Vietnam and the 1960's (EOC)

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

Which event is commonly associated with the type of music described in this excerpt?

• The March on Washington

• The Freedom Rides

• Woodstock

• The California grape boycott

This excerpt describes changes in student fashion toward the end of --

• the Jazz Age

• the Cold War

• the counterculture movement

• the conservative movement

Which theme formed the basis of the Chicano Mural Movement?

• Environmental preservation

• Assimilation

• Education

• Cultural pride

What happened as a direct result of the recommendations?

• North Vietnamese leaders appealed for a ceasefire.

• U.S. military involvement in Vietnam escalated.

• South Vietnamese leaders rejected military assistance.

• Soviet ground troops were deployed to Vietnam.

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

Which of these best explains why worldwide reactions to the US involvement in Vietnam grew increasingly hostile during the late 1960's and early 1970's?

• The United States was viewed as appeasing a brutal dictator.

• The United States demanded the unconditional surrender of Ho Chi Minh.

• The United States was viewed as an aggressor invading an underdeveloped nation.

• The United States ignored a United Nations Security Council resolution to cease hostilities.

The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would --

• promote reconstruction after World War II

• maintain the policy of detente

• fulfill prior United Nations oblilgations

• keep communism from spreading throughout the region

As part of the Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military -

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

During the time between the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the start of the Tet Offensive, what happened in the Vietnam War?

• All U.S. civilians were evacuated from Vietnam

• Peace talks between South Vietnam and North Vietnam were conducted in Paris

• The U.S. government deployed more troops to Vietnam

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.