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Review Material for JFK Presidency, Some Space Race, LBJ
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What were anti-war protesters of the Vietnam War called?
Hippies
Protesters
Hawks
Doves
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Who was Roy Benavidez?
President of Mexico during the Vietnam War
U.S. Senator who voted against the Vietnam War
Soldier from Texas who won the Congressional Medal of Honor
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Vietnam
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The _______ had many antiwar protests:
Doves
Communists
KKK
Great Society
4
What is Vietnamization?
The process of slowly removing U.S. troops from Vietnam
The term used to describe the protesting of the Vietnam War
Soviets described the practice of communism in Vietnam
Vietnam immigrants coming to the United States
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What was the Tet Offensive?
Vietcong truce with the US government during Vietnam War
The name for the US policy for the Vietnam War
Vietcong attack on US bases and capitals in South Vietnam
The celebration in Vietnam, US used to kill Vietcong members
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What did the War Powers Act do?
It created a military internal affairs agency
It gave Congress new military powers
Limited the president's military powers w.out Congress votes
It created a committee to investigate the Vietnam War
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President who introduced the Great Society Programs
Johnson
Kennedy
Ford
Nixon
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What was the Antiwar Movment?
Bumper stickers, posters, newspapers, & music saying end war
The Vietnamese trying too say the war should be over
The Americans trying to surrender to the Vietnamese
The way the Americans tried to end the war with Vietnam
9
direct communication link set upduring JFK’s presidency for communication with the Soviets
Hot Line
Wittenberg Cable
Frontier Communications
Direct TV
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Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Fulgencio Batista
Nikita Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
Joseph Stalin
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North and South Vietnam were divided at the ____ parallel.
Vietnamese
Central
38th
17th
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Leader of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Robert Kennedy
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April 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles were captured in Cuba on this failed invasion
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Green Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Gulf of Tonkin
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A conscientious objector was
Someone who protested again the war
Someone who was in favor of the war
Someone who could not be drafted for religious reasons
Someone who studies The Vietnam War
15
The Soviet Union launched this satellite in 1957
Pioneer 1
Sputnik 1
Explorer 1
Viking 1
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Detente is defined as
The build-up of tensions between two opposing nations
The build up of weapons to deter war
A tent in German
The relaxing of tensions between nations, through diplomacy
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What is executive privilege?
the ability to veto programmatic requests in a bill
the power to declare war or initiate a police action
ability to refuse to spend money appropriated by Congress
right to keep communications confidential to the presidency
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Who did Kennedy run against in the 1960 election?
Nixon
Ford
Truman
Carter
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This event was the end of the Vietnam war
Tet ceasefire
Battle of Hamburger Hill
Fall of Saigon
Battle Khe Sanh
20
What was the verdict in Tinker vs. Des Moines?
Students could not bear arms on school grounds.
Students had the right to burn textbooks in protest.
Students did not have a right to Privacy in a school locker.
Students had the right to wear armbands as a protest
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The Watergate Scandal led to the ...
The Assassination of President Kennedy.
Resignation of President Nixon.
The Election of George W. Bush
The Impeachment of President Clinton.
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How did the credibility gap impact the Vietnam War?
Killed the anti-war movement
Increased trust in government
Decreased trust in government
Impeached the president
23
What mass media item had a great impact on the election of 1960?
the Internet
Television
AM Radio
Newspapers
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What were the Kent State protesters protesting?
the legal voting age
the invasion of Cambodia
The killing of innocent Vietnamese
the ban on protests
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Action taken by the US to stop Soviet Ships from getting to Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis
Blockade
Appeasement
All Out War
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What was the name of Johnson's domestic program to fight poverty, disease, unemployment, etc.?
Apollo Program
Gemini Program
Great Society/War of Poverty
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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EPA stands for...
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Protection Assocation
Environmental Policy Agency
Environmental Policy Association
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Established a new communist government in Cuba in 1959
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Robert Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
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In 1961 Soviets erected a wall blocking movement from the western controlled part of what city
Berlin
Moscow
Paris
Warsaw
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Which program was established during the LBJ admin, it's health care for people over 65?
Head Start
Blue Hair Casino Tours
Medicare
Social Security
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What was the importance of the Tet Offensive?
Showed that the U.S. was winning the war decisively
Weakened public opinion at home despite the failure of Tet
North Vietnam attack was successful and defeated U.S. forces
The city of Saigon fell under North Vietnamese control
