Vietnam War

During the Vietnam War, the following people were presidents of the United States. Check all that apply.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which cause united many college students, civil rights activists, and labor union members during the 1960s?

• Opposing U.S. participation in the Vietnam War

• Expanding presidential use of executive privilege

• Protecting the world against climate change

• Using détente as a foreign policy with China

Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez saved the lives of fellow soldiers while under heavy enemy attack and after sustaining wounds while assisting on a team extraction in Vietnam on May 2, 1968. In recognition of the actions described, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was —

• given an early honorable discharge from U.S. military service

• awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

• made an honorary member of the United Nations

• awarded the Legion of Honor ribbon

Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

• Nuclear deterrence

• Flexible response

• Domino theory

• Iron Curtain

The controversial event that led to the US directly intervening in Vietnam.

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Tet Offensive

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• My Lai Massacre

Why did the government implement a draft during the Vietnam War?

• To monitor ethnic groups for espionage activities.

• To fund the war by authorizing the sale of government bonds.

• To regulate freedom of expression at antiwar demonstrations.

• To provide the military with additional man power.

What event marked the turning point in the Vietnam War according to the text?

• The signing of the Paris Peace Accords

• The Tet Offensive

• The Fall of Saigon

• The My Lai Massacre

Which of the following was NOT used by the American military in Vietnam?

• Aerial attacks (regular bombs)

• Agent Orange

• Napalm

• Nuclear bombs

What was the goal of "Vietnamization"?

• Hand South Vietnam over to the communists

• Keep peace with the Soviet Union

• Retake territory lost during the Tet Offensive

• Force South Vietnam to take over more of the fighting

The United States sent troops to Vietnam
_________.

• to stop the spread of communism

• as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• to set up a capitalist goverment

• because they bombed us