USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Viet Cong can best be described as what?
A
communist invaders from north Vietnam
B
pro-US rebels helping US forces during the Vietnam war
C
south Vietnamese supporting the US
D
people in north Vietnam who favored democracy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Viet Cong (VC), in full Viet Nam Cong San, English Vietnamese Communists, the guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam (late 1950s–1975) and the United States (early 1960s–1973). The name is said to have first been used by South Vietnamese Pres.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ruling party of North Vietnam was the Lao Dong (’Vietnamese Workers’ Party’), a self-declared communist party.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North Vietnam in 1954 and then all of Vietnam after the collapse of the South Vietnamese government following the Fall of Saigon in 1975.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which best describes the Viet Cong’s fighting style? The Viet Cong used guerilla tactics.

Detailed explanation-5: -North of the line was the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or North Vietnam, which had waged a successful eight-year struggle against the French. The North was under the full control of the Worker’s Party, or Vietnamese Communist Party, led by Ho Chi Minh; its capital was Hanoi.

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