22-5 Quiz

What was Nixon's strategy to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

• Vietnamization

• Exit Stage Left

• The Glorious Community

• A New World Order

Who became president after Richard Nixon stepped down?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Bill Clinton

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

Was the US successful in containing communism in Vietnam?

• Yes
• No

What did the death of college students' protesting Vietnam War at Kent State Univesity do?

• College enrollment decreased

• The President resigned

• People stopped protesting

• Increase the protest movement

The ________________________ revealed that U.S. officials had been lying to the American people about the progress of the Vietnam War for years.

• Pentagon Papers

• War Powers Act

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• White House Papers

What incident occurred on May 4, 1970, involving Ohio National Guardsmen on college campus?

• The Fall of Saigon

• The Tet Offensive

• The My Lai Massacre

• The Kent State Shooting

What did the Pentagon Papers reveal?

• The effectiveness of Vietnamization

• Secret bombings in Laos

• Plans for the Paris Peace Accords

• U.S. government's secret escalation of the war

Who "won" the Vietnam War?

• North Vietnam
• United States of America
• South Vietnam
• North Korea

What did President Nixon do on April 30, 1970 to infuriate many Americans?

• began slowly withdrawing U.S. troops  from Vietnam without the knowledge of Congress or the people
• announced that he had sent U.S. troops into Cambodia, expanding the war he had promised to end
• authorized the use of force by  National Guard troops against students on college campuses