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Vietnam War and Counter Culture

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The results of the battle of Dien Bien Phu convinced

a)

France to withdraw from Indochina

b)

LBJ to send in troops

c)

Nixon to withdrawl from the war

d)

JFK to send in troops

2.

What event divided North and South Vietnam?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Geneva Accords

c)

War Powers Act

d)

Pentagon Papers

3.

What leader became the Communist leader of North Vietnam?

a)

Maz Zedong

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Ho Chi Minh

d)

Chang Kaishek

4.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave increased powers to the __.

a)

Congress

b)

Senate

c)

War Department

d)

President

5.

Operation Rolling Thunder was a ___.

a)

Massive attack by ground forces in North Vietnam

b)

Massive bombing raid of North Vietnam

c)

Invasion of Cambodia

d)

Counter attack to the Tet Offensive

6.

People who supported the war were referred to as?

a)

Doves

b)

Eagles

c)

Hawks

d)

Bears

7.

The Pentagon Papers revealed that

a)

Many more Americans had died in Vietnam than reported

b)

American soldiers has massacred Vietnameses civilians at My Lai

c)

American prisoners of war were being tortured in N.V. prisons

d)

The government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam

8.

Famous 1969 Rock Festival

a)

San Francisco Rock Fest

b)

WE Fest

c)

Wood Stock

d)

Berkeley Music Fest

9.

Who wrote the book the Feminine Mystique

a)

Sandra Day O'Conner

b)

Betty Friedan

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Claudette Colvin

10.

Cesar Chavez organized a successful

a)

March on Washington

b)

Sit Down Strike

c)

Advertising and publicity campaign

d)

National boycott against grapes

11.

The SDS focused most of its time on

a)

protesting the Vietnam War

b)

Fighting segregration

c)

Supporting women's rights

d)

Arguing for free speech

12.

Members of the counter culture movement were mostly

a)

Young African Americans from lower economic backgrounds

b)

Middle aged white men

c)

Latino youths seeking voting rights

d)

white youths from middle and upper middle class backgrounds

13.

Which president put the US into war with Vietnam?

a)

LBJ

b)

JFK

c)

Nixon

d)

Eisenhower

14.

South Vietnamese troops and communist sympathizers were called ___.

a)

Vietnminh

b)

Vietcong

c)

Vietnamese Republic

d)

VDS

15.

What two countries did the Ho Chi Minh trail go through?

a)

North and South Vietnam

b)

Laos and Vietnam

c)

Laos and Cambodia

d)

Thailand and Vietnam

16.

People who wanted to leave the war with Vietnam were called?

a)

Hawks

b)

Doves

c)

Tigers

d)

Bears

17.

The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to __.

a)

21

b)

19

c)

18

d)

16

18.

Who was the republican candidate who ran for President in 1968?

a)

Hubert Humphrey

b)

George Wallace

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

LBJ

19.

Alabama Governor who ran for president in 1968 as an independent.

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Hubert Humphrey

c)

George Wallace

d)

Ross Perot

20.

What year saw death on college campuses, two major assassinations, LBJ backing out, and Nixon winning the Election.

a)

1969

b)

1970

c)

1964

d)

1968

21.

What piece of legislation prohibited federally funded schools to discriminate against women in its operations and within athletics?

a)

Equal Educational Opportunity Act

b)

Title IX

c)

Educational Amendment Act

d)

Women's Educational Equity Act