Deck 25: The Vietnam War Era, 1965-1975

Question 1

While the Vietnam War was an all-out war, it was also undeclared.​

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following is true about President Johnson and the Vietnam War?​

A) ​Johnson retained many of Kennedy's military advisors.
B) ​His involvement in Vietnam was in keeping with the goals of the two previous administrations.
C) ​Johnson and his advisors believed that overwhelming US firepower would bring about North Vietnamese defeat.
D) ​Johnson and his advisors believed that a higher North Vietnamese body count would lessen the enemy's motivation to fight.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Racial and anti-war protest movements lead to a reduction in ethnic studies programs in universities.​

Answer 3

False

Question 4

All North Vietnamese officials were of the same mind concerning war strategy.​

Question 5

In 1971, for the first time, U.S. imports exceeded exports.​

Question 6

​Which of the following is true about U.S. sentiment towards the Vietnam War?

A) ​The anti-war movement gained momentum after the Tet Offensive.
B) ​Anti-war sentiment caused Johnson to not seek a second term.
C) ​Anti-war protesters sought to stop the war through civil disobedience.
D) ​Both Democratic and Republican candidates who ran for office both sought an end to the war.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 7

Violent anti-war protests erupted at Kent State and Jackson State College after the news media reported that American troops had invaded Cambodia.​

Question 8

The Ho Chi Minh trail was a transportation trail that ran through Laos and Cambodia.​

Question 9

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

A) ​limited the number of troops the United States could send to Vietnam.
B) ​allowed for the president to send combat troops to Vietnam.
C) ​allowed for the United States to seek the French as allies in the Vietnam War.
D) ​suspended military operations in Vietnam.
E) ​ended the Vietnam War.

Question 10

The Tet Offensive​

A) ​was initiated by the United States.
B) ​was a victory for the North Vietnamese.
C) ​was a small-scale attack.
D) ​proved psychologically damaging for the United States.
E) took place in 1972.​

Question 11

Betty Friedan embraced lesbians as part of the general feminist movement.​

Question 12

The southern strategy involved attracting Democratic voters to the Republican Party.​

Question 13

America's involvement in Vietnam began during the French War, which was fought from ​

A) ​1950-1954.
B) ​1953-1958.
C) ​1955-1960.
D) ​1959-1962.
E) ​1960-1964

Question 14

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed in

A) ​1962.
B) ​1964.
C) ​1966.
D) ​1968.
E) ​1970.

Question 15

The use of Agent Orange​ in Vietnam

A) ​defoliated jungles to expose National Liberation Front insurgents.
B) ​defoliated more than 4 million acres of forest.
C) ​affected both Vietnamese and American veterans.
D) ​lead to elevated cases of cancer, miscarriages, type-2 diabetes, and birth defects.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 16

The My Lai Massacre

A) ​was a major victory for the North Vietnamese.
B) ​happened during a cease-fire.
C) ​lead to the surrender of the North Vietnamese.
D) ​was the massacre of women, children, and elderly persons carried out by U.S. forces.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 17

Operation Rolling Thunder refers to

A) ​the North Vietnam's hit and run tactics.
B) ​U.S spy activities carried out in North Vietnam.
C) ​Johnson's major air offensive.
D) ​a campaign launched by Republican members of Congress to lessen U.S. involvement in the war.
E) Answers may vary.

Question 18

​The process of Vietnamization involved shifting fighting in the Vietnam War from Americans to the Southern Vietnamese.

Question 19

The Cambodian genocide ​was more devastating than the mass murders and starvation committed under Hitler, Stalin, or Mao.

Question 20

Besides the United States, the counterculture emerged in ​

A) ​Canada.
B) ​Great Britain.
C) ​Western Europe.
D) ​Australia.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 21

The African American organization most identified with radicalism was​

A) ​SNCC.
B) ​CORE.
C) ​the Black Panthers.
D) ​the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 22

The Kerner Commission was formed to ​investigate

A) ​sexism towards women.
B) ​anti-war sentiment.
C) ​pro-Communist movements.
D) ​America's growing racial schism.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 23

The racial nationalism referred to as black power was coined by ​

A) ​Martin Luther King Jr.
B) ​Stokely Carmichael.
C) ​Malcolm X.
D) Huey Newton.
E) ​Bobby Seale.

Question 24

Which of the following is true about Nixon's strategy in the Vietnam War?​

A) ​He wanted to convince the Soviet Union and China to pressure Vietnam into a negotiated settlement.
B) ​He wanted to reduce the number of U.S. troops through Vietnamization.
C) ​He wanted to engage in formal peace negotiations that would build on Johnson's 1968 agreement reached within North Vietnam to stop U.S bombings.
D) ​He engaged in bombing Cambodia and Laos.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 25

​When Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis, Tennessee in April 1968,

A) ​he was met with pro-segregationist protesters.
B) ​he was welcomed by the city's mayor.
C) ​he was met with anti-war protesters.
D) ​he was assassinated.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 26

The Pentagon Papers revealed​

A) ​that communism threatened the United States from within, more than the government revealed.
B) ​that presidential administrations prior to Nixon's had been dishonest to the public about U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
C) ​the amount of aid that the North Vietnamese received from China and the Soviet Union.
D) that secretly Lyndon Johnson had been opposed to the Vietnam War.
E) ​that Vietnamese nationals were aiding the North Vietnamese from within the United States.

Question 27

At the 1968 Democratic National Convention​

A) ​Hubert Humphrey was nominated as president in a convention that gained little national attention.
B) ​Anti-war protesters supported Hubert Humphrey as he had promised to end the war.
C) ​The police used tear gas and billy clubs against anti-war protesters, and members of the New Left and the black power movement who were demonstrating outside the convention.
D) There was a resurgence in support for the war as Humphrey unveiled a new military strategy.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 28

Which of the following expressed Martin Luther King Jr.'s opinion of the Vietnam War?

A) ​As an staunch anti-Communist, he supported it.
B) ​He was against it because he felt that the United States should focus instead on domestic civil rights.
C) ​He was against it because spending for the war did not allow the full implementation of Johnson's War on Poverty.
D) ​He was against it because black soldiers were disproportionately being drafted.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 29

Which of the following is true about the New York City's Board of Education's decision to experiment with a version of black power influencing the curriculum of public schools in two Brooklyn neighborhoods?​

A) ​It took place in 1971.
B) ​The experiment never took place.
C) ​It created ties among many ethnic groups, as this was a multiethnic effort.
D) ​The funds were provided main by the city of New York.
E) ​People in largely African American neighborhoods were able to control local schools by electing their own school officials.

Question 30

Which of the following is not true about the "hippies"?

A) ​They rejected the use of drugs as they wanted nothing impure in their bodies.
B) ​They embraced sexual revolution.
C) ​They embraced collective living.
D) ​They embraced Eastern religion and spirituality.
E) ​They embraced a new form of rock n' roll which was rooted in radical politics.

Question 31

Nixon's silent majority consisted of ​

A) ​those who still wanted to pursue a definitive anti-Communist political policy.
B) ​voters who did not agree with noisy protests such as those of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
C) ​the oppressed citizens of the Soviet Union and other Communist countries who had no choice but to accept their governing system.
D) ​Democrats who wanted to support him in the next election.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 32

The counterculture pitted

A) ​Republicans against Democrats.
B) whites against blacks.
C) baby boomers against their parents' generation.
D) ​women against men.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 33

The blowouts began in March ​

A) ​1965.
B) ​1966.
C) ​1967.
D) ​1968.
E) ​1969.

Question 34

The notion of black power resonated with other minority movements such as ​

A) ​Native Americans.
B) Hispanic Americans.
C) ​Asian Americans.
D) ​women.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 35

In the 1968 election, Lyndon Johnson decided​

A) ​to run as an independent.
B) ​to run for another term as a Democrat.
C) ​not to seek his party's nomination as the presidential candidate.
D) ​to run as a Republican.
E) ​to announce that the end of the Vietnam War was near.

Question 36

During the Vietnam War, the United States ​enlisted men tended to be from poor and lower income backgrounds because

A) ​statistically, poorer people were more supportive of the government and its policies.
B) ​they sought opportunities outside their immediate surroundings.
C) ​military recruitment offices tended to be located close to poorer areas.
D) ​they were least likely to qualify for a college deferment.
E) ​None of these are correct

Question 37

The "blowouts" of the Chicano movement were ​

A) protests that erupted in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods.
B) walkouts among high school students to protest poor educational conditions.
C) ​instances of police brutality towards Hispanic Americans.
D) ​voter registration drives within Hispanic communities to encourage active participation in the political process.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 38

During the 1970's protests by the American Indian Movement culminated with the occupation of ​

A) ​Little Big Horn.
B) ​Liberty Island.
C) ​Wounded Knee.
D) ​the U.S. capitol.
E) ​the Hermitage.

Question 39

In 1970, the United States ushered in a coup that placed the aggressively anti-Communist regime of Lon Nol into the leadership of ​

A) ​Cambodia.
B) ​Laos.
C) ​Thailand.
D) ​Burma.
E) ​Vietnam.

Question 40

The Prague Spring lasted until​

A) ​the Soviet Union consented to political and economic reforms.
B) the Czech government consented to do away with all forms of economic regulations.
C) ​the United States sent military troops to support the protestors.
D) ​Soviet leaders stopped the experiment by invading Czechoslovakia.
E) ​the leader of Czechoslovakia was assassinated.

Question 41

The Roe v. Wade decision was passed in ​

A) ​1972.
B) ​1973.
C) ​1975.
D) ​1977.
E) ​1979.

Question 42

After the Watergate scandal, Nixon

A) ​rebounded in popularity.
B) ​resigned.
C) ​was impeached.
D) ​was tried for criminal offenses.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 43

The purpose of détente was to ​

A) ​escalate the Vietnam War.
B) ​deescalate tension between the Soviet Union and the United States.
C) ​escalate the number of nuclear weapons in the United States' arsenal.
D) ​increase the number of American spies in China and the Soviet Union.
E) ​escalate national security.

Question 44

The 1969 W eeks decision​

A) ​upheld protective legislation for women.
B) ​limited the number of overtime hours that women could work.
C) ​mandated that large companies had to make provisions for day care for children.
D) ​overturned protective labor legislation, allowing women to work at jobs that had been reserved for men.
E) ​provided for equal pay for equal work between men and women.

Question 45

The event at Stonewall in 1969 ignited ​

A) ​a new phase of the African American Civil Rights Movement.
B) ​the women's rights movement.
C) ​the gay liberation movement.
D) ​the Latino rights movement.
E) ​the Asian American movement.

Question 46

Which of the following nations accepted refugees who sought to escape Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War?

A) ​the United States.
B) ​Canada.
C) ​China.
D) ​Australia.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 47

The purpose of busing programs in the 1960s and 1970s was ​

A) ​to reinstate segregation.
B) ​to reform education programs in certain school districts.
C) ​to relieve overcrowding in certain school districts.
D) ​to integrate public schools quickly.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 48

COINTELPRO was ​

A) ​an African American civil rights organization.
B) ​a women's rights organization.
C) ​U.S. counterintelligence program, which aimed to repress radical groups.
D) ​a Communist spy ring uncovered in 1969.
E) ​Nixon's groups of unofficial advisors.

Question 49

Collegiate women's athletics blossomed as a result of ​

A) ​the Weeks decision.
B) ​Title IX.
C) a pledge taken by university presidents to fund women's athletics better.
D) ​protests engaged by female university students throughout college campuses.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 50

Approximately ______________________  people died during the Khmer Rouge genocide.​

A) ​200,000.
B) ​500,000.
C) ​1.2 million
D) ​1.7 million
E) ​2.5 million

Question 51

The War Powers Act​  ​made it illegal for the president to carry out an undeclared war for more than ______________________  and giving to Congress the right to shut down the president's military engagement if it is not adequately apprised of the situation.

A) ​20 days
B) ​30 days
C) ​48 days
D) ​60 days
E) ​75 days

Question 52

The Khmer Rouge overtook the government in ​

A) ​Laos.
B) ​Vietnam.
C) ​Cambodia.
D) ​Malaysia.
E) ​Burma.

Question 53

The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) was signed between the United States and ​

A) ​China.
B) ​ ​the Soviet Union.
C) ​Vietnam.
D) ​North Korea.
E) ​Cuba.

Question 54

​The Griswold v. Connecticut decision made it legal for married couples to

A) ​obtain birth control.
B) ​adopt a child from another race or ethnicity.
C) ​receive governmental aid when both parents are working if both do not make a living wage.
D) ​get a divorce in a different state in which they were married.
E) None of these are correct.

Question 55

The Paris Peace Treaty, which ended the Vietnam War, was signed in ​

A) ​1970.
B) ​1971.
C) ​1972.
D) ​1973.
E) ​1974.

Question 56

The Apollo program allowed Americans​

A) ​to send a satellite into orbit.
B) ​to send an astronaut into orbit.
C) ​to establish the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
D) ​to walk on the moon.
E) ​to collaborate with Russian cosmonauts.

Question 57

The Asian American movement derived from the growing ______________________ middle classes.​

A) ​Korean
B) ​Vietnamese
C) ​Chinese and Japanese
D) ​Filipino
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 58

The Weather Underground​

A) ​were originally called the Weathermen .
B) ​broke away from the SDS.
C) ​sought to promote a revolution to eliminate racial, sex and economic inequality in the United States.
D) ​advocated the use of violence.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 59

Roe v. Wade protected

A) ​a woman's right to choose in the first trimester.
B) ​a woman's right to choose in any trimester.
C) ​abortion rights for married and unmarried mothers.
D) ​abortion rights for married women without their husbands' consent.
E) ​abortion rights for unmarried women only.

Question 60

​Race-based school busing

A) ​was opposed by most parents.
B) ​concerned more Americans than abortion according to a 1972 poll.
C) ​led to an increase in private school enrollment.
D) ​was opposed by Americans who felt the federal government had overstepped its boundaries.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 61

Talk About:  General Offensive-General Uprising​ (GO-GU)

Question 62

Talk About:  National Liberation Front (NLF)​

Question 63

Talk About:  silent majority​

Question 64

Talk About:  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution​

Question 65

Term for identification :  Vietcong​

Question 66

Talk About:  black power​

Question 67

Talk About:  Huey Newton​

Question 68

Talk About:  guerilla warfare​

Question 69

Talk About:  My Lai​

Question 70

Talk About:  Kerner Commissions​

Question 71

Talk About:  counterculture​

Question 72

Talk About:  Black Panther Party​

Question 73

Talk About:  "Charlie Company"​

Question 74

Talk About:  William Calley​

Question 75

Talk About:  Bobby Seale​

Question 76

Talk About:  Ho Chi Minh trail​

Question 77

Talk About:  Prague Spring​

Question 78

Talk About:  Hugh Thompson Jr.​

Question 79

The OPEC oil embargoes

A) ​were carried out as a result of international political tensions.
B) ​took place in 1967, 1973, and 1979.
C) ​demonstrated that OPEC had become an economic, as well as political, powerhouse.
D) ​had an adverse effect on world economies.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 80

Talk About:  southern strategy​