietnam

Answer 9

16,000

Question 10

When was the strategic hamlet programme and how did it work

Answer 10

March 1962, created armed stockade which housed south Vietnam peasants

Question 11

How widespread was the programme by the end of 1962

Answer 11

4 million in hamlets and 3,000 hamlets

Question 12

When was the Buddhist crisis

Answer 12

1963

Question 13

List 3 strategies of Buddhist protests

Answer 13

Anti government propaganda, mass rallies and hunger strikes

Question 14

Why were the hamlets a failure

Answer 14

It included corruption, peasants fleeing to Vietcong

Question 15

When was the assassination of diem and what were the attitudes from the west

Answer 15

1963, didn’t care and already planned a replacement