1960's and Vietnam

Who was the leader of South Vietnam in 1969, when Nixon was sworn in as President?

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

• Nguyen Van Thieu

President Nixon tried to give more power to local and state governments through his economic policy of

• The Great Society

• New Federalism

• Detente

• The New Deal

If Nixon wanted to reduce government spending, then what option below explains why Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare payments increased under his administration

• He did not want the Chinese economy to surpass the USA

• He needed to ensure the USA could afford to enter int the STrategic Arms Limitation Talks

• He needed to gain the support of the Democrats, who controlled Congress for ther issues

• All of these

The cartoon "Kindly Move Over a Little Gentlemen" was published in 1965. Which initiatives does the message of the cartoon support?

• the implementation of the New Deal policies

• the implementation of the Great Society Policies

• Efforts against nuclear proliferation

• efforts against the draft

How did President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society attempt to extend the New Deal?

• the government provided more loans to small businesses

• New regulations made it easier for citizens to borrow money from banks

• New programs like Medicare provided funding for health care

• the social security administration introduced unemployment benefits to those out of work

Why did OPEC refuse to trade with the USA in 1973?

• The USA weakend on their stance against Communism by opening up trade with China

• Nixon refused to recognize any Communist nation as a legitimate country

• the USA supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War

• The USA was developing solar energy initiatives that made oil use unnecessary

What two reporters were known for persistently reporting on the Watergate Scandal?

• Edward R. Murrow and Peter Jennings

• Dan Rather and Ed Bradley

• H.R. Haldeman and Thomas Nast

• Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

What was the role of the news media during the Vietnam War?

• News reports provided consistent support to the war effort in Vietnam

• news reports led the public to question American involvement in Vietnam

• the news media provided a favorable representation of South Vietnamese leaders

• the news media were unable to report significant news from Vietnam because of censorship

Who did Nixon lose to in the Election of 1960?

• Lyndon Baines Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John Ehrlichman

What was the goal of Vietnamamization?

• To gradually withdraw American troops out of Vietnam and allow the Southern Vietnamese troops to defend themselves

• to start intense bombing raids on North Vietnam until they officially recognized South Vietnam as a Democracy

• to unite North Vietnam and South Vietnam as one nation in which Democracy ruled both areas

• to initiate a massive airstrike attack against North Korea