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Unit 10 Vietnam - 1991 Bussey

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the primary focus of the Pentagon Papers?

a)

The effectiveness of the New Deal

b)

The planning of the Bay of Pigs Invasion

c)

The U.S. government's decision-making process during the Vietnam War

d)

The details of the Watergate break-in

2.

Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?

a)

24th Amendment

b)

26th Amendment

c)

22nd Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

3.

What was the main issue at the heart of the Watergate scandal?

a)

Illegal arms sales

b)

A break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters

c)

Misleading the public about the Vietnam War

d)

Trading hostages for arms

4.

The Iran-Contra Affair involved the secret sale of arms to Iran to fund:

a)

The Mujahideen in Afghanistan

b)

Contras in Nicaragua

c)

The Iraqi government

d)

Cuban exiles

5.

What does the term "credibility gap" refer to?

a)

The difference in voting age before and after the 26th Amendment

b)

The gap between the rich and the poor during the Reagan administration

c)

The difference between what the U.S. government reported and what was actually happening during the Vietnam War

d)

The discrepancy in the number of Pentagon Papers published and the number written

6.

Which Supreme Court case ruled that students do not lose their First Amendment rights at school?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Roe v. Wade

c)

Tinker v. Des Moines

d)

Miranda v. Arizona

7.

The 24th Amendment is best known for:

a)

Lowering the voting age to 18

b)

Abolishing the poll tax in federal elections

c)

Granting women the right to vote

d)

Limiting the president to two terms

8.

What was the primary goal of détente as pursued by Nixon and his successors?

a)

To increase military spending

b)

To improve relations with the Soviet Union

c)

To isolate China diplomatically

d)

To expand NATO

9.

The Camp David Accords were a peace agreement between which two countries?

a)

The United States and Vietnam

b)

Israel and Egypt

c)

The United States and the Soviet Union

d)

North Korea and South Korea

10.

The Iran Hostage Crisis began in what year?

a)

1979

b)

1981

c)

1975

d)

1983