4-22, Vietnam

4-22, Vietnam

Take own notes on your Study Guide as you go through today's lesson and response to the questions.

Multiple Choice

How did the domino theory influence the United States' role in the Vietnam War?

• Vietnamization became the new U.S. foreign policy.

• It forced the United States to support the Vietcong

• The United States adopted a position of neutrality.

• It convinced the government to become involved in the war.

Multiple Choice

Which of these events- which occurred in August of 1963- was an important first step towards controlling nuclear weapons?

• the U-2 incident

• the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT)

• the formation of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty

  Organization)

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Multiple Choice

Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.

• Great Society

• War Powers Act

• 26th Amendment

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Multiple Choice

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution led to...

• American withdrawal from Vietnam

• Public disapproval of the war

• Escalation of the war

Multiple Choice

What was the effect of the "Living Room War"?

• Americans supported the war effort

• Americans turned against the war effort

• American troops gained a combat advantage

Multiple Choice

How did American citizens react to the Tet Offensive?

• They were discouraged

• They became more committed to the war

• They were indifferent

Multiple Choice

LBJ feared a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam might cause ______ to enter the war.

• the USSR

• China

• Japan

• North Korea

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?

• Hand South Vietnam over to the communists

• Keep peace with the Soviet Union

• Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive

• Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting

Multiple Choice

This map shows the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Which statement BEST describes the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

• It was an escape path for people out of North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

• It was used by North Vietnam to get weapons and troops into South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

• It was used by South Vietnam to get weapons and troops into North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

• It was used extensively by the United States to use guerrilla warfare against North Vietnam.

Multiple Choice

Which law required the president to gain congressional approval for long-term troop deployments?

• 24th Amendment

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• War Powers Act

Multiple Choice

How did the War Powers Act of 1973 impact the role of the president?

• The act provided the President unlimited funds for spending on the armed forces.

• The act placed a limit on the President's ability to send troops into hostile areas.

• The act increased the ability of the President to send troops into hostile areas.

Multiple Choice

How did the War Powers Act of 1973 impact the relationship between the President and the Legislative branch?

• The President's military powers increased while the Legislative branch lost power.

• The President must inform Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into a hostile area without a declaration

  of war.

• The Speaker of the House acts like the Commander in Chief when the President is unable to fulfill that role.

• When there is no declaration of war, troops can remain in hostile areas for an unlimited time without Congressional approval.

Multiple Choice

I was willing to go to war with the Confederacy to restore the Union, and I issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 

• Nat Turner 
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
• Stephen Douglas 
• Abraham Lincoln 

Multiple Choice

California was a free state, abolished slave trade in DC, gave no restrictions on slavery in the New Mexico territory, created a stronger fugitive slave law

• Missouri Compromise

• 3/5 Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Slave Compromise

Multiple Choice

What was a consequence of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision in 1857?

• Missouri could not be admitted to the Union as a slave state

• African Americans could not be returned to slavery after living in a free state

• African Americans were not citizens of the United States

• States had the right to peacefully secede from the Union

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Dred-Scott decision?

• The Supreme Court overruled attempts by Congress to limit the spread of slavery.

• The Supreme Court held that the practice of slavery was unconstitutional.

• While Lincoln objected to the decision, Stephen Douglas supported it.

• Dred Scott and his wife spent the rest of their lives in slavery.

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for fighting in Florida during the Civil War?

• The Union army wanted to prevent cattle and crops in Florida from reaching Confederate troops.

• Northern commanders planned to divide the South by marching through Florida.

• The main Southern fleet was stationed in ports along the Florida coast.

• Robert E. Lee, the Southern commander, owned land in Florida.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would have been the role of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• to help southern soldiers readjust to life after the war

• providing education to Union soldiers after the war

• providing money to help rebuild the South's postwar economy

• providing assistance, services, and relief to emancipated slaves

Multiple Choice

A major area of disagreement between Abraham Lincoln and the Congressional ("Radical") Republicans was that

• Lincoln wanted to see the Democratic Party restored to power as quickly as possible.

• Lincoln wanted the South to be treated as conquered territory for as long as possible.

• Lincoln felt that Reconstruction was primarily the pardoning of individuals, a presidential power.

• the Radicals saw Lincoln as a Civil War enthusiast and the cause of the entire Civil War.

Multiple Choice

How did President Andrew Johnson's views on Reconstruction differ from those of Congress?

• President Johnson refused to pardon former confederate leaders, while Congress wanted to treat them leniently(softly).

• President Johnson was shocked at the Southern "Black Codes", while Congressional leaders saw them as necessary to restore order.

• President Johnson accepted Southern "Black Codes", while Congress over turned them with a Civil Rights bill prohibiting racial discrimination.

• President Johnson thought the readmission of states into the Union should be decided by Congress, while Congressional leaders saw it as his responsibility.

Multiple Choice

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes

• protected the Constitutional rights and liberties of freed slaves

• forced Congress to do the bidding of former Confederate politicians.

• were enacted by the Radical Republicans to prevent racial discrimination in the South.

• were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery.

Multiple Choice

How did the "Black Codes" of 1865-1866 differ from the "Jim Crow" laws of the 1880s and 1890s?

• Black Codes created segregated public schools; Jim Crow laws prohibited African Americans from learning to read.

• Black Codes prohibited use of the same public facilities by different races; Jim Crow laws prohibited voting by African Americans.

• Black Codes prohibited freedmen from traveling freely, serving on juries or exercising civil rights; Jim Crow laws required racial segregation.

• Black Codes required "seperate but equal" facilities for different races; Jim Crow laws stated some races were "not entitled to social and political equality".

Multiple Choice

The 14th Amendment was proposed by Congress in response to which of the following?

• the emergence of white resistance to the civil rights movement

• the passage of the Black Codes in the South

• the rise of violence against emancipated slaves

• the attempts of Democrats to limit the voting rights of African Americans

Multiple Choice

Which amendment guarantees equal protection under the law?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

Multiple Choice

How did removal of federal troops after Reconstruction change the South?

• It permitted Radical Republicans to gain increased influence in State governments
• it allowed racial discrimination to be institutionalized with the passage of the Jim Crow Laws
• it had little effect on Southern states because Reconstruction had generally been successful
• it ensured that African Americans would continue to vote and have a say in local and state governments