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Worksheets1960s & Vietnam War Review 24/25
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 34mins
New weapons like (a) , a sticky gasoline-based jelly that burns, inflicted harm on the Vietnamese, while herbicides like (b) destroyed the jungle cover used by the Vietcong to hide.
How did the events in this cause-and-effect diagram affect the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government?
By reducing the ability of the House of Representatives to approve military funding requested by the president
By giving the president the power to fight a war without getting a formal declaration from Congress
By allowing Congress to supersede the president’s role as commander in chief
By reducing the power of the president to bypass the Senate’s treaty-making powers
Sputnik
First satellite launched into orbit
Bay of Pigs
Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro
Domino Theory
If one country falls to communism, all the border nations may fall
Naval Blockade
A quarantine placed around Cuba October 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest the US has come to nuclear war..so far
How did JFK respond to the news that the Soviets had placed nuclear weapon installations in Cuba?
Asking the United Nations to approve economic sanctions for Cuba
Blockading ships from entering or exiting Cuba
Closing the US border
Asking Congress to declare war on Cuba
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President (a) and Soviet leader (b) almost took the world into a nuclear war.
Johnson
Nixon
Gorbachev
Stalin
What does the emergence of events and groups like those pictured above illustrate about the 60s?
Concerts, like Woodstock, celebrated the decade's time of peace that witnessed little or no domestic conflicts or challenges.
Growing counter cultures, like the hippies, spoke to the generation gap that existed between the younger and older generations
The materialism, consumerism, and prosperity of the 50s continued in the 60s and were expressed in music and clothing styles.
Like the Hippies, all Americans rejected the materialism of the 50s and started making their own clothes based on indigenous styles
Select the two statements that accurately reflect the programs and goals of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
Medicare and Medicaid was created to provide insurance for elderly and poor Americans
Johnson promised to reduce the role and scope of the Federal Government
In honor of J.F.K., Johnson promised to fight against the growing civil rights movement
Johnson promised to fight a "war on poverty" aimed at providing more economic equity in America
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
supported by China and the Soviet union
Supported by The United States
Communist government
pro-capitalist dictatorship
Capital City: Hanoi
Capital City: Saigon
Put the following events in correct historical order.
Lyndon Johnson becomes President of the United States
the Gulf of Tonkin incident
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Tet Offensive
Richard Nixon elected President of the United States
The United States intervened to stop the spread of (a) into South Vietnam. This was known as the (b) .
President Richard Nixon created a strategy to get out of Vietnam with honor(Peace with Honor).
His new policy of “_____________”, called for the gradual withdrawal of us troops while having the South Vietnamese military take over the fighting in the war.
Marshall Plan
Vietnamization
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Vietnam war was an unpopular war for many in the U.S.
Many protested the us (a) in the war, the (b) , and the bombing campaigns against (c) .
MATCHING In the space provided, drop the term or person
that matches each description.
Twenty-sixth
Amendment
lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18
Vietnamization
strategy calling for the South Vietnamese
Army to take over fighting the war in
Vietnam
William
Westmoreland
commanded U.S. ground forces in Vietnam
War Powers Act
requires the president to get congressional
approval before committing US troops to an
armed struggle
escalation
increased involvement of U.S. military forces
in the Vietnam War
What do the War Powers Act and Gulf of Tonkin Resolution have in common?
the increased the power of the President to conduct military operations
they are about the relationship between the powers of the executive and legislative branches
impact the judicial process
increased the power of Congress
Determine which description matches the legislation passed under the Johnson administration. Select the correct answer in each row.
Complete the timeline by matching the year and the voting rights amendment or law
Which details best explain the effects of Tinker v. Des Moines?
Medicaid
NASA
Civil Rights Act 1964
Head Start Program
Peace Corps
Man on the Moon
SNCC
SCLC
Black Panthers
Voting Rights Act 1965
PBS
LBJ
JFK
Rosa Parks
Put these American presidents in the correct order of their terms in office.
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Match the following descriptions to the correct troops during the Vietnam War.
used chemicals such as Agent Orange
conducted search-and-destroy missions
relied on guerrilla warfare
employed the strategy of a war of attrition
had a greater knowledge of the terrain
saw the war as a battle for their very existence
