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President Kennedy/The Vietnam War Era - Test Review

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following separated Vietnam into North and South in 1954?

a)

Geneva Accords

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Treaty of Paris

2.

In the 1940s, which countries' troops, at one point or another, occupied Vietnam?

a)

China and the Soviet Union

b)

United States and the Soviet Union

c)

France and Japan

d)

United States and France

3.

The containment policy was

a)

Created by Johnson specifically for the Vietnam War

b)

Truman's attempt at controlling communism inside the United States

c)

Designed to expand democracy throughout the world

d)

Meant to stop further communism expansion into other countries around the world

4.

Vietnamization involved:

a)

Building up South Vietnamese forces

b)

Decreasing the bombing of North Vietnam

c)

Withdrawing America forces from Vietnam

d)

Forcing the South Vietnamese to fight their war

5.

Which of the following is an example of the domino theory?

a)

Vietnam first becoming communist then turning Cambodia and Laos communist

b)

The United States forcing South Vietnam to become democratic

c)

The Soviet Union supporting other communist countries

d)

The stopping of communism from expanding into other countries

6.

The War Powers Act:

a)

Took away all military powers from the President

b)

Forced the President to consult Congress when using the military overseas

c)

Removed the title "Commander-in-Chief" from the President

d)

Allowed the President to formally declare war on foreign nations

7.

Which of the following was NOT used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War?

a)

Napalm

b)

Agent Orange

c)

Nuclear weapons

d)

Heavy artillery

8.

The Kent State University massacre occurred during a student protest over:

a)

U.S. bombing campaigns in Cambodia, escalating the war when promising peace

b)

The My Lai Massacre and attempted military cover-up

c)

Draft dodgers burning their draft cards rather than reporting for duty

d)

Harsh treatment of North Vietnamese POWs

9.

The top-secret Pentagon Papers, leaked and published in 1971

a)

Revealed President Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal

b)

Documented the North Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of Tonkin

c)

Exposed President Nixon's secret bombing war of Cambodia

d)

Exposed the deception that had led the United States into the Vietnam War

10.

President Nixon's 1970 invasion of Cambodia led to

a)

A successful suppression of Vietcong gains in South Vietnam

b)

Congressional approval for an expanded war effort

c)

A growing threat from China to enter the war on the side of North Vietnam

d)

Dramatic new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war

11.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Vietnam War in the United States?

a)

58,000 Americans were killed in war

b)

Over $100 billion was spent on the war effort

c)

Soldiers were welcomed home with warm receptions as other vets before them had received

d)

The American public became weary of getting involved in future foreign conflicts

12.

What was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War?

a)

People who opposed fighting on moral or religious grounds

b)

American soldiers who had murdered civilians during the My Lai Massacre

c)

Protesters at Kent State University

d)

A South Vietnamese civilian group protesting American soldiers

13.

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

a)

It gave the United States the power to bomb North Vietnamese ships in the gulf

b)

It took away war powers from President Johnson

c)

It gave President Johnson additional war powers during the Vietnam War

d)

The agreement made after the American Embassy was attacked

14.

What is guerrilla warfare?

a)

Traditional open-field combat

b)

All air battles

c)

All sea battles

d)

Hit and run attacks

15.

All of the following were conditions of the ceasefire to end the war EXCEPT

a)

North Vietnam could resume war

b)

U.S. was to remove all troops

c)

The U.S. was to pay one million dollars to the North Vietnamese

d)

North Vietnam could leave troops already in South Vietnam

16.

What does the 26th Amendment guarantee?

a)

Citizens who are 18 or older will be allowed to vote

b)

The poll tax was eliminated

c)

Takes away the President's war time power

d)

Eliminated the draft lottery

17.

The dividing line between North and South Vietnam is the 17th parallel line.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The Vietnam War was unique in that it was the first war that millions of people saw on television.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Doves were Americans who did support the war effort

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The "silent majority" were a group of people who quietly did not support President Nixon

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Saigon was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City after the war

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Why were the 1960 presidential debates historical?

a)

The first presidential debates that had three candidates on stage

b)

They were the first televised presidential debates

c)

Nixon walked off the stage in frustration

d)

The power went out in the auditorium

24.

What was the name of the 1961 invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Berlin Crisis

c)

Project Mercury

d)

The Bay of Pigs

25.

What was the name of the conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba?

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

The Berlin Crisis

d)

Project Mercury

26.

Which country put the first person into orbit?

a)

United States

b)

China

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Japan

27.

Richard Nixon was born into a rich family from Boston, Massachusetts

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Nikita Khrushchev made the order to put up the Berlin Wall

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The Warren Commission investigated the assassination of President Kennedy

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Kennedy was said to be the winner of the first presidential debate against Nixon

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The Challenger was the spacecraft that took Neil Armstrong to space

a)

True

b)

False

32.

President Kennedy was assassinated in San Antonio, Texas

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Which of the following President's coins the term "Space Race"?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

34.

Which of the following was the Republican Presidential candidate in the election of 1960?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

35.

Which of the following comes up with the Great Society Plan?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

36.

Which President declared the war "finished" in 1975

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

e)

John F. Kennedy

37.

Which President did not object to the assassination plot against South Vietnamese President Diem

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

e)

John F. Kennedy

38.

Who was President during the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

e)

John F. Kennedy

39.

Which President coined the phrase "Domino Theory?"

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

e)

John F. Kennedy

40.

Which President coined the term "Vietnamization?"

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

e)

John F. Kennedy

41.

Who was the first American into suborbital space flight?

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

John Glenn

c)

Alan Shepard

d)

Yuri Gagarin

42.

Which of the following assassinated President Kennedy?

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Fidel Castro

43.

Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

44.

Who was the first American to orbit Earth?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Alan Shepard

d)

Buzz Aldrin

45.

Who was the first human to orbit Earth?

a)

Yuri Gagarin

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

John Glenn

d)

Neil Armstrong

46.

Who was the communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Fulgenio Batista

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Josef Stalin

47.

Which astronaut was the first man to step on the moon?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Alan Shepard

d)

Buzz Aldrin

48.

Who was the Republican that ran for President in 1964 against President Johnson?

a)

Barry Goldwater

b)

Jack Ruby

c)

Hubert Humphrey

d)

Bob Dole

49.

Who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald?

a)

The Mob

b)

Cuban exiles

c)

Jack Ruby

d)

Sirhan Sirhan

50.

Who was Kennedy and Johnson's Secretary of Defense who influenced Vietnam policy

a)

Hubert Humphrey

b)

William Westmoreland

c)

Robert McNamara

d)

Robert Kennedy

51.

Who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the public?

a)

Henry Kissinger

b)

Daniel Ellsberg

c)

Walter Cronkite

d)

Hubert Humphrey

52.

Who was the South Vietnamese President?

a)

Ngo Dinh Diem

b)

Henry Kissinger

c)

Lt. William Calley

d)

Ho Chi Minh

53.

Who was the American commanding General in Vietnam?

a)

William Westmoreland

b)

Lt. William Calley

c)

Henry Kissinger

d)

Daniel Ellsberg

54.

Who was the popular Democratic Presidential candidate who was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan?

a)

Henry Kissinger

b)

Robert McNamara

c)

Robert Kennedy

d)

Hubert Humphrey

55.

Who won the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Robert Kennedy

c)

Henry Kissinger

d)

Hubert Humphrey

56.

Who was the North Vietnamese Communist leader?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Ngo Dinh Diem

c)

Nikita Krushchev

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

57.

Who was the American commander at the My Lai Massacre?

a)

William Westmoreland

b)

William Calley

c)

Daniel Ellsberg

d)

Robert McNamara

58.

Who was the National Security Advisor who negotiated the ceasefire in Vietnam?

a)

Walter Cronkite

b)

Henry Kissinger

c)

William Westmoreland

d)

Robert McNamara

59.

Who was the well-known CBS News anchor who reported on the JFK assassination and events in Vietnam?

a)

Walter Cronkite

b)

Daniel Ellsberg

c)

Hubert Humphrey

d)

Dan Rather