Question 1

Why was the Bay of Pigs so damaging to the United States?

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Answer would ideally include:
Failure of

Question 2

What was the flaw in American officials' assumption that the U.S. military's superior technology and power would defeat the Communist forces in South Vietnam?

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A)  Their advanced weapons were ill suited to the guerrilla warfare practiced by those forces. 
B)  The Communist forces actually had military technology equal to that of the U.S. military. 
C)  American military commanders did not yet understand their own technology. 
D)  The fighting took place in urban areas of South Vietnam and made the technology useless. 
A)  Their advanced weapons were ill suited to the guerrilla warfare practiced by those forces. 
B)  The Communist forces actually had military technology equal to that of the U.S. military. 
C)  American military commanders did not yet understand their own technology. 
D)  The fighting took place in urban areas of South Vietnam and made the technology useless.

Question 3

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

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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 4

How did Americans respond to President Nixon's decision to extend the Vietnam War to Cambodia?

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A)  They generally approved the decision. 
B)  They protested, demonstrated, and rioted. 
C)  They were generally apathetic. 
D)  They were optimistic that this step might finally bring an end to the war. 
A)  They generally approved the decision. 
B)  They protested, demonstrated, and rioted. 
C)  They were generally apathetic. 
D)  They were optimistic that this step might finally bring an end to the war.

Question 5

Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point for the United States in Vietnam?

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Answer would ideally include:
Revelation

Question 6

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

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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 7

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 8

Identify at least three major constraints on U.S. power during the Vietnam War.

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Answer would ideally include:
Determinat

Question 9

Who organized the first major protest in the United States against the Vietnam War in April 1965?

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A)  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
B)  Students for a Democratic Society 
C)  The National Organization for Women 
D)  The Communist party 
A)  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
B)  Students for a Democratic Society 
C)  The National Organization for Women 
D)  The Communist party

Question 10

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 11

What was the ultimate impact of the Vietnam War in the United States?

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A)  It contributed to internal disorder and the downfall of two presidents. 
B)  It created a generation of conservative American youth who continued to exert a powerful influence on the nation's culture of the 1960s and 1970s. 
C)  It left a strong antiwar legacy in the United States that led to the dismantling of the military-industrial complex. 
D)  It depleted the power of the presidency and made Congress the most powerful branch of the federal government. 
A)  It contributed to internal disorder and the downfall of two presidents. 
B)  It created a generation of conservative American youth who continued to exert a powerful influence on the nation's culture of the 1960s and 1970s. 
C)  It left a strong antiwar legacy in the United States that led to the dismantling of the military-industrial complex. 
D)  It depleted the power of the presidency and made Congress the most powerful branch of the federal government.

Question 12

Use the following to answer questions:
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Program launched by President Kennedy in 1961 through which young American volunteers helped with education, health, and other projects in developing countries around the world. More than 60,000 volunteers had served by the mid-1970s.

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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 13

There is a saying about the American Civil War that it was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. Was that also true of the Vietnam War? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Government

Question 14

Why did American military officials begin calculating their progress in body counts and kill ratios in Vietnam in 1965?

Accepted Answer

A)  A delegation of American soldiers had asked for concrete measures that they could readily understand. 
B)  It was impossible to measure military success based on territory seized. 
C)  They did not want to reveal the unprecedented number of soldiers they were losing. 
D)  It was the only way they could distinguish between military and civilian deaths. 
A)  A delegation of American soldiers had asked for concrete measures that they could readily understand. 
B)  It was impossible to measure military success based on territory seized. 
C)  They did not want to reveal the unprecedented number of soldiers they were losing. 
D)  It was the only way they could distinguish between military and civilian deaths.

Question 15

Use the following to answer questions:
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-1962 nuclear standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States.

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

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 17

Which of the following was one of the practical arguments made by protesters against the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The war could not be won at a bearable cost. 
B)  No country has the right to interfere in the government of another. 
C)  The Vietnamese people had suffered unfairly. 
D)  The logic driving the Cold War was fundamentally unsound. 
A)  The war could not be won at a bearable cost. 
B)  No country has the right to interfere in the government of another. 
C)  The Vietnamese people had suffered unfairly. 
D)  The logic driving the Cold War was fundamentally unsound.

Question 18

Use the following to answer questions:
Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Herbicide used extensively during the Vietnam War to destroy the Vietcong's jungle hideouts and food supply. Its use was later linked to a wide range of illnesses that veterans and the Vietnamese suffered after the war, including birth defects, cancer, and skin disorders.

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

Why was the Bay of Pigs so damaging to the United States?

What was the flaw in American officials' assumption that the U.S. military's superior technology and power would defeat the Communist forces in South Vietnam?

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

How did Americans respond to President Nixon's decision to extend the Vietnam War to Cambodia?

Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point for the United States in Vietnam?

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

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

Identify at least three major constraints on U.S. power during the Vietnam War.

Who organized the first major protest in the United States against the Vietnam War in April 1965?

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

What was the ultimate impact of the Vietnam War in the United States?

There is a saying about the American Civil War that it was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. Was that also true of the Vietnam War? Why or why not?

Why did American military officials begin calculating their progress in body counts and kill ratios in Vietnam in 1965?

Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. -1962 nuclear standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States.

During the Vietnam War, the FBI

Which of the following was one of the practical arguments made by protesters against 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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Exam 29: Confronting Limits, 1961-1979

Why was the Bay of Pigs so damaging to the United States?

What was the flaw in American officials' assumption that the U.S. military's superior technology and power would defeat the Communist forces in South Vietnam?

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

How did Americans respond to President Nixon's decision to extend the Vietnam War to Cambodia?

Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point for the United States in Vietnam?

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

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

Identify at least three major constraints on U.S. power during the Vietnam War.

Who organized the first major protest in the United States against the Vietnam War in April 1965?

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

What was the ultimate impact of the Vietnam War in the United States?

There is a saying about the American Civil War that it was a rich man's war and a poor man's fight. Was that also true of the Vietnam War? Why or why not?

Why did American military officials begin calculating their progress in body counts and kill ratios in Vietnam in 1965?

Use the following to answer questions: Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. -1962 nuclear standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States.

During the Vietnam War, the FBI

Which of the following was one of the practical arguments made by protesters against 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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