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US History Chapter 19 Vietnam Conflict
US History Chapter 19 Vietnam Conflict
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The war lingered for American families whose relatives were classified as MIA or...
Draft Dodgers
Prisoners of War
Los Angeles Dodgers
Defectors
2
In the 60's young people known as hippies began which movement?
Bilingual
Counterculture
Beat
Civil Rights
3
The Pentagon Papers revealed that
Nixon was involved in the Watergate scandal
government had not been honest w/the public about Vietnam
American soldiers had massacred Vietnamese at My Lai
The US had surrendered to the Vietcong
4
What publicized massacre by American troops led to protests against the Vietnam War?
Gulf of Tonkin
My Lai
Tet
Dunkirk
5
With the Gulf Tonkin Resolution, Congress, in effect
committed to a limited war only
declared war on North Vietnam
handed its war powers to the president
declared war on South Vietnam
6
America didn't like imperialism & didn't think France should control Vietnam,
but they did not want Vietnam to become part of Indochina
but they did not want Vietnam to become capitalist
but they did not want Vietnam to become communist
but they did not want Vietnam to become catholic
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How did the draft system contribute to the large number of African Americans dying in Vietnam
more white students earned deferment by attending college
it is a myth designed to increase the civil rights movement
The draft only selected minorities to serve
More African Americans volunteered
8
North Vietnam received military weapons and other support from
Iraq & North Korea
USSR & China
USSR & Italy
USA and Great Britain
9
The picture represents Eisenhower's belief in what?
Domino theory
Falling Country theory
Checkers theory
Butterfly effect
10
Who appeared to be on his way to winning the democratic nomination for president in 1968 until he was shot and killed?
Bobby Kennedy
JFK
Abraham Lincoln
MLK
11
Nixon's Vietnamization called for...
Withdrawal of U.S. troops
Surrender of South Vietnam
Surrender of North Vietnam
Massive Invasion of North Vietnam
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#1 reason President LBJ refused to order a full scale invasion of North Vietnam was his fear
that china would enter the war
that the financial cost would destroy the US economy.
that it would horrify the US public, ruining him politically
that it would result in more loss of American lives
13
The Ho Chi Minh Trail ran through which two countries?
Laos and Indonesia
Cambodia and Thailand
Cambodia and Laos
Laos and Thailand
14
Students for Democratic Society was comprised mainly of
Latino students
The "baby boom" generation
Conservatives
African American students
15
Who was the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam?
General Westmoreland
Lt. Calley
Douglas MacArthur
Ernest Medina
16
After N. Vietnam captured Saigon, Vietnam was united under...
United Nations control
Nationalist Rule
Totalitarian Dictatorship
Communist Rule
17
What impact did images like these have on the American public?
Public protest of the war increased
American support for the war increased
Encouraged young men to enlist
Public raised more money for the war effort
18
The goal of Agent Orange was to...
Cut Vietcong supply lines
Destroy the Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungles
Infiltrate the Vietcong
Sabotage Vietcong equipment
19
This started on the Vietnamese New Year and was a simultaneous attack on U.S. bases in S.Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Tet Offensive
Fall of Saigon
Operation Rolling Thunder
20
Students in the Free Speech Movement demonstrated by...
Organizing music festivals
Occupying Administration Buildings
Taking hostages
Rioting on campus
21
Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia, another country, angered congress, resulting in
a repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
impeachment trials of Nixon
passage of the 27th amendment
a vote censure
22
What was the Haight Ashbury District famous for?
Where Woodstock took place
It was where Robert Kennedy was assassinated
It was where Jimi Hendrix died
It was a hippie destination
23
Which is true about the Tet Offensive?
It was a military victory for the US
all of the above
Led to public opinion to turn against the war
many lives were lost
