The Vietnam War ➤ Vietnam Divides the Nation

In August of 1964, Congress authorized the president (LBJ) to “take all necessary actions to repel any armed attack on the United States….”  What is this resolution passed by Congress known as?

• The War Powers Resolution

• The  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 

• The Hanoi Resolution

• The Ho Chi Minh Resolution

Because of the Vietnam War, the United States ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution.  What did that amendment do?

• Transferred war responsibilities from the legislative to the executive branch of the U.S. government

• Changed to legal voting age to 18

• Required that the United States operate with a balanced budget

• Made the burning of the American flag a federal offense

The North Vietnamese assisted and supplied the Vietcong in the South via what?

• Delivery by airplane

• Delivery by boat

• Escorted tank convoys

• The Ho Chi Minh Trail

Who was LBJ’s Secretary of Defense?

• McGeorge Bundy

• William Westmoreland

• Eugene McCarthy

• Robert McNamara

What were people who insisted that Americans stay and fight in Vietnam known as?

• Freedom Fighters

• Defenders of Democracy

• Hawks

• Doves

What did George Kennan, the architect of Containment,  believe about Vietnam?

• If Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would follow

• That sustained massive bombing was needed for victory

• That China would take over if the United States withdrew, making Southeast Asia a satellite area of China

• Vietnam had no strategic value to the United States and there was no point in fighting there

What is Tet?

• A major city in Vietnam

• A major river in Vietnam

• A thick jungle region in Vietnam that was decimated by Agent Orange

• The Vietnamese lunar new year 

Who was the Democratic nominee for President in 1968?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Hubert Humphrey

• Robert Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

Where was the Democratic National Convention held in 1968?

• Chicago

• Miami

• Los Angeles

• Baltimore

An independent candidate ran for President in 1968 and won 46 electoral votes.  What is his name?

• McGeorge Bundy

• George Wallace

• Eugene McCarthy

• Henry Cabot Lodge