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1
What Supreme Court case legalized abortion?
People vs. Larry Flynt
Brown vs. Board of Education
Row vs. Boat
Roe vs. Wade
2
This large-scale attack on major South Vietnamese cities turned public opinion against the war.
The attack on My Lai
D-Day
The Saigon Offensive
The Tet Offensive
3
Who was the most influential TV news anchor in America during the Vietnam war?
Walter Cronkite
Ted Nugent
Bob Opsahl
Brian Williams
4
What notion did Betty Friedan and her book
The Feminine Mystique
challenge about women?
women find happiness as soldiers
women find happiness as men
Women find happiness as housewives
women only find happiness in careers
5
What right did Supreme Court Case Gideon v. Wainright guarantee to the arrested?
Police Officers could have free attorneys.
Poor suspects didn't have to go to jail.
Poor suspects had a right to a state-paid attorney
Wealthy people could pay their way out of jail.
6
What nation did Florida see a huge burst of immigration from in the sixties?
Mexico
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Haiti
7
Which country governed Vietnam before U.S. involvement?
China
France
Britain
Russia
8
Which mission put the first man on the moon?
Apollo 10
Apollo 13
Apollo 12
Apollo 11
9
The theory that if Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would fall was known as:
Humpty Dumpty Theory
Domino's Pizza
Domino Theory
Dice Theory
10
What agreement saw Vietnam separated into two countries until elections were to be held?
The Camp David Accords
The Treaty of Versailles
The Paris Peace Talks
The Geneva Accords
11
Who was the National Security adviser for the US who negotiated the Paris Peace Accords?
Lyndon Johnson
Jim Donovan
Henry Kissinger
Gerald Ford
12
What was the effect of the "credibility gap" during the 1960s?
Americans began to trust the news less
Americans trusted their government and President less
Americans trusted their government more
Americans began to trust the Russians more
13
What does it mean to be pro-choice?
You think the government should choose for a woman
You are against abortion altogether
You are completely for abortion
You believe that a woman can choose since it's her body
14
Who were the Cambodian Communists who killed millions of innocent people?
The Vietcong
The Cambodian Communist Club
Khmer Rouge
The NVA
15
The strategy of ambush and sneak attacks then quickly retreating is known as:
Secret warfare
Blitzkrieg warfare
Guerilla warfare
Ninja warfare
16
Who were the Vietcong?
Chinese soldiers who turned communist
North Vietnamese communists who became capitalists
American troops who became communist guerillas
Communist guerilla soldiers in South Vietnam
17
What was the capital of South Vietnam (now named Ho Chi Minh City)?
Pyongyang
Hong Kong
Hanoi
Saigon
18
Which of the follow defines guerilla warfare?
massive attacks by large military units
very slow, methodical sneak attacks that took days
Long, drawn out battles
quick, sneaky attacks. Then retreat
19
What did the US Govt and President Johnson say happened in the Gulf of Tonkin?
US planes were shot down in Vietnam
US Helicopters were attacked in North Vietnam
US civilians were killed in North Vietnam
US ships were attacked, unprovoked, in international waters
20
Which of these men was a communist revolutionary who established communism in North Vietnam?
Kim Il sung
Ho Chi Minh
Chi Ho Minh
Chin Ming Wong
21
Miranda v. Arizona guaranteed rights to what group of people? (Miranda Rights)
Prisoners
Women
People who were being arrested
Native Americans
22
What is the process of training South Vietnamese to take American soldiers' place?
Americanization
Vietnamilitiarization
Vietnamization
VietnAmericanization
23
What does SEATO stand for?
Shawn Eats All The Oreos
Sea Treaty Organization
Southeast American Treaty Organization
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
24
Who was the dictator in South Vietnam who persecuted Buddhists?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
Chang Kai Shek
Kim Il Sung
25
Where did Apollo 11 launch from?
Cape Canaveral
Houston
Miami
Dallas
26
Why were Vietnamese civilians often killed during the war?
Civilians fought against the North Vietnamese
President Johnson was ordering civilians to be killed
Troops could not distinguish between Vietcong and villagers
Troops were killing them for no reason because of racism
27
Which of these is a herbicide used to kill jungle forests in Vietnam to decrease hiding spots?
Agent Black
Napalm
Agent Orange
Agent Yellow
28
What was the capital of North Vietnam?
Saigon
Cambodia
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
29
How many American soldiers were killed in Vietnam?
58,000
580,000
48,000
58 million
30
What was a primary cause for the Sexual Revolution?
Rock and Roll Music
Abortions
Condoms
Birth Control
31
What does it mean to be Pro-Life?
You are for abortion
You believe people can do what they want
You are against abortion
You are against the death penalty
32
Who was the first man on the moon?
Chuck Yeager
Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
33
Who could resist the draft based on religious or moral purposes?
Conscious Objectors
Traitorous objectors
Conscientious objectors
Righteous Objectors
34
What is a mixture of sticky gel and gasoline that burns intensely?
Agent Yellow
Agent Orange
Napalm
Lapalm
35
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution do?
Gave the Vice President power over military
gave the American people power over the military
Gave President Johnson extraordinary powers over military
gave Congress more power of military
36
Which of these guarantees equal athletic and educational opportunities for women?
Title IX
Title XI
Title IIX
Title X
37
What is the name of the Peninsula that Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are located on?
French Vietnam
Indian Subcontinent
Southeast China
IndoChina
38
Yates v. United States extended free speech to what group of people?
Women
African Americans
Communists
Christians
39
What group of people made up most of the hippies and Anti-war protesters?
WWI vets
WWII vets
Old people
baby boomers
40
Which President oversaw the "vietnamization" process and the withdrawal of US troops?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
41
Who felt that the Vietnam war was not America's business?
Sparrows
Hawks
Eagles
Doves
42
What movement aimed at achieving equality for women?
Women's equality movement
Women's rights movement
Women's Liberation Movement
Women's freedom movement
43
At what university were 4 students killed and 9 injured?
Kent State University
Kennedy University
Kansas State
Ohio State
44
Who wanted a full military attack to win the Vietnam war?
Eagles
Doves
Hawks
Hornets
45
What did Engel v. Vitale outlaw?
Prayer in courthouses
Prayer in Schools
Prayer at funerals
Prayer at church
46
The "Great Society" was a set of domestic economic policies proposed by which President?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
47
Which President pushed for space exploration and scientific development during the Cold War?
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
48
Hundred of South Vietnamese civilians were killed at what major massacre?
Me Sowwy
May Phun
Mi Phang
My Lai
49
What was the purpose of Medicare and Medicaid?
To eradicate poverty across the deep South
To provide affordable healthcare to Americans
To provide education to poor communities
To provide jobs to the unemployed
