60's JFK, LBJ, and Vietnam

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964 to initiate the Vietnam war?

• Gulf of Thailand

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Pearl Harbor

• South China Sea

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the Vietnam War?

• The Domino Theory

• Containment

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Vietnamization

Which American president escalated the Vietnam War and did not run for re-election as a result of anti-war activities in the United States?

• Kennedy

• Nixon

• Truman

• Johnson

US troop reduction in Vietnam; transfer of combat operations from American to South Vietnamese troops

• Domino Theory

• Kent State University

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnamization

Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

• Viet Cong

• Kent State University

If one country falls to communism, the countries around would also fall to communism

• Vietnamization

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Gave the President expansive war powers

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Protests over military missions in Cambodia resulted in confrontation between protestors and police, with four students killed on May 4, 1970

• Kent State University

• Vietnamization

• Domino Theory

• Viet Cong

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez saved the lives of fellow soldiers while under heavy enemy attack and after sustaining wounds while assisting on a team extraction in Vietnam on May 2, 1968. In recognition of the actions described, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was —

• given an early honorable discharge from U.S. military service

• awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

• made an honorary member of the United Nations

• awarded the Legion of Honor ribbon

The ​ (a)   lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971.

• 26th Amendment
• 24th Amendment
• 21st Amendment
• 18th Amendment

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