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Vietnam War Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What resulted from the ideas expressed in the image ?

a)

Passing the War Powers Act

b)

Sending troops to South Vietnam

c)

Attacking China during the Korean War

d)

Distributing economic aid under the Marshall Plan

2.

This Native Texan was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for carrying wounded soldiers to evacuation helicopters while he was wounded himself.

a)

Hector Garcia

b)

George W Bush

c)

Robert Kennedy

d)

Roy Benavidez

3.

Which amendment gave young Americans being drafted during the Vietnam War a greater political voice?

a)

18th Amendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

24th Amendment

d)

26th Amendment

4.

Which of the following individuals would be most likely to oppose the Vietnam War?

a)

A Korean War Veteran

b)

The President of the United States

c)

A member of the middle class

d)

A college student

5.

Which best summarizes the main reason why the United States became involved in Vietnam?

a)

to support the North Vietnam government

b)

to prevent the spread of communism

c)

to reduce French influence in Vietnam

6.

Who won the 1968 presidential election?

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

Eugene McCarthy

c)

George Wallace

d)

Richard Nixon

7.

What was the primary impact of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

a)

It was the beginning of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.

b)

It was the plan for the largest American attack of the war.

c)

It resolved the land acquisitions in China

d)

It gave President Johnson more power over the military to increase the involvement of the United States in the war.

8.

What President is responsible for the greatest increase of American involvement in the Vietnam War?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Dwight D. Esienhower

9.

The Supreme Court ruling states that public school students have the right to symbolic speech.

a)

Hernandez v. Texas

b)

Tinker v. Des Moines

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

10.

These were the Communist guerillas in South Vietnam during the war.

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

AVRN

c)

Viet Minh

d)

Viet Cong

11.

What candidate in the 1968 presidential election was assassinated?

a)

Hubert Humphrey

b)

Robert F. Kennedy

c)

Eugene McCarthy

d)

Richard Nixon

12.

What was the primary result of the Tet Offensive?

a)

The Viet Cong took control of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam

b)

Support for the Vietnam War decreased among Americans.

c)

The United States withdrew from South Vietnam.

d)

The president expanded executive power by declaring war.

13.

What action did the Counterculture community use to bring attention to things they did not agree with?

a)

disapproval

b)

objection

c)

nothing

d)

protests

14.

Virtual barrier caused by cultural difference that hinder interactions and harmonious exchange between people of different cultures.

a)

Deployment

b)

Military setbacks

c)

Cultural Divide

d)

Public disillusionment