SSUSH21e Social and Political Turmoil of 1968

SSUSH21e Social and Political Turmoil of 1968

Multiple Choice

In the Presidential Election of 1968, the "third party" candidate received the most support from which region of the country?

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Northwest

Multiple Choice

The Ho Chi Minh trail, pictured in red on the map, passed through which countries?

• Vietnam, China, and Laos

• Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos

• China, Vietnam, and Thailand

• Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia

Multiple Choice

The "Tet Offensive" is associated with which event?

• Korean War

• The Berlin Wall

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Multiple Choice

This protest took place in 1968 and was a reaction to

• the Vietnam War.

• the failure of the War on Poverty.

• the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

• the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Multiple Choice

President Nixon's pledged to end the Vietnam War through "Vietnamization." Which statement BEST describes this policy?

• to turn the war over to the South Vietnamese by gradually withdrawing US troops but still sending financial support

• to give financial support to the North Vietnamese if they would surrender

• to threaten to use nuclear weapons on the North Vietnamese if they did not surrender

• to force the South Vietnamese to surrender if the North Vietnamese would turn over all POW's

Multiple Choice

Riots erupted in April of 1968 as a reaction to

• the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War.

• the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

• the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

• the failure of the "Great Society" programs.

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes an outcome of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• President Lyndon Johnson agreed to end the war in Vietnam.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by President John F. Kennedy.

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

• Riots broke out in over 110 cities, including Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Chicago.

Multiple Choice

· Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination

· Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination

· Protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago

· Tet Offensive

All of these events took place in the tumultuous year of

• 1964.

• 1968.

• 1970.

• 1972.

Multiple Choice

This person was assassinated on June 5, 1968, while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

• Harry S Truman

• John F. Kennedy

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Robert F. Kennedy

Multiple Choice

Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. Which of these is true about his assassination?

• He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas during a parade.

• He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald because of his stance on civil rights.

• He was assassinated while campaigning to be the Democratic candidate for the presidential election in 1968.

• He was assassinated while working to end a worker's strike in Memphis, Tennessee.