Deck 30: The Vietnam Era

Question 1

A group of typical U.S. soldiers in Vietnam would include all EXCEPT

A) young men.
B) draftees.
C) the least educated Americans.
D) black or Hispanic Americans.

Answer 1

the least educated Americans.

Question 2

Operation Rolling Thunder accomplished which of the following goals?

A) bolster confidence in South Vietnam
B) cut the flow of supplies from the North
C) bring the North to the bargaining table
D) None of these answers is correct.

Answer 2

None of these answers is correct.

Question 3

The Czechoslovakian student movement that launched into a full-scale rebellion was known as

A) Prague Spring.
B) the Green Revolution.
C) Black Summer.
D) the Studentské Revoluce (Student's Revolution).

Answer 3

Prague Spring.

Question 4

What tactic, eventually ruled illegal by the courts, did President Nixon use to battle Democratic programs that he opposed?

A) line-item veto
B) impoundment
C) executive privilege
D) nullification

Question 5

The large majority of Asian Americans lived in just three states. Which of the following is NOT one of these three states?

A) California
B) Hawaii
C) New York
D) Washington

Question 6

Which river running through industrial Cleveland, Ohio, was so polluted it caught fire in 1969?

A) Monongahela
B) Sandusky
C) St. Croix
D) Cuyahoga

Question 7

In 1970, Nixon established the ________, whose first major act recognized Rachel Carson's campaign by banning most domestic uses of DDT.

A) Food and Drug Administration
B) Environmental Protection Agency
C) Bureau of Land Management
D) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Question 8

The presidential elections of 1968 and 1972 revealed a shift in political power toward

A) the Democratic party.
B) the southern and western states.
C) those who had been fighting for desegregation.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 9

A ________ is a type of grant that is not earmarked for a specific purpose. With such grants, localities could decide which problems needed attention and how best to attack them.

A) block grant
B) funding grant
C) consigned grant
D) program grant

Question 10

The Supreme Court during the Nixon administration placed ________ ahead of ________.

A) desegregation and law enforcement; traditional values and liberties
B) rights and liberties; traditional values and law enforcement
C) traditional values and liberties; desegregation and law enforcement
D) traditional values and law enforcement; rights and liberties

Question 11

President Nixon refused to turn over secretly-recorded Oval Office conversations to the special prosecutor,

A) claiming executive privilege.
B) claiming the tapes were inadmissible as evidence.
C) citing national security issues.
D) claiming executive privilege and matters of national security.

Question 12

Which of the following was NOT one of the three articles of impeachment adopted by the House Judiciary Committee regarding Nixon?

A) lying under oath
B) obstruction of justice
C) abuse of constitutional authority
D) improper use of federal agencies to harass citizens

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a congressional response to the 1973 oil embargo?

A) having utilities switch from oil to coal
B) setting higher automobile fuel efficiency standards
C) creating the strategic petroleum reserve
D) adding a fuel tax on gasoline during the crisis

Question 14

"The enemy must fight his battles far from his home base for a long time…We must further weaken him by drawing him into protracted campaigns. Once his initial dash is broken, it will be easier to destroy him." What enemy does this quotation speak of?

A) China
B) the colonial French
C) Americans
D) the Mongols

Question 15

The countries through which the Ho Chi Minh Trail ran were Laos and ________.

Question 16

Among Americans of Hispanic heritage, the subgroup that had achieved an evident ethnic identity and developed an active movement was ________ Americans.

Question 17

César Chávez gained prominence through his efforts to organize farm workers into a ________.

Question 18

An economic condition where unemployment, wages, and prices all rise is known as "________."

Question 19

In June 1972, burglars entered the Democratic National Committee headquarters, located in Washington's plush ________ apartment complex.

Question 20

The ________ Act of 1973 required that the president consult Congress whenever possible before committing troops to the battlefield.

Question 21

What was the "domino theory"? How did it justify the American war in Vietnam?

Question 22

Explain the ways college campuses became centers of antiwar protest.

Question 23

Describe the major similarities in the appeals of George Wallace and Richard Nixon in the 1968 election.

Question 24

Explain the "Nixon Doctrine."

Question 25

Describe the major divisions in Hispanic culture in the United States.

Question 26

Catalogue the major costs of the war in Vietnam.

Question 27

Explain why you would be either a hawk or dove in the debate over Vietnam.

Question 28

Why was Vietnam sometimes called "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight"? Discuss, with reference to the composition of the armed forces in Vietnam.

Question 29

Choose four of the following events and explain why they were important turning points in the Vietnam War: Geneva Accords, Tet offensive, New Hampshire primary, Kent State.

Question 30

It might be argued that the possibilities for change in the liberal tradition were thwarted by violence during the 1968 presidential campaign. Discuss, describing the positions of the various candidates in both the primaries and general election.

Question 31

Indians and Hispanics were hardly "monolithic"
ethnic groups in American life. Explain how that led to a variety of responses to the activist currents of the 1960s and 1970s among both Hispanics and Indians.

Question 32

Compare Richard Nixon's view of international politics with that of Franklin Roosevelt or Dwight Eisenhower.

Question 33

What would you describe as the major legacy (positive or negative) of the Vietnam War?
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