Question 1

By early 1968,Secretary of Defense Robert S.McNamara had come to what conclusion about the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ground war had been the wrong approach,and the United States should drop a nuclear bomb on North Vietnam. 
B)  Intensified bombings would never convince the North Vietnamese to give up. 
C)  Prisoners of war and civilians should be treated more harshly in order to demoralize the enemy. 
D)  President Johnson had been waging the Vietnam War in a cynical effort to garner the votes of conservatives. 
A)  Ground war had been the wrong approach,and the United States should drop a nuclear bomb on North Vietnam. 
B)  Intensified bombings would never convince the North Vietnamese to give up. 
C)  Prisoners of war and civilians should be treated more harshly in order to demoralize the enemy. 
D)  President Johnson had been waging the Vietnam War in a cynical effort to garner the votes of conservatives.

Question 2

Why did East Germany erect a wall between East and West Berlin in 1961?

Accepted Answer

A)  To stop the mass exodus of East Germans to West Berlin 
B)  To stop large numbers of West Germans going to East Berlin 
C)  To halt the flow of overpriced goods from West Berlin to East Berlin 
D)  To protect East Berliners from U.S.troops stationed in the western part of the city 
A)  To stop the mass exodus of East Germans to West Berlin 
B)  To stop large numbers of West Germans going to East Berlin 
C)  To halt the flow of overpriced goods from West Berlin to East Berlin 
D)  To protect East Berliners from U.S.troops stationed in the western part of the city

Question 3

The Peace Corps was launched by the Kennedy administration in 1961 to

Accepted Answer

A)  quell domestic violence in America's major cities. 
B)  teach third world countries' leaders about democracy. 
C)  allow young Americans to work directly with the people in third world countries. 
D)  establish a job program for the growing number of unemployed in the United States. 
A)  quell domestic violence in America's major cities. 
B)  teach third world countries' leaders about democracy. 
C)  allow young Americans to work directly with the people in third world countries. 
D)  establish a job program for the growing number of unemployed in the United States.

Question 4

Lieutenant William Calley dealt a severe blow to the Nixon administration's Vietnam policy by

Accepted Answer

A)  publicly criticizing the war in Vietnam and calling for peace negotiations. 
B)  melting his medals on national television to protest the war. 
C)  failing to achieve a military victory in the village of My Lai. 
D)  massacring more than 400 Vietnamese civilians in the hamlet of My Lai. 
A)  publicly criticizing the war in Vietnam and calling for peace negotiations. 
B)  melting his medals on national television to protest the war. 
C)  failing to achieve a military victory in the village of My Lai. 
D)  massacring more than 400 Vietnamese civilians in the hamlet of My Lai.

Question 5

Which of the following describes the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Accepted Answer

A)  The mission was incredibly successful. 
B)  The invasion was an unmitigated disaster. 
C)  It canceled when the United Nations intervened. 
D)  It was supported by most Latin American nations. 
A)  The mission was incredibly successful. 
B)  The invasion was an unmitigated disaster. 
C)  It canceled when the United Nations intervened. 
D)  It was supported by most Latin American nations.

Question 6

Which of the following describes the thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

Accepted Answer

A)  It brought the world's two superpowers perilously close to nuclear war. 
B)  It followed the accidental firing of a missile at the U.S.naval base in Guantanamo Bay. 
C)  It severely weakened President Kennedy's international standing. 
D)  It ended with Fidel Castro's promise to hold democratic elections in Cuba. 
A)  It brought the world's two superpowers perilously close to nuclear war. 
B)  It followed the accidental firing of a missile at the U.S.naval base in Guantanamo Bay. 
C)  It severely weakened President Kennedy's international standing. 
D)  It ended with Fidel Castro's promise to hold democratic elections in Cuba.

Question 7

"We found that not only was it a civil war,an effort by a people who had for years been seeking their liberation from any colonial influence whatsoever,but also we found that the Vietnamese ...were hard put to take up the fight against the threat we were supposedly saving them from. We found most people didn't even know the difference between communism and democracy.They only wanted to work in rice paddies without helicopters strafing them and bombs with napalm burning their villages and tearing their country apart.They wanted everything to do with the war,particularly with this foreign presence of the United States of America,to leave them alone in peace,and they practiced the art of survival by siding with whichever military force was present at a particular time,be it Vietcong,North Vietnamese,or American."
According to John Kerry,testifying on behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War,what was the attitude of most Vietnamese people toward the threat of communism?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were very afraid of communism but did not understand democracy. 
B)  They were mostly pro-Communist. 
C)  Many of them did not know the difference between communism and democracy. 
D)  They had a heavy ideological investment in democracy. 
A)  They were very afraid of communism but did not understand democracy. 
B)  They were mostly pro-Communist. 
C)  Many of them did not know the difference between communism and democracy. 
D)  They had a heavy ideological investment in democracy.

Question 8

What did the War Powers Act of 1973 stipulate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The executive branch no longer had any influence over whether the United States went to war. 
B)  The president had to secure congressional approval for any substantial,long-term deployment of troops abroad. 
C)  The new law required a one-week cooling-off period before the president could send U.S.troops into harm's way. 
D)  The president was required to deploy troops from all branches of the military equally. 
A)  The executive branch no longer had any influence over whether the United States went to war. 
B)  The president had to secure congressional approval for any substantial,long-term deployment of troops abroad. 
C)  The new law required a one-week cooling-off period before the president could send U.S.troops into harm's way. 
D)  The president was required to deploy troops from all branches of the military equally.

Question 9

How did President Nixon and his national security advisor,Henry Kissinger,assess the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  They saw it as a dangerous step toward global warfare. 
B)  They believed the United States could exploit the conflict between the nations. 
C)  They believed it gave them cause to abandon the policy of containment. 
D)  They viewed it as an impediment to the larger effort to achieve détente with the Soviet Union. 
A)  They saw it as a dangerous step toward global warfare. 
B)  They believed the United States could exploit the conflict between the nations. 
C)  They believed it gave them cause to abandon the policy of containment. 
D)  They viewed it as an impediment to the larger effort to achieve détente with the Soviet Union.

Question 10

Why,despite $1 billion in aid and seven hundred U.S.military advisers committed by the Eisenhower administration,was the situation in South Vietnam still so unstable when President Kennedy took office?

Accepted Answer

A)  The South Vietnamese government and army were ineffective,and their corruption and repression alienated their own countrymen. 
B)  The U.S.Congress was not behind the effort and refused to commit combat troops to the region to finish the job. 
C)  The Green Berets in South Vietnam had not been trained in guerrilla warfare and could not respond to it. 
D)  Leaders of the South Vietnamese army were Communist sympathizers who had no desire to oust the Vietcong. 
A)  The South Vietnamese government and army were ineffective,and their corruption and repression alienated their own countrymen. 
B)  The U.S.Congress was not behind the effort and refused to commit combat troops to the region to finish the job. 
C)  The Green Berets in South Vietnam had not been trained in guerrilla warfare and could not respond to it. 
D)  Leaders of the South Vietnamese army were Communist sympathizers who had no desire to oust the Vietcong.

Question 11

What did the initiation of Operation Rolling Thunder in February 1965 indicate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The war in Vietnam had become America's war. 
B)  The war in Vietnam would soon end. 
C)  The French would increase their role in the Vietnam conflict. 
D)  No additional U.S.troops would be needed in Vietnam. 
A)  The war in Vietnam had become America's war. 
B)  The war in Vietnam would soon end. 
C)  The French would increase their role in the Vietnam conflict. 
D)  No additional U.S.troops would be needed in Vietnam.

Question 12

What can be inferred about the "hard hats" shown demonstrating in this image?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were antiwar student protestors. 
B)  They were pro-war student protestors. 
C)  They were pro-war union members. 
D)  They were antiwar union members. 
A)  They were antiwar student protestors. 
B)  They were pro-war student protestors. 
C)  They were pro-war union members. 
D)  They were antiwar union members.

Question 13

What 1982 event finally gave Vietnam veterans a measure of public respect for their service?

Accepted Answer

A)  More than one million of them marched in a parade in Washington,D.C. 
B)  Congress voted to grant them lifetime mental health benefits. 
C)  The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled in Washington,D.C. 
D)  Congress officially acknowledged its role in their defeat. 
A)  More than one million of them marched in a parade in Washington,D.C. 
B)  Congress voted to grant them lifetime mental health benefits. 
C)  The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled in Washington,D.C. 
D)  Congress officially acknowledged its role in their defeat.

Question 14

What did the "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War in 1968 demonstrate about the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had abandoned its goal of a democratic South Vietnam. 
B)  It had decided not to oppose the new Communist leader in North Vietnam. 
C)  It had decided to allow North and South Vietnam to begin peace talks without a U.S.representative at the conference. 
D)  It now hoped to achieve its objective of a non-Communist South Vietnam by relying more heavily on the South Vietnamese. 
A)  It had abandoned its goal of a democratic South Vietnam. 
B)  It had decided not to oppose the new Communist leader in North Vietnam. 
C)  It had decided to allow North and South Vietnam to begin peace talks without a U.S.representative at the conference. 
D)  It now hoped to achieve its objective of a non-Communist South Vietnam by relying more heavily on the South Vietnamese.

Question 15

How did candidates Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon differ on the central issue of the war in Vietnam in 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  Humphrey supported Johnson's policies,and Nixon pledged to use nuclear weapons. 
B)  Humphrey promised to end the war immediately,and Nixon wanted to achieve an honorable end to the war. 
C)  Nixon promised to end the war with honor,and Humphrey argued for further escalation. 
D)  Nixon and Humphrey differed little on the central issue of Vietnam. 
A)  Humphrey supported Johnson's policies,and Nixon pledged to use nuclear weapons. 
B)  Humphrey promised to end the war immediately,and Nixon wanted to achieve an honorable end to the war. 
C)  Nixon promised to end the war with honor,and Humphrey argued for further escalation. 
D)  Nixon and Humphrey differed little on the central issue of Vietnam.

Question 16

Why did President Lyndon B.Johnson's Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher tariffs made it difficult for Latin American nations to profit from the goods they exported to the United States. 
B)  The United States seemed to be relinquishing its oversight in the region. 
C)  The United States suppressed an uprising that sought to oust the military dictator of the Dominican Republic. 
D)  The United States turned away thousands of desperate Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Florida that year. 
A)  Higher tariffs made it difficult for Latin American nations to profit from the goods they exported to the United States. 
B)  The United States seemed to be relinquishing its oversight in the region. 
C)  The United States suppressed an uprising that sought to oust the military dictator of the Dominican Republic. 
D)  The United States turned away thousands of desperate Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Florida that year.

Question 17

What occurred in 1961 that heightened fears and provided a rationalization for President John F.Kennedy's military buildup?

Accepted Answer

A)  The People's Republic of China invaded the small country of Vietnam. 
B)  Nikita Khrushchev publicly encouraged wars of national liberation in the third world. 
C)  The Soviet Union's military and nuclear capacities surpassed those of the United States. 
D)  The People's Republic of China obtained nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union and began installing them in Southeast Asia. 
A)  The People's Republic of China invaded the small country of Vietnam. 
B)  Nikita Khrushchev publicly encouraged wars of national liberation in the third world. 
C)  The Soviet Union's military and nuclear capacities surpassed those of the United States. 
D)  The People's Republic of China obtained nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union and began installing them in Southeast Asia.

Question 18

During the Vietnam War,the FBI

Accepted Answer

A)  trained peace protesters in nonviolent forms of civil disobedience. 
B)  warned antiwar advocates about possible police raids. 
C)  disrupted antiwar work and spread false information about peace activists. 
D)  assassinated two major leaders of the peace movement and blamed their murders on the Communist party. 
A)  trained peace protesters in nonviolent forms of civil disobedience. 
B)  warned antiwar advocates about possible police raids. 
C)  disrupted antiwar work and spread false information about peace activists. 
D)  assassinated two major leaders of the peace movement and blamed their murders on the Communist party.

Question 19

According to Map 29.2: The Vietnam War,1964-1975,which city was the site of a major battle during the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Phnom Penh 
B)  My Lai 
C)  Dien Bien Phu 
D)  Da Nang 
A)  Phnom Penh 
B)  My Lai 
C)  Dien Bien Phu 
D)  Da Nang

Question 20

What position did America's hawks take during the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

A)  They called for the Johnson administration to apply more force and win the war. 
B)  They insisted that the United States should either reduce its presence in Southeast Asia or get out altogether. 
C)  They pressed Johnson to abandon the ground war and bomb the Vietnamese into submission. 
D)  They advocated attacks on North Vietnamese civilians to break their morale. 
A)  They called for the Johnson administration to apply more force and win the war. 
B)  They insisted that the United States should either reduce its presence in Southeast Asia or get out altogether. 
C)  They pressed Johnson to abandon the ground war and bomb the Vietnamese into submission. 
D)  They advocated attacks on North Vietnamese civilians to break their morale.

By early 1968,Secretary of Defense Robert S.McNamara had come to what conclusion about the Vietnam War?

Why did East Germany erect a wall between East and West Berlin in 1961?

The Peace Corps was launched by the Kennedy administration in 1961 to

Lieutenant William Calley dealt a severe blow to the Nixon administration's Vietnam policy by

Which of the following describes the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Which of the following describes the thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

What did the War Powers Act of 1973 stipulate?

How did President Nixon and his national security advisor,Henry Kissinger,assess the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations?

Why,despite $1 billion in aid and seven hundred U.S.military advisers committed by the Eisenhower administration,was the situation in South Vietnam still so unstable when President Kennedy took office?

What did the initiation of Operation Rolling Thunder in February 1965 indicate?

What can be inferred about the "hard hats" shown demonstrating in this image?

What 1982 event finally gave Vietnam veterans a measure of public respect for their service?

What did the "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War in 1968 demonstrate about the United States?

How did candidates Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon differ on the central issue of the war in Vietnam in 1968?

Why did President Lyndon B.Johnson's Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?

What occurred in 1961 that heightened fears and provided a rationalization for President John F.Kennedy's military buildup?

During the Vietnam War,the FBI

According to Map 29.2: The Vietnam War,1964-1975,which city was the site of a major battle during the Vietnam War?

What position did America's hawks take during the Vietnam War?

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Exam 14: Confronting Limits, 1961-1979

By early 1968,Secretary of Defense Robert S.McNamara had come to what conclusion about the Vietnam War?

Why did East Germany erect a wall between East and West Berlin in 1961?

The Peace Corps was launched by the Kennedy administration in 1961 to

Lieutenant William Calley dealt a severe blow to the Nixon administration's Vietnam policy by

Which of the following describes the Bay of Pigs invasion?

Which of the following describes the thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962?

What did the War Powers Act of 1973 stipulate?

How did President Nixon and his national security advisor,Henry Kissinger,assess the deterioration of Soviet-Chinese relations?

Why,despite $1 billion in aid and seven hundred U.S.military advisers committed by the Eisenhower administration,was the situation in South Vietnam still so unstable when President Kennedy took office?

What did the initiation of Operation Rolling Thunder in February 1965 indicate?

What can be inferred about the "hard hats" shown demonstrating in this image?

What 1982 event finally gave Vietnam veterans a measure of public respect for their service?

What did the "Vietnamization" of the Vietnam War in 1968 demonstrate about the United States?

How did candidates Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon differ on the central issue of the war in Vietnam in 1968?

Why did President Lyndon B.Johnson's Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?

What occurred in 1961 that heightened fears and provided a rationalization for President John F.Kennedy's military buildup?

During the Vietnam War,the FBI

According to Map 29.2: The Vietnam War,1964-1975,which city was the site of a major battle during the Vietnam War?

What position did America's hawks take during the Vietnam War?

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

The Contested West, 1865-1900

The Gilded Age, 1865-1900

The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890-1900

Progressive Reform, 1890-1916

World War I: the Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920

From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932

The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939

The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945

The New World of the Cold War, 1945-1960

Postwar Culture and Politics, 1945-1960

Rights, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

Divisions at Home and Abroad in a Conservative Era, 1980-2000

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