Vietnam EOC Review

Which of the following provided a legal basis for this Supreme Court decision?

• The 13th amendment

• The decision in Brown v. Board of Education

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The First Amendment

Which box list characteristics of the 1960s?

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Why was the United States concerned about agreement 2?

• Officials believe the election would lead to a civil war and revolution.

• Congress members feared foreign policy decisions would lead to criticism at home.

• The administration opposed the creation of regional alliances.

• Leaders feared communist officials would win the election and take over the country.

What was the overall goal of U.S. military invention in Vietnam from 1964- 1973?

• Eliminating trade barriers between the United States and Southeast Asia

• Isolating the Soviet Union by improving Chinese relations with the United States

• Promoting economic growth in the Pacific region

• Preventing communism from spreading throughout Southeast Asia

What happened as a direct result of these 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.

Which policy guided US opposition to this declaration?

• Containment

• Peaceful coexistence

• Constructive engagement

• Deterrence

Theory, which provided the basis for the US entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that infant 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 U S involvement in Vietnam grew increasingly hostile during the late 1960s and early 1970s?

• 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 undeveloped nation.

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

The primary reason given by US leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would –

• promote reconstruction after World War Two

• maintain the policy of the détente

• fulfill prior United Nation obligations

• keep communism from spreading throughout the region

As part of the Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization, the US 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