End of the Vietnam War

By the end of 1967, U.S. military leaders claimed they were nearing victory in Vietnam, but the ________________________ in January 1968 proved they were wrong.

• Tet Offensive

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Midway

The ________________________ revealed that U.S. officials had been lying to the American people about the progress of the Vietnam War for years.

• Pentagon Papers

• War Powers Act

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• White House Papers

This act, passed by Congress after the Vietnam War, requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle

• SALT I

• Limited Test Ban Treaty

• War Powers Act

• 18th Amendment

This village is where American forces killed hundreds of unarmed civilians.

• My Lai

• Dien Bein Phu

• Saigon

• Ho Chi Minh City

Which university saw four students die during violent protests against the Vietnam War?

• Kent State

• Ohio State

• Miami of Ohio

• Dayton

This senator from New York was the front-runner to be the Democratic candidate for president in 1968, but was assassinated after winning the California primary. He's also Gomez's dad (if you watched the video yesterday, you'll know)

• Richard Nixon

• Henry Kissinger

• Daniel Ellsberg

• Robert (Bobby) Kennedy

In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:

• South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong

• the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war

• South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam

The Vietnam War had a lasting effect

on American life because

• More than 58,000 Americans died

• It undermined Americans’ trust in their leaders.

• Americans became reluctant to intervene in other nations’ affairs.

• All of these are true