Vietnam Vocab Quiz

U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a student's First Amendment right to engage in symbolic speech in school

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Lemon v. Kurtz

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Gideon v. Wainwright

Label Nixon gave to middle-class Americans who supported him and wanted "peace with honor" in Vietnam.

• Silent Majority

• Vocal Minority

• Indifferent Middle

A jellied gasoline used for bombs

• Agent Orange

• Bombs

• Napalm

• Mustard Gas

Americans who supported the Vietnam War.

• Hawks

• Doves

• Bears

• Bulls

A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress.

• Civil Rights Act

• War Powers Act

• Voter's Rights Act

• Espionage Act

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

• Theory of Evolution

• Domino Theory

• Theory of Everything

• Theory of Relativity

An herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas

• Napalm

• Round Up

• Agent Orange

• Miracle-Gro

The informal name of the law requiring people to serve in the military.

• The Draft

• Enlistment

• Vocational Training

A war hero of Vietnam, who was given the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Reagan.

• Douglas MacArthur

• Forrest Gump

• Vernon Baker

• Roy Benavidez

Americans who opposed the Vietnam War.

• Hawks

• Doves

• Bulls

• Bears