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Nixon

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. President Nixon’s gradual withdrawal of American troops and hand the fighting to the Vietnamese is known as ____________________________________.

a)

Anti-War Movement

b)

Vietnamization

2.

The media’s reporting on Vietnam let to a rise in Americans protesting the war, the _____________________ ultimately led to the government’s withdrawal in Vietnam.

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Anti-War Movement

3.

Congress approved the increase of troops and money to fight the communist in Vietnam was in the Gulf of _____________________________.

a)

War Powers Resolution

b)

Roy Benavidez

c)

Tonkin Resolution

4.

______________________ earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing his men while being shot at and wounded in several areas.

a)

War Powers Resolution

b)

Tonkin Resolution

c)

Roy Benavidez

5.

As a result of the long war in Vietnam, Congress passed the ___________________________ that requires the President from attaining approval by Congress before mobilizing troops.

a)

Roy Benavidez

b)

Tonkin Resolution

c)

War Powers Resolution

6.

The _____________________ ended in an armistice at the 38th parallel with a demilitarized zone to this day.

a)

Japan

b)

1st Amendment

c)

Korean War

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

7.

The U.S. entered WWII after an attack at the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by __________________.

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Korean War

c)

1st Amendment

d)

Japan

8.

The freedom of expression through speech, religion, petition, assembly and press is protected in the ________________________________.

a)

Korean War

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Japan

d)

1st Amendment

9.

The 1954 decision in _________________________________ ends segregation in all public schools.

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Korean War

c)

Japan

d)

1st Amendment

10.

President _______________ was successful in deescalating the Cold War in what has been known as detente.

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

China

11.

The first sign of the Cold War thawing out was the U.S. and ________________ beginning to open trade for the first time since it became communist in 1949.

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

China

12.

The anti-war movement in the U.S. led to the withdrawal of American troops in the _________________.

a)

SALT

b)

Saigon

c)

Vietnam War

13.

Nixon’s détente in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, was apparent in the ______________ agreement to limit the anti-ballistic missiles.

a)

SALT

b)

Saigon

c)

Vietnam War

14.

During the Great Depression the government issued the ___________________________ that deported thousands across the border.

a)

March on Washington

b)

arms race

c)

Mexican Repatriation Act

d)

mass manufacturing

15.

MLK Jr’s “I have a dream speech” was given at the _________________________ one of the largest civil rights displays at its time.

a)

mass manufacturing

b)

March on Washington

c)

Mexican Repatriation Act

d)

arms race

16.

The Cold War was an _________________ between the Soviet Union and the U.S. from 1945 – 1991.

a)

mass manufacturing

b)

Mexican Repatriation Act

c)

arms race

d)

March on Washington

17.

Henry Ford’s conveyer belt led to an increase in _________________________ and a consumerism society.

a)

mass manufacturing

b)

March on Washington

c)

arms race

d)

Mexican Repatriation Act

18.

Do you feel prepared for your benchmark on Friday?

a)

Yes

b)

No