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A) he believed Americans underestimated the determination of the Vietnamese people. B) he attended the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919 to petition for self-determination for the Vietnamese people. C) he agreed at Geneva in 1954 to accept a permanent division of Vietnam into a communist north and a noncommunist south, both as independent nations. D) he was a committed communist who organized revolutionary activity in Vietnam for decades. 2
A) was an unsuccessful attempt to end congressional funding of the U.S. effort in Vietnam. B) gave President Kennedy authorization to use nuclear weapons, if necessary, against the Vietnamese. C) authorized peace talks between the U.S. and North Vietnam. D) gave President Johnson authorization to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam. 3
A) a map showing territory gained since the fighting began. B) the body count of how many of the enemy had been killed. C) the number of U.S. bombing missions. D) a statistical analysis including body count, number of bombing missions, and the amount of ammunition used. 4
A) the Vietcong had completed their takeover of South Vietnam. B) U.S. forces were withdrawn and the embassy evacuated. C) Americans and South Vietnamese had suffered ten times the casualties of the Vietcong. D) U.S. and South Vietnamese forces had driven back the enemy's surprise operation. 5
A) dove candidate in the Democratic primaries against President Johnson. B) hawk candidate in the Democratic primaries against President Johnson. C) dove seeking the Republican nomination. D) hawk seeking the Republican nomination. 6
A) the refusal of Robert Kennedy to endorse his nomination. B) a bitter public dispute with his children over the war. C) his reputation as an outspoken opponent of civil rights. D) the riots between antiwar demonstrators and Chicago police while the Democratic convention took place. 7
A) middle-class college students opposed to the Vietnam war. B) African-Americans who felt neither party was willing to stand up for civil rights that year. C) upper-income Americans whose taxes had skyrocketed to pay for the war in Vietnam and Great Society programs. D) white Southerners, blue-collar workers, and the lower middle class who disliked hippies and the establishment. 8
A) he would end the war in victory. B) if necessary, he would use nuclear weapons to end the war. C) the war in Vietnam was lost. D) he had a secret plan to end the war. 9
A) allowing the Vietnamese people to determine the form of government they desired. B) stepped up bombing of North Vietnam and Vietcong supply lines through Cambodia. C) a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. D) preparing the South Vietnamese army to take over and fight for their own country. 10
A) the Tet Offensive. B) news leaks of the My Lai massacre. C) U.S. troops were sent into Cambodia. D) Henry Kissinger announced that "peace is at hand." 11
A) California lettuce and grapes. B) all Cuban products. C) Texas beef. D) corporations who refused to use Hispanic-Americans in their advertising campaigns. 12
A) supported Gay Rights. B) supported a woman's right to an abortion. C) supported the Equal Rights Amendment. D) supported a traditional role for women.
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