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1
The chapter introduction juxtaposes the stories of Marines in Vietnam and National Guardsmen at Kent State to make what point?
A)Communist infiltration could harm Americans just as it did the South Vietnamese.
B)America divided over the fundamental question of who was true friend and who real enemy.
C)In the Vietnam War, the military was less the villain than the victim.
D)Poorly prepared and ineptly led armed forces led to America's defeat at home and abroad.
2
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed by Congress:
A)authorized President Johnson to take any measure needed to repel attacks on U. S. forces.
B)blocked further commitment of U. S. ground troops without Congressional approval.
C)called for both U. S. and North Vietnamese forces to withdraw from South Vietnam.
D)condemned U. S. aggression against the people of Vietnam.
3
Which of the following is NOT true about the soldiers in Vietnam?
A)they were most likely to be the sons of working-class families
B)the average age for a soldier was 19, compared with an average age of 26 in World War II
C)their successes were measured in "body counts" rather than territory gained
D)they were not very well trained before they arrived in Vietnam
4
Which of the following did NOT happen as part of the protest against the war in Vietnam?
A)Students shut down Columbia University and clashed with the police for a week.
B)Radical protesters of the war set off a bomb in a lab at the University of Wisconsin, killing a graduate student.
C)African Americans remained reluctant to join the criticism of the war since Johnson had provided them with so many services on the domestic front.
D)Sixty college protesters organized by SDS burned their draft cards in front of a protest of over 300,000 in New York City.
5
The "Tet offensive" of 1968 was:
A)a tactical defeat for the Communists.
B)a political defeat for the United States.
C)a total victory for the Viet Cong forces.
D)fought to a draw.
6
The village of My Lai was the site of:
A)the largest battle of the Tet offensive.
B)a U. S. massacre of Vietnamese civilians.
C)a North Vietnamese harbor mined by the U. S.
D)a Marine barracks bombed by the Vietcong.
7
Which of the following was NOT an example of political violence in American society in 1968?
A)the assassination of Martin Luther King
B)the assassination of Robert Kennedy
C)the deaths of four students at Kent State
D)the police attacks on antiwar protesters at the Chicago Democratic convention
8
What key segment of the American electorate did both George Wallace and Richard Nixon try to attract?
A)individualistic-minded westerners
B)the unemployed
C)senior citizens
D)the white working class
9
The Nixon-Kissinger team:
A)shared a global vision for a U. S. foreign policy with scaled-back military commitments overseas.
B)paired a traditional small-town conservative with a troubled and profane easterner.
C)showed how effective an active Vice-President could be.
D)brought little foreign affairs expertise to the White House.
10
The term "Vietnamization" referred to the policy of:
A)shifting the burden of actual combat to the South Vietnamese.
B)training United States troops in the "Nine Rules" for understanding Vietnamese culture.
C)shifting U. S. military operations from conventional tactics to guerrilla-type combat like the Viet Cong.
D)countering anti-war propaganda by a campaign to tell the "real story" in Vietnam.
11
Nixon's foreign policy successes included:
A)a successful ending to the war in Vietnam.
B)a détente with Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
C)the opening of American relations with China.
D)further intimidation of the Soviet union.
12
Why did Hispanics and Indians have less success than blacks in creating unified movements?
A)Neither group had the leadership enjoyed by the African-American civil rights organizations.
B)The white backlash discouraged activism by other racial and ethnic minorities.
C)Latino and native groups preferred to identify with their particular national or tribal heritage.
D)Neither group faced prejudice and discrimination the way blacks did.
13
The defining moment in the gay rights movement came when:
A)patrons at the Stonewall Tavern in New York City responded to a police raid by throwing parking meters and paving stones at the officers.
B)the American Psychiatric Association called homosexuality a "mental disorder. "
C)the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis were founded in the 1950s.
D)Huey Newton observed that homosexuals "might be the most oppressed people" in American society.
14
Each of the following events furthered the movement for women's rights EXCEPT:
A)the publication of The Feminine Mystique.
B)the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
C)the decision in Roe v. Wade.
D)the foundation of the National Organization for Women.
15
How did U. S. involvement in the Vietnam War finally end?
A)with the unilateral withdrawal of U. S. troops
B)with the negotiated withdrawal of U. S. troops according to a treaty with North Vietnam
C)with the negotiated withdrawal of U. S. troops according to a treaty with South Vietnam
D)with an international peace conference after the defeat of a large U. S. force





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