Nixon Review

Which US President coined the term "domino theory"?

• JFK

• Eisenhower

• LBJ

• Nixon

What style of warfare was used by the Vietcong and made it difficult for our soldiers to be victorious?

• Scorched earth

• Rainbow Herbacide

• Search & Destroy

• Guerrilla Warfare

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.

The group that supported the war in Vietnam were known as

• Hawks

• Doves

• Silent Majority

The group that opposed the war in Vietnam were known as

• Hawks

• Doves

• Silent Majority

Term popularized by Nixon for people who did not express their opinions publicly about Vietnam, join in the counterculture movements or participate in public discourse.

• Hawks

• Doves

• Silent Majority

Nixon's policy for achieving "Peace with Honor" by gradually withdrawing American troops to let South Vietnamese troops take over was known as

• New Federalism

• Vietnamization

• Silent Majority

• Operation Ranch Hand

The protests that broke out on Kent State University campus and led to the death of 4 students was in response to

• Nixon announcing he was leaving the war in Vietnam.

• LBJ announcing he would be running again for re-election.

• Nixon's public announcement expanding the war into Cambodia.

• LBJ's decision to prosecute draft dodgers and expand the draft.

What act was passed by Congress in 1973 to pull back the power given to the President during Vietnam to commit armed troops to conflict?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Selective Service Act

• 25th Amendment

• War Powers Act

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