Why did Nixon win the 1972 presidential election?

most Americans feared continued protests

Which is NOT true about the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

Two U.S. ships were severly damaged

After the Tet Offensive, President Johnson decided to...

withdraw from the 1968 presidential election

Walter Cronkite had a message for the U.S. in his Tet Offensive editorial. What was it?

That the U.S. was mired in a "stalemate" in Vietnam

What happened in the U.S. when Nixon's secret bomging raids in Cambodia and Laos became known?

Huge demonstrations broke out protesting the war.

When fighting broke out between N. and S. Vietnam in 1975 the U.S...

stayed out of the fight and honored the Paris Peace Accords

The Vietnam Memorial is

a black granite wall engraved with names of dead soldiers

Student anti-war demonstrations resulted in tragedy when...

4 students were killed at Kent State University by troops

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1
Why did Nixon win the 1972 presidential election?
He appealed to young voters
His wife was very popular
most Americans feared continued protests
He looked good on television
2
Vietnam was divided into North and South at the
32 degrees north
belly button
17 degrees south latitude
17 degrees north latitude
3
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment allowed the following...
21 years old to vote
18 years old to vote
African Americans to vote
women to vote
4
Which is NOT true about the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
Two U.S. ships were severly damaged
It gave LBJ the power to repel any armed attack in Vietnam
It allowed LBJ to increase the number of troops in Vietnam
The resolution was rushed thru Congress
5
After the Tet Offensive, President Johnson decided to...
endorse anti-war candidate Eugene McCarthy
withdraw from the 1968 presidential election
endorse Robert Kennedy in the 1968 election
increase bombing raids in Cambodia
6
Walter Cronkite had a message for the U.S. in his Tet Offensive editorial. What was it?
That the U.S. needed to escalate in the Vietnam war
That the U.S. was mired in a "stalemate" in Vietnam
That Ho Chi Minh had died
That the U.S. was winning the war
7
Nixon hoped to start peace talks by convincing N. Vietnam that he would use...
Operation Rolling Thunder
atomic bombs
rock music to drive them crazy
the Ho Chi Minh Trail
8
Walter Cronkite referred to "cosmic disaster" in hie Tet Offensive editorial. What was this?
U.S. soldiers could refuse to fight
The possibility of nuclear war
South Vietnam could win
Another Korean War could develop
9
Agreement between N.Vietnam, S. Vietnam, the NLF (V.C.), and the U.S. to end the Vietnam war.
The Treaty of Versailles
The Geneva Accords
The Paris Peace Accords
The Armistice
10
Which president was in power from 1969 to 1974?
Kennedy
Johnson
Ford
Nixon
11
Law passed in 1972 said President had to get Congressional approval before sending U.S. troops into an armed fight.
Paris Peace Accords
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Berlin Airlift
War Powers Act
12
What happened in the U.S. when Nixon's secret bomging raids in Cambodia and Laos became known?
People demanded more bombing in order to defeat the enemy.
People did not react.
Huge demonstrations broke out in favor of Nixon's policies.
Huge demonstrations broke out protesting the war.
13
The fighting arm of the National Liberation Front, initials V.C.
Vietcong
Vietminh
NVA
ARVN
14
When fighting broke out between N. and S. Vietnam in 1975 the U.S...
Supported S. Vietnam with military supplies
Supported S. Vietnam with new troops
enforced the demilitarized zone separating the countries
stayed out of the fight and honored the Paris Peace Accords
15
After the defeat at the battle of Dien Bien Phu French officials...
used secret police to infiltrate Ho Chi Minh's government
began to implement social reforms in Vietnam
surrendered to the Vietminh
surrendered to the Vietcong
16
Which president promoted the policy "peace with honor"?
Johnson
Ford
Kennedy
Nixon
17
The Vietnam Memorial is
a statue of 5 soldiers
a black granite wall engraved with names of dead soldiers
a 29 acre park in Washington DC
a cemetery in Washington D.C.
18
Soldiers who are missing in action
NFL
MIA
MLB
CIA
19
What European power lost control of Vietnam in 1953?
France
Spain
Germany
Belgium
20
Which president was in power from 1963 to 1969?
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
Truman
21
Cold war belief that if one country in S.E. Asia fell to communism the rest would too
domino theory
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Pentagon Papers
theory of relativity
22
Which of the following is NOT true about the Vietcong?
They wore distictive uniforms
They hid in the jungles to mount guerilla raids.
It was difficult to tell them apart from civilians.
They supported the comminist regime.
23
What two countries did the Ho Chi Minh Trail run through besides Vietnam?
Cambodia and Laos
Cambodia and France
Thailand and China
Cambodia and Thailand
24
The leader of the North Vietnamese until his death in 1969.
Ho Chi Minh
Quang Duc
Jackie Chan
Ngo Dien Diem
25
One of the combat strategies used by the U.S. in Vietnam.
Agent Orange
Operation Rolling Thunder
All answers are correct
Search and destroy missions
26
Student anti-war demonstrations resulted in tragedy when...
police wounded 2 students at Columbia University
students at Maine State burned the administration building
4 students were killed at Kent State University by troops
students rioted and destroyed property at Waubonsee.

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