Ch.29-3 End of Vietnam War Quiz

In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, which nearby countries were taken over by communist dictators? Click all that apply.

• Cambodia

• Mexico

• United States

• Loas

Over how many Vietnamese civilians died during the war?

• 2 million

• 300 thousand

Ratified in 1971 and lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18 years old

• Vietnamization

• Twenty-sixth Amendment

• War Powers Act

Which event officially ended the Vietnam War?

• The North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon.

• Nixon's strategy of Vietnamization.

• The Vietcong attacked the United States Embassy.

After the capital city (Saigon) had been captured by the North Vietnamese, it was renamed __________.

• Ho Chi Minh City

• Saigon

• Taiwan

_____ supported individual freedom, nonviolence and communal sharing.

• Beatniks

• Vietcong

• Hippies

Approximately _____ U.S. soldiers died during the Vietnam War.

• 42,000

• 58,000

• 16,000

Which of the following was NOT protested by the Students for a Democratic Society?

• The mandatory army draft

• Companies that manufactured weapons for the war

• The withdrawal of all U.S. soldiers from Vietnam.

Required the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle

• War Powers Act

• Vietnamization

• Twenty-sixth Amendment

What was the result of the war in Vietnam?

• South Vietnam was saved from Communism
• Vietnam was split and still is
• US withdrew and North and South Vietnam united under communist rule
• North Vietnam became a democratic country