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Vietnam War and the Homefront

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Before changes were made in 1969 why was the Selective Service System the subject of criticism?

a)

College student were required to drop out of school to serve

b)

African Americans were over represented

c)

Women were not allowed to participate in the draft

d)

Many of the draftees thrown into battle were poorly trained

2.

Which of these contributed to the growing lack of support for the war in Vietnam?

a)

Integrated military operations

b)

Unemployment rate

c)

News Media

d)

Businesses abroad were struggling to stay open

3.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age to 18?

a)

26th

b)

27th

c)

18th

d)

19th

4.

How did televisions impact our view of the war?

a)

It showed a lack of progress and the horrors of war

b)

People were being shown fake news regarding the war

c)

They were too busy watching their TV's to care about the war

d)

People began to sympathize with communist principles through the nightly news broadcasts

5.

Credibility gap is when you are given information that contradicts with what you have seen to be true.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Nixon's idea of shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to South Vietnamese forces.

a)

Vietminization

b)

Vietcong

c)

Internationalism

d)

Linkage

7.
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
a)
Vietnamization 
b)
Communism
c)
Domino Theory
d)
Imperialism
8.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
9.
What event caused a negative shift in U.S. public opinion during the Vietnam War?
a)
The Geneva Accords
b)
Operation Rolling Thunder
c)
The Tet Offensive
d)
Gulf of Tonkin
10.
What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam? 
a)
Cuban Missile Crisis
b)
Battle Of Midway
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 
d)
Bay of Pigs Invasion
11.

Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ngo Dien Diem

d)

Hideki Tojo

12.
What was a popular method of protesting the Vietnam War?
a)
Burning Clothing
b)
Burning Draft Cards
c)
Sit-Ins
d)
Burning Down Recruitment Centers
13.
Was the US successful in containing communism in Vietnam?
a)
Yes
b)
No
14.
What United States president decided to pull American troops out of Vietnam?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Lyndon B. Johnson 
c)
Dwight Eisenhower
d)
Richard Nixon
15.

What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

a)

38th Parallel

b)

17th Parallel

c)

Mekong River

d)

It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country

16.
At which University did the National Guard open fire upon protestors? 
a)
K-State 
b)
Kansas 
c)
Kennesaw 
d)
Kent State
17.

Most anti-war demonstrations took place where?

a)

large cities

b)

Small towns

c)

Shopping centers

d)

Universities

18.

Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

19.

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

d)

Inchon Invasion

e)

Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

20.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Leon Trotsky

b)

Vladmir Lenin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Nikita Khrushchev