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Worksheets1968: A Turbulent Year.
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was the leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Ze Dong
Joseph Stalin
Hideki Tojo
What surprise offensive did North Vietnam launch in 1968?
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Tet
Saint-Mihiel
How did TV News influence the outcome of the Vietnam War and American politics?
Reported to Americans to that the war going favorably
Pronounced to Americans that the war was unwinnable
Offered a safe space for Americans who supported communist Vietnam
Canceled Americans who just wanted to enjoy news of global peace
How many Viet Cong were involved in their surprise 1968 attack on South Vietnam?
50,000
85,000
1,000,000
105,000
Where was Dr. King when he was assassinated?
Lorraine Motel in Memphis TN
Hilton Hotel in Memphis TN
Lorraine Motel in Birmingham AL
St. Josephs Hospital in Memphis TN
What was the effect of MLK's death?
Riots broke out across America
Lyndon Johns resigned from Presidency
Americans joined together in peace
North Korea captures the USS Pueblo
What happened to Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles?
Gunned down by Sirhan Sirhan
Gunned down by James Earl Ray
Gunned down by Lee Harvey Oswald
Who became the new defense secretary under Johnson?
Robert McNamara
Clark Clifford
Walter Cronkite
Dean Rusk
Who was the first chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee?
Martin Luther King
Medgar Evers
John Lewis
Malcolm X
During the month long Tet Offensive, how many Vietcong were killed?
3,000
32,000
50,000
500,000
Who gave a negative report on the war to the American people after the Tet Offensive?
Walter Cronkite
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Westmoreland
Richard Nixon
Who was the senator in 1967 that became the Democratic nominee to run for President?
Eugene McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
What was the purpose of over 10,000 protesters at the 1968 Democratic Presidential Primary in Chicago?
They wanted America to ramp up the reaction to the War.
They wanted the party to adopt an "antiwar" platform.
They wanted Robert Kennedy to win the nomination.
They wanted Hubert Humphry to win the nomination.
Who won the 1968 election for President?
Lyndon Johnson
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Ricard Nixon
Which president ended American involvement in the Vietnam War?
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
George Wallace
Fichard Nixon
