The Vietnam War ended when...

North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in 1975.

What did President Nixon do on April 30, 1970 to infuriate many Americans?

announced that he had sent U.S. troops into Cambodia

What did President Kennedy intend to do by establishing the Peace Corps?

help developing countries with tasks such as building schools

What was one effect of the My Lai massacre?

Americans began to question U.S. involvement in the war.

Which of the following best describes the domino theory?

If one nation became Communist, nearby nations would also fall.

What 1964 event led to a rapid expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

U.S. ships off the coast reported being attacked.

How did the hippie counterculture express its ideals in the 1960s?

supported individual freedom, nonviolence, and sharing

During the Vietnam War, hawks and doves disagreed mainly over whether

funding domestic programs were more important than winning the Cold War.

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The Vietnam War ended when...
North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon in 1975.
North Vietnam returned American prisoners of war in 1979.
Communist dictators took over Laos and Cambodia in 1977.
the U.S. and North Vietnam signed the Hanoi Accords in 1973.
2
She designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ...
Ho Chi Minh
Neil Armstrong
William Westmoreland
Maya Ying Lin
3
____lowered the federal voting age from 21 to 18.
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Operation Rolling Thunder
War Powers Act
Ho Chi Minh
4
What did President Nixon do on April 30, 1970 to infuriate many Americans?
admitted that the government had been lying about the war
began slowly withdrawing U.S. troops from Vietnam
authorized the use of force by National Guard troops
announced that he had sent U.S. troops into Cambodia
5
What did President Kennedy intend to do by establishing the Peace Corps?
help developing countries with tasks such as building schools
provide young people with a chance to express their views
design a treaty that would end the conflict with Cuba
bring a nonviolent end to racial segregation in the U.S.
6
_____commanded U.S. ground forces in Vietnam.
Maya Ying Lin
William Westmoreland
Yuri Gagarin
Henry Kissinger
7
The Vietcong fought against
Japan.
the United States.
North Vietnam.
France.
8
By the end of 1967, U.S. leaders claimed they were winning, but the ____ proved they were wrong.
War Powers Act
Pentagon Papers
Tet Offensive
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
9
_____requires the president to get congressional approval before sending U.S. troops.
War Powers Act
Alan Shepard, Jr.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Operation Rolling Thunder
10
Communist leader of North Vietnam...
Ho Chi Minh
Yuri Gagarin
Edwin Aldrin
Maya Ying Lin
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What was one effect of the My Lai massacre?
Americans began to question U.S. involvement in the war.
Support for the war among college students nearly doubled.
Americans began to perceive Lyndon Johnson as honest.
Johnson's Administration lost the support of rich Americans.
12
A strategy calling for the South Vietnamese Army to take over fighting the war in Vietnam ...
guerrilla warfare
escalation
search-and-destroy missions
Vietnamization
13
After the ____, the U.S. and the USSR signed a treaty that banned testing of new nuclear weapons.
War Powers Act
Vietnam War
Berlin Wall
Cuban missile crisis
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Which of the following best describes the domino theory?
If atomic weapons were used, they will continue to be used.
If the U.S. waged one war, it would have to wage other wars.
If one nation became Communist, nearby nations would also fall.
If USSR took over 1 nation, they would take over the world.
15
What does the word “escalation” mean with respect to Vietnam between 1965 and 1968?
increased involvement
frequent surprise attacks
slow withdrawal
full disclosure of information
16
The ______was successful in improving U.S. relations with Latin America.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Peace Corps
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Tet Offensive
17
What 1964 event led to a rapid expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
The French lost control of Vietnam to the Vietcong.
U.S. ships off the coast reported being attacked.
Laos and Cambodia fell to Ho Chi Minh’s fascist rule.
A group of South Vietnamese officers killed Ngo Dinh Diem.
18
How did the hippie counterculture express its ideals in the 1960s?
defended government authority
emigrated from the United States
supported individual freedom, nonviolence, and sharing
respected the generation that came before it
19
During the Vietnam War, hawks and doves disagreed mainly over whether
U.S. forces should use a nuclear bomb to force surrender.
funding domestic programs were more important than winning the Cold War.
the United States should have a draft.
protesting the war was unpatriotic.
20
Authorized the president to take “all necessary measures to repel any armed attack"...
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Vietnamization
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
War Powers Act
21
Increased involvement of U.S. military forces in the Vietnam War...
Vietcong
Vietnamization
escalation
Twenty-sixth Amendment
22
The first person to walk on the moon ... "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard, Jr.
William Westmoreland
23
The first person to travel into space...
Alan Shepard, Jr.
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
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The ____ revealed that U.S. officials had been lying about the progress of the War for years.
War Powers Act
Pentagon Papers
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Peace Corps

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