VW - Day 4

Multiple Choice

The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent-

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact

• the loss of UN military bases in Asia

• the rise of China as a dominant economic power

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an effect of the trend shown in the chart?

• Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory in his re-election bid for the presidency in 1968

• the US began to win the war in Vietnam by 1968

• Anti-war protests increased as more Americans were drafted into the war

• President Nixon's Vietnamization plan was working as early as 1965

Multiple Choice

During the mid-1960's, U.S. participation in the Vietnam War resulted in -

• public support for an expanded military draft

• mandatory rationing of consumer goods

• mass demonstrations by groups protesting the war

• national attention for a third-party presidential candidate

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Multiple Choice

What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?

• The Geneva Accords

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• The Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin

Multiple Choice

This amendment gained support based on the belief that people should have the right to vote if they are old enough to- 

• drive motorized vehicles

• serve as members of juries

• pay federal income taxes

• be drafted into the military

Multiple Choice

The event in this headline resulted in -

• decreased federal funding of student loans

• increased support for the antiwar movement

• the reinstatement of the draft

• an end to federal investigations of student organizations

Multiple Choice

Which constitutional issue was debated after the release of the Pentagon Papers?

• Freedom of religion

• The right to a jury trial

• Freedom of the press

• The right to peaceful assembly

Drag and Drop

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Placeholder

: the discrepancy in government and television reports concerning the Vietnam War.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Credibility gap

Laissez-faire

Counterculture

Domino Theory

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