Johnson, Nixon, and Vietnam War

The incident at Kent State in 1970 is an example of students protesting against

• the Vietnam War

• Joseph McCarthy.

• integration of schools.

• Communists in the United States.

The United States involved itself in Vietnam in the 1960s because

• it feared that if Vietnam became communist then surrounding countries would quickly follow.

• it had been a staging area for the resupply of North Korean troops in the Korean War.

• American businesses in Vietnam were threatened by the Communists.

• the American people demanded the government support Vietnam.

Which of these BEST describes the My Lai Incident in early 1968?

• a controversial moment at the Woodstock concert in New York

• an anti-war protest on an American college campus that turned violent

• a massacre of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by US troops

• a race riot that occurred during the "Freedom Rides" in Mississippi in 1961.

In the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive of 1968 showed that

• a peace settlement was close at hand.

• the Vietcong could strike any major city in South Vietnam.

• American forces were solidly in control of South Vietnam.

• the My Lai massacre was not going unnoticed by communist forces.

What was the goal of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” program?

• putting a man on the moon

• ending the Great Depression

• beginning the United Nations

• ending poverty and racial discrimination

The "Tet Offensive" is associated with which event?

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• The Berlin Wall

• Cuban Missile Crisis

President Nixon’s pledged to end the Vietnam War through “Vietnamization.” Which statement BEST describes this policy?

• 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

• to turn the war over to the South Vietnamese by gradually withdrawing US troops

How did the use of television and photographs from the Vietnam war impact the war effort in the United States?

• Support for the war increased.

• The media used images to promote the war.

• Support for the war decreased.

• Congress increased the war budget.

What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

• 38th Parallel
• 17th Parallel
• Mekong River
• It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country

What kind of government did Ho Chi Minh establish?

• Communism

• Democracy

• Socialism

• Monarchy