Vietnam Comic (1967) reading questions

Who does the text say is against the Vietnam war?

• Martin Luther King jr.

• The SCLC, SNCC, CORE, and serval other civil rights groups

• Cassius Clay / Muhammed Ali

• Malcolm X

• All of these groups and individuals were against the war in Vietnam

What is NOT a reason stated on page 5, that African Americans should not support the war?

• Why should we fight for a country that has never fought for us?

• Why are we always first class citizens on the battlefield, and second class citizens at home?

• We should fight for free elections in Mississippi and Alabama and not in Vietnam

• They don't pay African Americans and Whites the same when they fight in combat in Vietnam

"One out of every 10 young men in America is a Negro, but two out of every 5 men killed in Vietnam is a Negro" What response most closely aligns with the meaning of this this quote on page 6 ?

• A higher number of African Americans are being killed in Vietnam compared to other races

• The majority of those killed in Vietnam are Whites

• Vietnam is a brutal and bloody war

• African Americans should not fight in this war

Who did the Vietnamese fight for their freedom against?

• The French

• The Japanese

• The United States

• The Koreans

• The British

When the fighting between the Vietnamese and the French ended in 1954, what statement is NOT an agreement that was made?

• North and South Vietnam would be separated at the 17th parallel

• No weapons or soldiers from any country would come into Vietnam

• Russia, France, Vietnam, England and China signed the agreement

• The United States would honor this agreement

The United States did not want the Vietnamese to hold elections, because most of the Vietnamese people would have supported

• Ho Chi Minh and the Communist party

• Diem and the Catholics

• The French

• The National Liberation Front

What reasons does the United States say we need be fighting in Vietnam?

• The North is attacking the South

• The United States did not like the programs of the National Liberation Front

• If South Vietnam goes Communist, then all the countries around them will too

• none of these reasons

• all of these reasons

"We are worried about fighting a war against poverty in America" (page 15) BUT...

• We spend nearly $499,999.96 for every enemy soldier killed

• We are fighting poverty in Vietnam instead

• We want to allow free elections in Vietnam

• We want to over through the communist government in the North

What comparison does the comic make between the Vietnamese and the US war for independence?

• In each of our wars for freedom we both hid behind bushes to kill our enemies in our fight for independence

• There really is not a comparison made

• we both fought against the British

• We are both much stronger than the enemy we are fight against

What does the comic encourage its reader to do about the war on page 19?

• Register to vote

• Fight in the war if you have to

• go against Dr. King's support for the war

• Revolt here in the United states