Vietnam and 60s protests

Which of these was the primary justification government officials used for military involvement in Vietnam?

• The attack on the USS Maddox

• The terms of the Marshall Plan called for intervention in Western Europe

• The policy of containment called for limiting the spread of communism

• The Truman Doctrine called for military and financial aid in Pacific territories threatened by communism

Medicare Act of 1965-

• provided health care for every American citizen

• provided health care for people 65+

• provided voting rights to people 65+

• provided affordable housing for the poor

How did the events in this cause-and-effect diagram affect the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government?

• By reducing the ability of the House of Representatives to approve military funding requested by the president

• By giving the president the power to fight a war without getting a formal declaration from Congress

• By allowing Congress to supersede the president's role as commander in chief

• By reducing the power of the president to bypass the Senate's treaty-making powers

The communists in North Vietnam and the Viet Cong received military weapons and other support from the Soviet Union and

• China

• Japan

• Italy

• East Germany

Which box lists characteristics of the 1960s?

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Before the Vietnam War Ho Chi Minh had previously organized the Viet Minh to resist occupation by which two countries?

• France

• Russia

• China

• Japan

• United States

What effect did the geography of Vietnam have on fighting during the Vietnam War?

• Viet Cong forces took the fightinginto the dense jungles where theycould confuse the Americans.
• Viet Cong forces preferred to limitmost fighting to cities where theyfought most effectively.
• American forces learned to keepthe fighting away from the jungles.
• American forces committed tofighting the war only from the air.

What best characterized President Johnson's role in the Vietnam conflict?

• Supported France's claim in the First Indochina War

• Sent in military "advisors" to support the South Vietnamese military

• Dramatically increased the number of draftees

• Negotiated the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam

aimed to provide the poor with affordable housing. (HUD)

• Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

• Medicare Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Which similarity completes this Venn diagram?

• Involved debate over the extent of executive and legislative authority

• Included debate over the use of line-item veto

• Violated the principle of due process

• Deemed unconstitutional by the judicial branch