Unit 6.5 (Part I)

What were the consequences of the U.S. sending more troops to Vietnam?

• Raised taxes

• Increased draftees

• More conflict at home.

• All of the above.

A diverse group of liberal politicians, pacifists, and many others who disliked Johnson's war policy and questioned the war in Vietnam were commonly called:

• Doves

• Hawks

• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

• Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Conservative politicians/citizens that supported Johnson's war policy and believed in the domino theory and accepted rising troops levels:

• Doves

• Hawks

• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

• Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Fill in the blank - Americans could tune in every night and see for themselves the lack of progress in Vietnam, which led to a ______, due to the American public's growing distrust of statements made by the government during the Vietnam War.

• Domino effect

• Counterculture

• Peace accord

• "Credibility gap"

This anti-war candidate in the 1968 presidential election encouraged compassion and idealism, but was assassinated moments after winning the California primary.

• John F. Kennedy

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Robert F. Kennedy

• Malcolm X

Fill in the blank - In August of 1968 violence erupted between protestors and police at the _____, where Democrats met to choose a presidential candidate.

• Kansas City Democratic Convention

• New York Democratic Convention

• Kent State University

• Chicago Democratic Convention

American commander of South Vietnam from 1964-1968:

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Douglas MacArthur

• William Westmoreland

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was the 1968 military campaign that was the major turning point of the Vietnam War?

• My Lai Massacre

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Search & Destroy

Cultural movement of the 1960s that encouraged values and ways of life different from mainstream culture:

• Anti-War Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

• Voting Rights Movement

• Counterculture Movement

Fill in the blanks - _____ was a neighborhood of San Francisco that became a hub for the Counterculture Movement and its members, known as _____,

• Crossroads; Yuppies

• Brooklynn; Hippies

• Haight-Ashbury District; Hippies

• Haight-Ashbury District; Yuppies