Unit 6.5 (Part II)

What political party did President Nixon belong to?

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Libertarian Party

• Tea Party

Confidential and top secret information was leaked to the New York Times, which revealed American leaders involved the U.S. in Vietnam without being honest about events that occurred during the war:

• White House Papers

• War Powers Act

• Nixon Tapes

• Pentagon Papers

In January of 1973, the U.S., South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong agreed to a cease-fire and a U.S. troop withdrawal.

• Geneva Accords

• Paris Peace Accords

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

This national tragedy occurred after National Guardsmen allegedly heard a gunshot, which led the guardsmen to open fire into a protesting crowd:

• Chicago Democratic Convention

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Kent State University Shooting

• My Lai Massacre

This was a congressional attempt to stop the growth of the "imperial presidency" and restricted the president's war-making powers:

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• War Powers Act

• Detente

True or False - Without American aid and ground support, the South Vietnamese lost to the North Vietnamese communist forces.

• True

• False

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 (VVAW)

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

• My Lai Massacre

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Tet Offensive

• Search & Destroy

Communist group of guerilla fighters in South Vietnam:

• People's Liberation Army (PLA)

• Vietminh

• Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

• Vietcong