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1968: A Turbulent Year.

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the leader of North Vietnam

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Mao Ze Dong

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hideki Tojo

2.

What surprise offensive did North Vietnam launch in 1968?

a)

D-Day

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Tet

d)

Saint-Mihiel

3.

How did TV News influence the outcome of the Vietnam War and American politics?

a)

Reported to Americans to that the war going favorably

b)

Pronounced to Americans that the war was unwinnable

c)

Offered a safe space for Americans who supported communist Vietnam

d)

Canceled Americans who just wanted to enjoy news of global peace

4.

How many Viet Cong were involved in their surprise 1968 attack on South Vietnam?

a)

50,000

b)

85,000

c)

1,000,000

d)

105,000

5.

Where was Dr. King when he was assassinated?

a)

Lorraine Motel in Memphis TN

b)

Hilton Hotel in Memphis TN

c)

Lorraine Motel in Birmingham AL

d)

St. Josephs Hospital in Memphis TN

6.

What was the effect of MLK's death?

a)

Riots broke out across America

b)

Lyndon Johns resigned from Presidency

c)

Americans joined together in peace

d)

North Korea captures the USS Pueblo

7.

What happened to Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles?

a)

Gunned down by Sirhan Sirhan

b)

Gunned down by James Earl Ray

c)

Gunned down by Lee Harvey Oswald

8.

Who became the new defense secretary under Johnson?

a)

Robert McNamara

b)

Clark Clifford

c)

Walter Cronkite

d)

Dean Rusk

9.

Who was the first chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Medgar Evers

c)

John Lewis

d)

Malcolm X

10.

During the month long Tet Offensive, how many Vietcong were killed?

a)

3,000

b)

32,000

c)

50,000

d)

500,000

11.

Who gave a negative report on the war to the American people after the Tet Offensive?

a)

Walter Cronkite

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Robert Westmoreland

d)

Richard Nixon

12.

Who was the senator in 1967 that became the Democratic nominee to run for President?

a)

Eugene McCarthy

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Robert Kennedy

d)

Richard Nixon

13.

What was the purpose of over 10,000 protesters at the 1968 Democratic Presidential Primary in Chicago?

a)

They wanted America to ramp up the reaction to the War.

b)

They wanted the party to adopt an "antiwar" platform.

c)

They wanted Robert Kennedy to win the nomination.

d)

They wanted Hubert Humphry to win the nomination.

14.

Who won the 1968 election for President?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

George Wallace

c)

Hubert Humphrey

d)

Ricard Nixon

15.

Which president ended American involvement in the Vietnam War?

a)

John Kennedy

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

George Wallace

d)

Fichard Nixon