Why Is the Village of My Lai Significant in the History

question 14

Multiple Choice

Why is the village of My Lai significant in the history of American involvement in war?

• A)The peace treaty between Japan and the United States was signed there in 1945.
• B)American troops massacred Vietnamese civilians there.
• C)French troops were defeated there in Indochina,opening the door to their withdrawal and U.S.entry into southeast Asia.
• D)The Japanese overran MacArthur there during World War II.
• E)It is the island from which the bomber Enola Gay took off on its flight to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.

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Definitions:

Hydrogen Bonds

Weak bonds between partially positive hydrogen atoms and partially negative atoms, such as oxygen or nitrogen, important in the structure of water and biological molecules.

Cohesiveness

The characteristic of molecules or particles sticking together in a mass, important in various physical and biological processes.

Ionic Bonds

A chemical bond formed between two ions with opposite charges through the transfer of one or more electrons from one atom to another.

Polar Covalent Bonds

A type of chemical bond where two atoms share a pair of electrons, but the electrons are not shared equally, leading to a distribution of charge.