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Vietnam War

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which event saw national guardsmen opening fire on peaceful protesters on a college campus in 1970 (killing 4)?

a)

Woodstock

b)

Kent State Shooting

c)

Columbine Shooting

d)

Little Rock Incident

2.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...

a)

placed limits on U.S. involvement in Vietnam

b)

authorized secret commando raids against North Vietnamese targets

c)

provided President Johnson with broad authority to escalate the war in Vietnam

d)

passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate

3.
The ideology that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to Communism, others would follow--
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Berlin Arilift
c)
Eisenhower Doctrine
d)
Warsaw Pact
4.
Which foreign policy aimed at preventing Communism from spreading?
a)
Containment
b)
NATO
c)
Cuban Missile Crisis
d)
Berlin Airlift
5.

One reason the Vietnam War was not a success was

a)

The lack of U.S. public support of the conflict

b)

President Johnson's tax evasion

c)

We used too many conventional bombing strategies

d)

The N. Vietnamese had many more allies joint the fight

6.

Which amendment is represented in the picture?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

23rd

d)

26th

7.
Plan to replace US troops with Vietnamese troops to end US involvement in Vietnam
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c)
Maddox Resolution
d)
Agent Orange
8.

What was the effect of the "Living Room War"?

a)

Americans supported the war effort

b)

Americans turned against the war effort

c)

American troops gained a combat advantage

9.
The ________________________ revealed that U.S. officials had been lying to the American people about the progress of the Vietnam War for years.
a)
Pentagon Papers 
b)
War Powers Act
10.
requires the president to get congressional approval before committing U.S. troops to an armed struggle
a)
24th Amendment
b)
Limited Test Ban Treaty
c)
War Powers Act
11.

Awarded the Medal of Honor for saving fellow soldiers in Vietnam War

a)

Vernon Baker

b)

Alvin York

c)

Charles Carroll

d)

Roy Benavidez

12.

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

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

e)

James Gregory

13.

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

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mikhal Gorbachav

d)

Fidel Castro

e)

Sergei Fedorov

14.
What was JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Naval blockade of Cuba
b)
invade Cuba
c)
bomb U.S.S.R.
d)
do nothing
15.
What was the purpose of LBJ's Great Society?
a)
end poverty
b)
end drug trafficking
c)
end lynching
d)
fix the economy
16.

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

17.

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

18.

What was the issue in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?

a)

The students and parents sued the school district claiming a violation of their first Amendment right of freedom of speech.

b)

The school district wanted to search the bags of the students.

c)

The parents did not want their children wearing black arm bands in school.

d)

The students felt that their freedom of religion was violated.

19.

What was the school's response to the students wearing the black arm bands?

a)

The school supported the students.

b)

They suspended the students.

c)

School officials made extras so other students could participate.

d)

The students were arrested without trial.

20.

What was the Supreme Court's response to siding with the students and parents?

a)

The first amendment is irrelevant to this case.

b)

Parents and students have a stronger say in decisions than schools.

c)

Students have unlimited rights in expression.

d)

Students and teachers don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression.

21.
How was Vietnam covered differently by the media than previous wars?
a)
television
b)
radio
c)
internet
d)
newsreels
22.
Most anti-war demonstrations took place where?
a)
large cities
b)
small towns
c)
shopping centers
d)
universities
23.
Which factor contributed to the changing attitudes of the American public about U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?
a)
Reelection of Lyndon Johnson
b)
Passage of the War Powers Act
c)
Graphic coverage by television news
d)
Propaganda films by antiwar protestors
24.
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
a)
There was strong disagreement in the US about American involvement in the Vietnam War.
b)
A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the US over the war 
c)
Most Americans feared if Vietnam fell to Communism, neighboring states would be threatened.
d)
Most Americans felt that conflict was a civil war and we should be involved. 
25.
Vietcong
a)
South Vietnam force
b)
North Vietnam force
c)
North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
d)
Another name for Communists
26.
Napalm
a)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
b)
A type of lotion soldiers would use to get rid of the sent on their clothing
c)
Another name for a flamethrower
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
27.
Agent Orange
a)
Nickname of a Soviet agent that would always wear orange while on important missions
b)
Term used to describe the South Vietnamese agents because they 
c)
A chemical herbicide used to clear out forests and tall grasses
d)
An intensely burning explosive used to destroy jungle growth
28.
Lyndon Johnson did which of the following?
a)
Decreased American Involvement 
b)
Increased American Involvement
29.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
30.
Allowed the public to be negatively influenced concerning the  Vietnam war?
a)
Television and media bias
b)
Radio 
c)
Telegraph
d)
Internet
31.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
32.
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
33.
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

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