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Vietnam and the Counterculture - Short Version
Vietnam and the Counterculture - Short Version
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US History Unit 12 Review
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1
Whom did critics blame for the increasing permissiveness in American society?
women and minorities
campus rebels and the counterculture
Democrats
the Beatles
2
What was a major concern for students who were protesting the Vietnam war?
low paying jobs
lack of educational opportunities for minorities
totalitarian government
unfair draft system
3
In the early years of the war, a young man could be deferred from being drafted by
getting a job
enrolling in college
getting married
becoming a conscientious objector
4
Nixon's policy to increase South Vietnam's role in fighting the war
Linebacker II
credibility gap
Vietnamization
detente
5
Marked by flamboyant clothing, long hair, folk music, drug use
feminist movement
Latino movement
counterculture
civil rights movement
6
Which fighters used guerilla tactics to attack and harass U.S. troops in South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Vietcong
NVA
Viet Minh
7
The members of the counterculture movement were mostly
entertainers, artists, and musicians
white, middle-class, college youths
Latinos and Native Americans
poor urban youths
8
Whose book
The Feminine Mystique
inspired women examine their roles in society
Betty Friedan
Phyllis Schlafly
Gloria Steinem
Robin Morgan
9
What emerged that increased skepticism about the government's news about the war?
Vietnam gap
credibility gap
hippie movement
generation gap
10
What happened when Saigon fell in 1975?
North and South Vietnam were united under communist rule
Vietnam was split at the 17th parallel
US troops attacked North Vietnam
free and fair elections were held in the North and South
11
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowed
the president to overthrow Ngo Dinh Diem
the president to bomb South Vietnam
the president to open diplomatic relations with Vietnam
the president to commit military forces to Vietnam
12
Which case guaranteed availability of abortions in all 50 states
Miranda v. Arizona
Tinker v. Des Moines
New Jersey v. TLO
Roe v. Wade
13
What was different about coverage of the Vietnam War compared to previous wars?
television broadcasts
embedded reporters
newspaper reports
radio broadcasts
14
U.S. Planes sprayed this leaf-killing toxic chemical, which devastated the jungles of Vietnam.
Creeping Death
Napalm
Agent Orange
DDT
15
The primary goal for US involvement in Vietnam
Containing the spread of communism
Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam
Reunifying Vietnam
Upholding the Geneva Accords
16
What is the significance of the battle of Dien Bien Phu?
French withdrew from Indochina
North Vietnamese Army units joined forces with Vietcong
American troops arrived in Vietnam
Nixon withdrew troops from Vietnam
17
César Chávez used nonviolent means to organize Latino
students
voters
factory workers
farm workers
18
Which of these did NOT occur in 1968?
The assassination of Robert Kennedy
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Tet Offensive
The U.S. invasion of Cambodia
19
How was N. Vietnam able to supply troops and supplies to Vietcong fighters in the South?
The Vietnam Road
The strategic hamlet program
Operation Rolling Thunder
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
20
Aided by the U.S., which country tried to regain control of Vietnam after World War II?
France
China
Soviet Union
Britain
21
What organization focused on expanding education rights and equal pay for women?
SDS
LATER
NOW
ERA
22
Raiding and burning Vietnamese villages suspected of supplying Vietcong in S. Vietnam
Search and Destroy
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Arc Light
Operation Get Em
23
Which theory was used to describe what might happen if Vietnam fell to communism?
brinkmanship
massive retaliation
containment
domino thoery
24
She co-founded
Ms.
magazine and the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Gloria Steinem
Betty Friedan
Phyllis Schlafly
Joni Mitchell
25
Who did Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 benefit?
students
women
Latinos
African Americans
26
Who led the grape boycott, voter registration drives and advocated for the UFW?
Robert F. Kennedy
Cesar Chavez
Roy Benavidez
Hector P. Garcia
27
The slogan “Equal Pay for Equal Work” is likely to be associated with the belief called
segregation
communism
feminism
conservatism
28
Congress passed the War Powers Act in 1973 to
restrict the power of the president
expand the power of the president