CHP 16.2 Vietnam Divides the Nation

As the Vietnam war escalated , the draft call increased, putting college students at risk of being drafted (a)  

• True
• False

By 1968 the nation seemed to be divided into two camps: the "doves" who wanted to withdraw from Vietnam, and the "hawks" who wanted to stay and fight.

• True

• False

In 1968 the American people were shocked that an enemy that supposedly on the verge of defeat-the Vietcong(VC) and North Vietnamese Army(NVA)-could put on such a large scale attack as the Tet offensive.

• True

• False

A season of violence and protests began after Pres Johnson announced he would not run for re-election.

• True

• False

In the election of 1968, Richard Nixon promised to unify the nation and restore Ho Chi Minh as the leader of Vietnam

• True

• False

Nightly network TV news coverage of the war helped

• create a credibility gap

• raise LBJ's ratings in the polls

• support the nation's hawks

• unify Americans to help increase support the opposition to the war.

Many college faculty and students against the Vietnam War abandoned their classes and gathered informally to discuss the issues in a new form of protest called a

• political rally

• show trial

• sit-in

• teach-in

Which year saw a shocking political announcement, a pair of traumatic assassinations, and finally, a violent political convention in Chicago?

• 1966

• 1967

• 1968

• 1969

Who appeared to be winning the way to the Democratic nomination for president until he was gunned down by an Arab Nationalist(Sirhan Sirhan)?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• George Wallace

• Hubert Humphrey

• Robert Kennedy

A disproportionate number of _______ died in the Vietnam War.

• African-Americans

• college students

• wealthy people

• white youths