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WorksheetsVietnam War +EOC Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Why did the United States join the conflict between North and South Vietnam?
To prevent in invasion by China into Indochina
To limit the spread of nuclear weapons
To prevent the spread of communism into Southeast Asia
To prevent an invasion of Japan from Indochina
After an attack on US ships by N. Vietnam, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which-
formally declared war on North Vietnam
Gave the President more military power without going to war
Limits President's military power without war being declared
Allowed for the use of nuclear weapons if necessary
The President who escalated the Vietnam war by drafting and deploying more soldiers was-
John F Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon B Johnson
Why were US soldiers unable to quickly defeat the Vietcong and make the war drag out?
The Vietcong used chemical weapons on US soldiers
The Chinese army intervened and invaded
The Vietcong had superior technology compared to US soldiers
They used guerrilla warfare and ambush tactics
Why did many young American fight the draft or engage in anti-war protests?
They felt it would cause a war with China and Russia
The US was going through an economic recession
They felt the war in Vietnam was wrong and unjustified
They believed it created a gap between the rich and poor
Which of these best describes reasons for the outbreak of violence during anti-war protests?
The government hired people to attack law enforcement
The nation was divided over US involvement in Vietnam
Draft dodgers were being shielded from arrest
The government censored free speech
In Tinker v Des Moines the Supreme Court said a student's right to protest was protected by the
Fourth Amendment
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
First Amendment
Fifth Amendment
What was the role of the media during the Vietnam War?
It cooperated with government censorship laws
They broadcast the news from approved media stations
It showed Americans at home the uncensored violence of war
They were unable to record any of the Vietnam War
Which describes why Americans had the 26th Amendment ratified?
People felt poll taxes harmed voting rights
If one was old enough to fight they were old enough to vote
Women had a right to vote in elections
The laws of the US should apply equally to all citizens
What European country controlled Vietnam until World War II?
France
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
Which of the following was NOT used by the American military in Vietnam?
Aerial attacks (regular bombs)
Agent Orange
Napalm
Nuclear bombs
Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Pearl Harbor
South China Sea
The sustained bombing of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, ordered by Johnson in 1965
Domino Theory
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Tet Offensive
Leading Vietnamese nationalist figure, supporting the Communist party
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cong
Kent State University
President of the Republic of Vietnam, had US support, eventually would be overthrown
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Cong
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
If one country falls to communism, the countries around would also fall to communism
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
Tet Offensive
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was
The route that the Americans took when they left South Vietnam
A supply line for the Vietcong which ran through neutral countries
A secret path which was used by the Vietcong in Saigon
A supply line used by South Vietnam
The United States experience in the Vietnam War supports the idea that the outcome of a war
Can be strongly affected by public opinion
Is assured to countries dedicated to democratic ideals
Is determined mainly by technological superiority
Is dependent on using the greatest number of soldiers
In the ______, United States soldiers killed about 500 women, children, and elderly men, shocking the American public.
Tet Offensive
Immolation of Monks
My Lai Massacre
Attack on Saigon
1968, massive attack by the Viet Cong on major cities in South Vietnam; caused American support for the war to plummet
My Lai Massacare
Tet Offensive
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Ranch Hand
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?
Increased the number of Chinese immigrants
Prohibited work-seeking Chinese from entering the U.S.
Prohibited Chinese immigrants from leaving the U.S.
Prohibited immigrants from entering the U.S.
Americans who were anti-immigration due to the fear of losing jobs to immigrants were called-
Bootlegger
Monopolies
Communists
Nativists
During the Gilded Age there was an increase in ____________________ and ___________________ as people moved to U.S. cities looking for economic opportunities.
Work and Infrastructure
Corruption and Laissez-Faire
Urbanization and Immigration
Monopolies and Political Bosses
These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:
Progressives
Muckrakers
Sensationalists
Investigative reporters
This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:
Civil War Era
Industrialization Era
Progressive Era
Reconstruction Era
This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:
Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?
because of the negative impact of industrialization
because of the negative impact of the civil war
because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories
because the American people were disillusioned by WWI
creator of settlement houses to assist immigrants moving to the United States
W.E.B. Dubios
Elizabeth Canton
Jane Addams
Ida B. Wells
one of the founders of the NAACP
MLK
W.E.B. Dubois
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
gave women the right to suffrage
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
