Question 1

What was the final outcome of the Vietnam War in Vietnam itself?

Accepted Answer

A)  South Vietnam used a combination of American bombs and negotiation to persuade North Vietnam to retreat. 
B)  North Vietnam occupied Saigon, and the country unified. 
C)  Cambodian refugees joined the South Vietnamese army and helped to achieve a North Vietnamese presence in South Vietnam. 
D)  North Vietnamese troops flooded into South Vietnam and slaughtered millions of civilians. 
A)  South Vietnam used a combination of American bombs and negotiation to persuade North Vietnam to retreat. 
B)  North Vietnam occupied Saigon, and the country unified. 
C)  Cambodian refugees joined the South Vietnamese army and helped to achieve a North Vietnamese presence in South Vietnam. 
D)  North Vietnamese troops flooded into South Vietnam and slaughtered millions of civilians.

Question 2

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Negotiations begun in 1969 that produced an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1972, limiting antiballistic missiles (ABMs) to two each. The treaty prevented either nation from building an ABM system defense so secure against a nuclear attack that it would risk a first strike.

Accepted Answer

A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive 
A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive

Question 3

How did the Soviet Union respond to increased U.S. production of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and the American nuclear buildup in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  It backed down, pledging to limit its ICBM program. 
B)  It stepped up its own ICBM program. 
C)  It declared war on the United States. 
D)  It relinquished control of its Eastern European satellite countries. 
A)  It backed down, pledging to limit its ICBM program. 
B)  It stepped up its own ICBM program. 
C)  It declared war on the United States. 
D)  It relinquished control of its Eastern European satellite countries.

Question 4

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Resolution passed by Congress in 1964 in the wake of a naval confrontation in the Gulf of Tonkin. It gave the president virtually unlimited authority in conducting the Vietnam War. The Senate terminated the resolution following outrage over the U.S. invasion of Cambodia in 1970.

Accepted Answer

A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive 
A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive

Question 5

From 1969 to 1972, Nixon and Kissinger pursued a three-pronged approach to Vietnam that included

Accepted Answer

A)  the payment of millions of dollars of aid to the North Vietnamese. 
B)  the replacement of U.S. forces with intensified bombing. 
C)  a decrease in the bombing of North Vietnam in order to foster goodwill for negotiations. 
D)  an intensive propaganda campaign in South Vietnamese newspapers and television. 
A)  the payment of millions of dollars of aid to the North Vietnamese. 
B)  the replacement of U.S. forces with intensified bombing. 
C)  a decrease in the bombing of North Vietnam in order to foster goodwill for negotiations. 
D)  an intensive propaganda campaign in South Vietnamese newspapers and television.

Question 6

Why did the U.S. military adjust its personnel assignments in Vietnam in 1966?

Accepted Answer

A)  A high number of North Vietnamese soldiers were being killed in battle. 
B)  There was a disproportionately high death rate among white soldiers who were serving in Vietnam. 
C)  There was a disproportionately high death rate among black soldiers who were serving in Vietnam. 
D)  More officers than enlisted men were being killed in combat in Vietnam. 
A)  A high number of North Vietnamese soldiers were being killed in battle. 
B)  There was a disproportionately high death rate among white soldiers who were serving in Vietnam. 
C)  There was a disproportionately high death rate among black soldiers who were serving in Vietnam. 
D)  More officers than enlisted men were being killed in combat in Vietnam.

Question 7

What happened shortly after peace negotiations for the war in Southeast Asia began in Paris in May 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  Malcolm X was assassinated. 
B)  Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. 
C)  Violence and protest began to wane in the United States. 
D)  European antiwar protests came to an end. 
A)  Malcolm X was assassinated. 
B)  Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. 
C)  Violence and protest began to wane in the United States. 
D)  European antiwar protests came to an end.

Question 8

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Failed U.S.-sponsored invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces in 1961. The disaster humiliated President Kennedy and the United States and alienated Latin Americans, who saw the invasion as another example of Yankee imperialism.

Accepted Answer

A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive 
A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive

Question 9

Of the more than 7,500 American women who served in the Vietnam War, most served as

Accepted Answer

A)  foot soldiers. 
B)  nurses. 
C)  laborers. 
D)  army cooks. 
A)  foot soldiers. 
B)  nurses. 
C)  laborers. 
D)  army cooks.

Question 10

What happened during the Tet Offensive of January 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces attacked key cities and every major American base in South Vietnam. 
B)  Americans discovered that many of the troops fighting in South Vietnam were actually Chinese. 
C)  Much of Saigon was destroyed in massive bombing raids. 
D)  American bombs destroyed much of Hanoi and killed thousands of civilians. 
A)  The Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces attacked key cities and every major American base in South Vietnam. 
B)  Americans discovered that many of the troops fighting in South Vietnam were actually Chinese. 
C)  Much of Saigon was destroyed in massive bombing raids. 
D)  American bombs destroyed much of Hanoi and killed thousands of civilians.

Question 11

What were the Pentagon Papers, which became public in 1971?

Accepted Answer

A)  A secret government study critical of U.S. policy in Vietnam 
B)  A collection of pro-war propaganda that had been funneled to the New York Times since 1964 
C)  Top-secret military planning documents that had been leaked to North Vietnam 
D)  A government study that ultimately increased public support for the war in Vietnam 
A)  A secret government study critical of U.S. policy in Vietnam 
B)  A collection of pro-war propaganda that had been funneled to the New York Times since 1964 
C)  Top-secret military planning documents that had been leaked to North Vietnam 
D)  A government study that ultimately increased public support for the war in Vietnam

Question 12

By 1968, many Americans opposed the Vietnam War. Name three different groups of antiwar activists and explain how and why they opposed the war.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Students:

Question 13

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 14

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-Major campaign of attacks launched throughout South Vietnam in early 1968 by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong. A major turning point in the war, it exposed the credibility gap between official statements and the war's reality, and it shook Americans' confidence in the government.

Accepted Answer

A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive 
A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive

Question 15

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Published in 1971, these secret government documents contain an internal study of the Vietnam War. Their publication further disillusioned the public by revealing that officials harbored pessimism about the war even as they made rosy public pronouncements about its progress.

Accepted Answer

A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive 
A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive

Question 16

As the United States became more deeply entrenched in Vietnam under President Kennedy, the nation's political and military leaders remained confident that superior technology and firepower would subdue the enemy. They were wrong. Explain their initial understanding of the political situation in South Vietnam and how their assumptions about U.S. technological and military superiority had to be revised as the conflict there escalated.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Kennedy's

Question 17

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 18

What led Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reliable information that North Vietnamese gunboats had fired on two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin 
B)  Unconfirmed information that North Vietnamese gunboats had fired on two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin 
C)  The destruction of two U.S. ships by the Chinese in the Gulf of Tonkin 
D)  A fabricated story about an attack on U.S. naval vessels by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin 
A)  Reliable information that North Vietnamese gunboats had fired on two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin 
B)  Unconfirmed information that North Vietnamese gunboats had fired on two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin 
C)  The destruction of two U.S. ships by the Chinese in the Gulf of Tonkin 
D)  A fabricated story about an attack on U.S. naval vessels by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin

Question 19

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-1967 conflict between Israel and the Arab nations of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Israel attacked Egypt after Egypt had massed troops on its border and cut off the sea passage to Israel's southern port. Israel won a stunning victory, seizing territory that amounted to twice its original size.

Accepted Answer

A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive 
A) Agent Orange 
B) Apollo program 
C) Bay of Pigs 
D) Berlin Wall 
E) Cuban missile crisis
F)détente
G)Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H)Helsinki accords
I)Peace Corps
J)Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
K)Pentagon Papers
L)Six-Day War
M)Tet Offensive

Question 20

Which statement describes most veterans who returned home to the United States after the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were satisfied with and proud of the job they had done in Southeast Asia and happy to return home. 
B)  They felt betrayed by the government for not allowing them to win the war, and by their countrymen for their lack of support for the war. 
C)  They became some of the primary organizers of antiwar protests and riots in major cities and on many college campuses. 
D)  They became politically active in support of laws that would control U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts. 
A)  They were satisfied with and proud of the job they had done in Southeast Asia and happy to return home. 
B)  They felt betrayed by the government for not allowing them to win the war, and by their countrymen for their lack of support for the war. 
C)  They became some of the primary organizers of antiwar protests and riots in major cities and on many college campuses. 
D)  They became politically active in support of laws that would control U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.

What was the final outcome of the Vietnam War in Vietnam itself?

How did the Soviet Union respond to increased U.S. production of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and the American nuclear buildup in Europe?

From 1969 to 1972, Nixon and Kissinger pursued a three-pronged approach to Vietnam that included

Why did the U.S. military adjust its personnel assignments in Vietnam in 1966?

What happened shortly after peace negotiations for the war in Southeast Asia began in Paris in May 1968?

Of the more than 7,500 American women who served in the Vietnam War, most served as

What happened during the Tet Offensive of January 1968?

What were the Pentagon Papers, which became public in 1971?

By 1968, many Americans opposed the Vietnam War. Name three different groups of antiwar activists and explain how and why they opposed the war.

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?

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

What led Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964?

Which statement describes most veterans who returned home to the United States after the Vietnam War?

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Exam 29: Confronting Limits, 1961-1979

What was the final outcome of the Vietnam War in Vietnam itself?

How did the Soviet Union respond to increased U.S. production of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and the American nuclear buildup in Europe?

From 1969 to 1972, Nixon and Kissinger pursued a three-pronged approach to Vietnam that included

Why did the U.S. military adjust its personnel assignments in Vietnam in 1966?

What happened shortly after peace negotiations for the war in Southeast Asia began in Paris in May 1968?

Of the more than 7,500 American women who served in the Vietnam War, most served as

What happened during the Tet Offensive of January 1968?

What were the Pentagon Papers, which became public in 1971?

By 1968, many Americans opposed the Vietnam War. Name three different groups of antiwar activists and explain how and why they opposed the war.

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?

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

What led Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964?

Which statement describes most veterans who returned home to the United States after 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, 19451960

Postwar Culture and Politics, 1945-1960

Rights, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

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

America in a New Century, Since 2000

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