Question

Select all that apply.
For the United States, the Tet Offensive _____.
did not come as a surprise
showed that the enemy was not finished
was a turning point in attitudes about the war
showed that U.S. policy in Vietnam was not working

Answer 1

Answer:

The applicable answers are,

• showed that the enemy was not finished
• was a turning point in attitudes about the war
• showed that U.S. policy in Vietnam was not working

Explanation:

The term "Tet offensive" comes because the first major attack took place during the "Tet holiday", the Vietnamese new year.

The attack came as a complete shock and surprise for US military and her allies.

Prior to the offensive, the US public was convinced that USA was winning and North Vietnam was incapable of carrying out an offensive of such a massive scale.

However, by the end of the Tet offensive, the US Public support for war was declining rapidly and having understood that their policy is not working in Vietnam, US Government sought negotiations to end the war.