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ColdWar/60s/Vietnam

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
2.
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
3.
Which university saw four students die during violent protests against the Vietnam War?
a)
Kent State
b)
Ohio State
c)
Miami of Ohio
d)
Dayton
4.
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?
a)
Domino theory
b)
MAD theory
c)
Containment theory
d)
China Syndrome
5.
Who tried to put missiles in Cuba?
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
The United States
c)
The Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
6.
Which U.S. war ended with communist victory when the United States left the country?
a)
The Korean War
b)
The Vietnam War
c)
WWII
d)
The Cold War
7.
In what country is the city of Berlin located?
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
England
d)
Soviet Union
8.
What important entertainment industry influenced Americans the most in the 1950's and 1960's?
a)
Internet
b)
Newspapers
c)
Movies
d)
Television
9.

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

10.

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

11.

Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

e)

Edwardo Obstinado

12.

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)

13.

How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

a)

from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers

b)

from US spy satellites

c)

from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions

d)

the British intercepted the telegram which outlined the nuclear missile project in Cuba

e)

from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

14.

What U.S. agency was behind the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

a)

FBI

b)

CIA

c)

NSA

d)

Police

15.
The side of Berlin that was aided by the U.S. Democracy
a)
North Berlin
b)
West Berlin
c)
East Berlin
d)
South Berlin
16.
Which side of Berlin was controlled by the Soviet's military aggression?
a)
North Berlin
b)
East Berlin
c)
West Berlin
d)
South Berlin
17.
How did the US military attempt to take away the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle?
a)
They used napalm to burn the jungle down.
b)
They used agent orange to kill the plants in the jungle.
c)
both napalm and agent orange
d)
none of the options
18.
What major NVA & Vietcong offensive in South Vietnam surprised Americans beginning on 1/30/68?
a)
New Year's Offensive
b)
Ho Chi Minh Offensive
c)
Tet Offensive
d)
Saigon Offensive
19.
Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a)
Lyndon B. Johnson
b)
John F. Kennedy
20.
Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members  
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
21.
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was an influential book in the 1960s because it
a)
helped strengthen family values
b)
led directly to the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment
c)
energized a new women’s rights movement
d)
reinforced the importance of women’s traditional roles
22.

The Great Society was...

a)

A series of programs were the society would gather for meetings

b)

domestic programs in the U.S. launched by Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

domestic programs in the U.S. launched by Donald Trump

d)

A series of programs where other countries would gather for meetings

23.
Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) in 1966 primarily to
a)
a.  secure voting rights for Mexican Americans
b)
a.  improve working conditions for migrant laborers
c)
a.  provide legal assistance to illegal aliens
d)
a.  increase farm income
24.

What reversed the power granted to the President in the Golf of Tonkin Resolution?

a)

War Powers Act

b)

The Pentagon Papers

c)

The Civil Service Reform

d)

The G.I. Bill

25.

An increase in news coverage and detailed stories of the conflict in Vietnam led to ___?

a)

U.S. citizens gaining trust in their government

b)

American support for U.S. involvement in Vietnam declining

c)

The United Nations threatening a quarantine

d)

Increased secret bombing in Cambodia

26.

Most of the student protest movements of the 1960's were over

a)

civil rights for African-Americans

b)

ending the war in Vietnam

c)

getting rid of material wealth & living off the land

d)

ending the Cold War

27.
What did young people burn to protest the Vietnam War?
a)
draft card
b)
drivers' license
c)
American flags
d)
newspapers
28.
How was Vietnam covered differently by the media than previous wars?
a)
television
b)
radio
c)
internet
d)
news reels
29.

A large population of hippies gave up private property and lived communally after moving to this neighborhood in San Francisco

a)

Woodstock

b)

Haight-Asbury

c)

Fisherman's Wharf

d)

Mission District

30.

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was a book that brought attention to what issue?

a)

birth control

b)

the environment

c)

the rights of farm workers

d)

gender inequality

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