WorksheetsPresident Kennedy/The Vietnam War Era - Test Review
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which of the following separated Vietnam into North and South in 1954?
Geneva Accords
Treaty of Versailles
Domino Theory
Treaty of Paris
In the 1940s, which countries' troops, at one point or another, occupied Vietnam?
China and the Soviet Union
United States and the Soviet Union
France and Japan
United States and France
The containment policy was
Created by Johnson specifically for the Vietnam War
Truman's attempt at controlling communism inside the United States
Designed to expand democracy throughout the world
Meant to stop further communism expansion into other countries around the world
Vietnamization involved:
Building up South Vietnamese forces
Decreasing the bombing of North Vietnam
Withdrawing America forces from Vietnam
Forcing the South Vietnamese to fight their war
Which of the following is an example of the domino theory?
Vietnam first becoming communist then turning Cambodia and Laos communist
The United States forcing South Vietnam to become democratic
The Soviet Union supporting other communist countries
The stopping of communism from expanding into other countries
The War Powers Act:
Took away all military powers from the President
Forced the President to consult Congress when using the military overseas
Removed the title "Commander-in-Chief" from the President
Allowed the President to formally declare war on foreign nations
Which of the following was NOT used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War?
Napalm
Agent Orange
Nuclear weapons
Heavy artillery
The Kent State University massacre occurred during a student protest over:
U.S. bombing campaigns in Cambodia, escalating the war when promising peace
The My Lai Massacre and attempted military cover-up
Draft dodgers burning their draft cards rather than reporting for duty
Harsh treatment of North Vietnamese POWs
The top-secret Pentagon Papers, leaked and published in 1971
Revealed President Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal
Documented the North Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of Tonkin
Exposed President Nixon's secret bombing war of Cambodia
Exposed the deception that had led the United States into the Vietnam War
President Nixon's 1970 invasion of Cambodia led to
A successful suppression of Vietcong gains in South Vietnam
Congressional approval for an expanded war effort
A growing threat from China to enter the war on the side of North Vietnam
Dramatic new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Vietnam War in the United States?
58,000 Americans were killed in war
Over $100 billion was spent on the war effort
Soldiers were welcomed home with warm receptions as other vets before them had received
The American public became weary of getting involved in future foreign conflicts
What was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War?
People who opposed fighting on moral or religious grounds
American soldiers who had murdered civilians during the My Lai Massacre
Protesters at Kent State University
A South Vietnamese civilian group protesting American soldiers
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
It gave the United States the power to bomb North Vietnamese ships in the gulf
It took away war powers from President Johnson
It gave President Johnson additional war powers during the Vietnam War
The agreement made after the American Embassy was attacked
What is guerrilla warfare?
Traditional open-field combat
All air battles
All sea battles
Hit and run attacks
All of the following were conditions of the ceasefire to end the war EXCEPT
North Vietnam could resume war
U.S. was to remove all troops
The U.S. was to pay one million dollars to the North Vietnamese
North Vietnam could leave troops already in South Vietnam
What does the 26th Amendment guarantee?
Citizens who are 18 or older will be allowed to vote
The poll tax was eliminated
Takes away the President's war time power
Eliminated the draft lottery
The dividing line between North and South Vietnam is the 17th parallel line.
True
False
The Vietnam War was unique in that it was the first war that millions of people saw on television.
True
False
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio
True
False
Doves were Americans who did support the war effort
True
False
The "silent majority" were a group of people who quietly did not support President Nixon
True
False
Saigon was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City after the war
True
False
Why were the 1960 presidential debates historical?
The first presidential debates that had three candidates on stage
They were the first televised presidential debates
Nixon walked off the stage in frustration
The power went out in the auditorium
What was the name of the 1961 invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Crisis
Project Mercury
The Bay of Pigs
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?
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Crisis
Project Mercury
Which country put the first person into orbit?
United States
China
Soviet Union
Japan
Richard Nixon was born into a rich family from Boston, Massachusetts
True
False
Nikita Khrushchev made the order to put up the Berlin Wall
True
False
The Warren Commission investigated the assassination of President Kennedy
True
False
Kennedy was said to be the winner of the first presidential debate against Nixon
True
False
The Challenger was the spacecraft that took Neil Armstrong to space
True
False
President Kennedy was assassinated in San Antonio, Texas
True
False
Which of the following President's coins the term "Space Race"?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which of the following was the Republican Presidential candidate in the election of 1960?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which of the following comes up with the Great Society Plan?
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which President declared the war "finished" in 1975
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Which President did not object to the assassination plot against South Vietnamese President Diem
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Who was President during the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Which President coined the phrase "Domino Theory?"
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Which President coined the term "Vietnamization?"
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Who was the first American into suborbital space flight?
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Yuri Gagarin
Which of the following assassinated President Kennedy?
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Josef Stalin
Yuri Gagarin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
Who was the first human to orbit Earth?
Yuri Gagarin
Alan Shepard
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Who was the communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Fulgenio Batista
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Josef Stalin
Which astronaut was the first man to step on the moon?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
Who was the Republican that ran for President in 1964 against President Johnson?
Barry Goldwater
Jack Ruby
Hubert Humphrey
Bob Dole
Who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
The Mob
Cuban exiles
Jack Ruby
Sirhan Sirhan
Who was Kennedy and Johnson's Secretary of Defense who influenced Vietnam policy
Hubert Humphrey
William Westmoreland
Robert McNamara
Robert Kennedy
Who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the public?
Henry Kissinger
Daniel Ellsberg
Walter Cronkite
Hubert Humphrey
Who was the South Vietnamese President?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Henry Kissinger
Lt. William Calley
Ho Chi Minh
Who was the American commanding General in Vietnam?
William Westmoreland
Lt. William Calley
Henry Kissinger
Daniel Ellsberg
Who was the popular Democratic Presidential candidate who was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan?
Henry Kissinger
Robert McNamara
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Who won the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Henry Kissinger
Hubert Humphrey
Who was the North Vietnamese Communist leader?
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nikita Krushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was the American commander at the My Lai Massacre?
William Westmoreland
William Calley
Daniel Ellsberg
Robert McNamara
Who was the National Security Advisor who negotiated the ceasefire in Vietnam?
Walter Cronkite
Henry Kissinger
William Westmoreland
Robert McNamara
Who was the well-known CBS News anchor who reported on the JFK assassination and events in Vietnam?
Walter Cronkite
Daniel Ellsberg
Hubert Humphrey
Dan Rather
