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WorksheetsVietnam War and the Homefront
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Before changes were made in 1969 why was the Selective Service System the subject of criticism?
College student were required to drop out of school to serve
African Americans were over represented
Women were not allowed to participate in the draft
Many of the draftees thrown into battle were poorly trained
Which of these contributed to the growing lack of support for the war in Vietnam?
Integrated military operations
Unemployment rate
News Media
Businesses abroad were struggling to stay open
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age to 18?
26th
27th
18th
19th
How did televisions impact our view of the war?
It showed a lack of progress and the horrors of war
People were being shown fake news regarding the war
They were too busy watching their TV's to care about the war
People began to sympathize with communist principles through the nightly news broadcasts
Credibility gap is when you are given information that contradicts with what you have seen to be true.
True
False
Nixon's idea of shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to South Vietnamese forces.
Vietminization
Vietcong
Internationalism
Linkage
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dien Diem
Hideki Tojo
What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
38th Parallel
17th Parallel
Mekong River
It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country
Most anti-war demonstrations took place where?
large cities
Small towns
Shopping centers
Universities
Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Inchon Invasion
Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Leon Trotsky
Vladmir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
