Vietnam Pop Quiz

During the Vietnam War, the following people were presidents of the United States. Check all that apply.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

• Nuclear deterrence

• Flexible response

• Domino theory

• Iron Curtain

New weapons like (a)   , a sticky gasoline-based jelly that burns, inflicted harm on the Vietnamese, while herbicides like ​ (b)   destroyed the jungle cover used by the Vietcong to hide.

• napalm
• Agent Orange
• MK77
• Fougasse

Which article would most likely quote this excerpt?

• “Embedding Journalists in Combat during the Korean War”

• “The Role of the Office of War Information during World War II”

• “Improvements in Media Production during the Persian Gulf War”

• “The Role of the Media during the Vietnam War”

Which cause united many college students, civil rights activists, and labor union members during the 1960s?

• Opposing U.S. participation in the Vietnam War

• Expanding presidential use of executive privilege

• Protecting the world against climate change

• Using détente as a foreign policy with China

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

Which group supported Vietnam's independence from France?

• Vietcong

• Vietminh

• NATO

• South Vietnamese gov't

Congress granted LBJ power to go to war with North Vietnam by passing the __________.

• Great Society

• War Powers Act

• 26th Amendment

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The "New Frontier" was _____________'s social agenda

• Franklin Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

LBJ's "Great Society" included all of the following EXCEPT:

• The Federal Reserve

• Medicare

• Title IX

• Expansion of welfare programs