Vietnam and 1970s

One of Nixon's greatest foreign policy victories was the thawing of relations with what two hostile powers? (aka detente)

• China

• Japan

• Soviet Union

• Germany

What infamous war crime instance continued the anti-war push in the US and led to American troops returning home being called "baby killers"?

• Hanoi

• Dien Bien Phu

• Da Nang

• My Lai

The Tet Offensive was a major turning point in Vietnam because it

• began to turn people on the US homefront against the war.

• saw the South Vietnamese capture Saigon.

• led to the VC capturing major US airbases in South Vietnam.

• wiped out most of the VC forces and led to a cease-fire in Vietnam.

Which action did President Gerald Ford take in an attempt to end the national controversy over the Watergate affair?

• He declined to run for re-election
• He declared a new war on urban poverty.
• He pardoned Richard Nixon.
• He asked Congress to impeach Richard Nixon.

Nixon signed this treaty with the Soviet Union.

• SALT I

• Camp David Accords

• Helsinki Accords

• Paris Peace Accords

During the mid-1960s, U.S. participation in the Vietnam War resulted in —

• public support for an expanded military draft

• mandatory rationing of consumer goods

• mass demonstrations by groups protesting the war

• national attention for a third-party presidential candidate

As part of the Nixon administration's policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military -

• trained South Vietnamese forces to take over combat responsibilities from U.S. troops

• shared military technology with North Vietnam

• imposed martial law in North Vietnam

• installed a puppet government in South Vietnam

On January 22, 1964, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent Secretary of Defense McNamara a memorandum that included the following recommendations:

• Assign responsibilities for the total U.S. program in Vietnam to the U.S. military commander

• Commit additional U.S. forces, as necessary, in support of the combat action within South Vietnam

• Commit U.S. forces, as necessary, in direct actions against North Vietnam

What happened as a direct result of these recommendations?

• North Vietnamese leaders appealed for a ceasefire.

• U.S military involvement in Vietnam escalated.

• South Vietnamese leaders rejected military assistance.

• Soviet ground troops were deployed to Vietnam.

Which of these best explains why worldwide reactions to U.S. involvement in Vietnam grew increasingly hostile during the late 1960s and early 1970s?

• The United States was viewed as appeasing a brutal dictator.

• The United States demanded the unconditional surrender of Ho Chi Minh.

• The United States was viewed as an aggressor invading an underdeveloped nation.

• The United States ignored a United Nations Security Council resolution to cease hostilities.

Lyrics from a popular song 1971. Which conclusion is most clearly supported by an examination of these lyrics?

• Most songwriters of the 1960s and early 1970s used their music to advocate violent

  revolution.

• In the 1960s and early 1970s, Americans shared common views on foreign policy.

• The music of the 1960s and early 1970s supported government policies.

• Social conflict existed over the Vietnam War in the 1960s and early 1970s.