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Vietnam Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a student's First Amendment right to engage in symbolic speech in school

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Lemon v. Kurtz

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

2.

Label Nixon gave to middle-class Americans who supported him and wanted "peace with honor" in Vietnam.

a)

Silent Majority

b)

Vocal Minority

c)

Indifferent Middle

3.

A jellied gasoline used for bombs

a)

Agent Orange

b)

Bombs

c)

Napalm

d)

Mustard Gas

4.

Americans who supported the Vietnam War.

a)

Hawks

b)

Doves

c)

Bears

d)

Bulls

5.

A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

War Powers Act

c)

Voter's Rights Act

d)

Espionage Act

6.

A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

a)

Theory of Evolution

b)

Domino Theory

c)

Theory of Everything

d)

Theory of Relativity

7.

An herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas

a)

Napalm

b)

Round Up

c)

Agent Orange

d)

Miracle-Gro

8.

The informal name of the law requiring people to serve in the military.

a)

The Draft

b)

Enlistment

c)

Vocational Training

9.

A war hero of Vietnam, who was given the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Reagan.

a)

Douglas MacArthur

b)

Forrest Gump

c)

Vernon Baker

d)

Roy Benavidez

10.

Americans who opposed the Vietnam War.

a)

Hawks

b)

Doves

c)

Bulls

d)

Bears

11.

The gap between the Johnson Administration and the American public support for the Vietnam War.

a)

The Credibility Gap

b)

The Income Gap

c)

The Gender Gap

d)

The Racial Gap

12.

A massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.

a)

Gulf of Tonkin incident

b)

The Tet Offensive

c)

Battle of Khe Sanh

d)

Battle of Ia Drang

13.

President Nixon's policy of replacing American military forces with those of South Vietnam

a)

Americanization

b)

Vietnamization

c)

Unification

d)

Pacification