WorksheetsBoots on the Ground 4-1 & 4-2 Review- Vietnam and Nixon
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
President Nixon’s “peace with honor” policy focused on
ending the war without abandoning South Vietnam.
continuing the war into Cambodia with more bombings.
gaining more control of North Vietnam and ending the war.
honoring hippies by treating them like heroes.
President Nixon's policy of Vietnamization of the war in Vietnam called for
a gradual handover of the ground war to the South Vietnamese ARVN.
a full-scale conventional American invasion of North Vietnam.
reorganization of the American army in Vietnam into anti-guerrilla units.
using nuclear bombs in Vietnam and Cambodia.
MARK 3 ANSWERS:
Richard Nixon's official Vietnam policy included all of the following:
massive aerial bombing campaigns in Vietnam.
Vietnamization.
increased American troop commitments on the ground.
peace with honor.
using nuclear bombs in North Vietnam.
TRUE or FALSE: (a)
President Nixon's 1970 invasion of Cambodia led to
increased congressional approval for an expanded war effort.
dramatic new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war on college campuses.
an end to the secret American bombing campaign against Cambodia.
#bravepride.
TRUE or FALSE:
The top-secret Pentagon Papers, leaked and published in 1971 revealed President Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal.
TRUE
FALSE
The shaky cease fire agreement in Paris that brought an end to American fighting in Vietnam in January 1973 really represented
an end to warfare in Vietnam.
the establishment of a unified, democratic Vietnam.
the establishment of a unified, communist Vietnam.
a thinly disguised American retreat and loss.
As part of the Paris Peace Accords and the cease-fire agreement in Vietnam in 1973
the United States stopped all economic and military aid to South Vietnam.
the United States ended the bombing of Cambodia.
the United States promised to withdraw all its ground troops from Vietnam.
the United States abandoned all military advisors in South Vietnam.
MARK 3 ANSWERS:
The 1973 War Powers Act...
gave the president the power to commit troops without declaring war.
reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
made mandatory presidential reporting of military actions.
required congressional approval of extended troop commitments.
compelled President Nixon to end the secret bombing war in Cambodia.
MARK 3 ANSWERS:
The list of Nixon illegal administration activities uncovered in the Watergate scandal included all of the following
breaking into the Democratic party headquarters in order to bug them.
paying Supreme Court justices to write favorable opinions so that no one involved in Vietnam would get arrested.
making memes that made fun of the Plumbers.
using the FBI and CIA to deny and cover up previous crimes.
obstructing justice by withholding evidence and lying under oath.
President Nixon’s plan for U.S. troops to withdraw as South Vietnamese government forces assumed more combat duties was known as (a)
TRUE or FALSE: (a)
Who won the 1968 and 1972 Presidential elections? (a)
TRUE or FALSE: (a)
In 1970, President Nixon tried to break the stalemate in the peace process by
pulling U.S. forces out of Cambodia.
helping the Khmer Rouge seize power in Cambodia.
ordering a ground attack on Vietcong bases in Cambodia.
sending economic aid to the Cambodian government.
The American public FIRST began to distrust the Nixon administration because of the leaking of the (a)
President Nixon’s Vietnamization policy emphasized that the United States must
use any means necessary to end the war.
open trade relations with a unified Vietnam.
defeat communism in Vietnam to preserve other countries.
empower South Vietnamese forces to assume more combat duties.
a classified study of American involvement in Vietnam that was leaked to the New York Times (a)
TRUE or FALSE: (a)
TRUE or FALSE: (a)
