Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 1. | During the early primaries of 1968, which of the following candidates appeared likely
to capture the Democratic nomination for president? A. | Robert F.
Kennedy | C. | Hubert
Humphrey | B. | Eugene McCarthy | D. | Edmund Muskie | | | | |
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| 2. | Defoliants were used in Vietnam primarily to A. | destroy military
bases. | B. | expose enemy hiding places and destroy food
supplies. | C. | poison the Vietcong. | D. | destroy
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| 3. | Who
was Richard Nixon’s running mate during the 1968 election? A. | Robert S.
McNamara | C. | Spiro
Agnew | B. | J. William Fulbright | D. | Edmund Muskie | | | | |
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| 4. | Who
won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the Vietnam War? A. | Richard
Nixon | C. | Richard J.
Daley | B. | Henry Kissinger | D. | Ho Chi Minh | | | | |
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| 5. | The
War Powers Act A. | grants the
president the right to declare war without the permission of Congress. | B. | forbids the
president from ever sending troops into foreign territory. | C. | sets a 60-day
limit on any presidential commitment of troops to foreign lands. | D. | allows the
president to send troops into foreign territory for an unlimited amount of
time. | | |
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| 6. | Who
knew about President Nixon’s plan to bomb Cambodia in 1969? A. | Henry
Kissinger | C. | secretary of the
Air Force | B. | American public | D. | Congress | | | | |
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| 7. | The
site of a 1970 tragedy in which four students were killed by National Guard troops was
the A. | University of
Wisconsin. | C. | University of
Illinois. | B. | Jackson State University. | D. | Kent State University. | | | | |
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| 8. | All
of the following things happened after the end of the war EXCEPT A. | soldiers were
welcomed home with many positive demonstrations. | B. | the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial was erected in Washington, D.C. | C. | the
“generation gap” grew wider. | D. | the War Powers Act was passed. | | |
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| 9. | The
newspaper that published the Pentagon Papers was the A. | New York
Times. | C. | Detroit Free
Press. | B. | Washington Post. | D. | New York Post. | | | | |
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| 10. | Who
leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press? A. | H.R. Haldeman | C. | Daniel Ellsberg | B. | Henry
Kissinger | D. | Spiro
Agnew | | | | |
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| 11. | Who
sought the 1972 Democratic nomination but withdrew after he was shot and paralyzed from the waist
down? A. | Hubert
Humphrey | C. | George
McGovern | B. | George Wallace | D. | Edmund Muskie | | | | |
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| 12. | Why
did the United States reject North Vietnam’s peace plan in October 1972? A. | It called for a
pullout of all foreign troops. | B. | It called for the United States to take full blame for the
war. | C. | It did not
include plans for a ceasefire. | D. | It would have meant a loss of power for South Vietnam’s
president. | | |
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| 13. | After
rejecting North Vietnam’s peace plan in 1972, what did President Nixon do when North Vietnam
demanded the plan be reinstated? A. | He submitted his own peace plan. | B. | He ordered heavy
bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong. | C. | He had Congress review the North Vietnam
plan. | D. | He had Henry Kissinger revise the
plan. | | |
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| 14. | Who
was the author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places? A. | Richard
Nixon | C. | Le Ly
Hayslip | B. | Henry Kissinger | D. | Ron Kovic | | | | |
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| 15. | How
many Americans died during the Vietnam War? A. | more than 258,000 | C. | about 1,300 | B. | about
5,000 | D. | more than
58,000 | | | | |
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| 16. | With
which country are the Hmong associated? A. | Laos | C. | Cambodia | B. | South
Vietnam | D. | Thailand | | | | |
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| 17. | How
much did the war cost American taxpayers? A. | $1.5 trillion | C. | $150 million | B. | $15
billion | D. | $150
billion | | | | |
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| 18. | Who
designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? A. | Le Ly Hayslip | C. | Le Duc Tho | B. | Maya Ying
Lin | D. | Ron
Kovic | | | | |
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| 19. | Where
is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? A. | New York City | C. | Arlington, Virginia | B. | Washington,
D.C. | D. | Saigon | | | | |
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| 20. | Who
was the author of Born on the Fourth of July? A. | Ron
Kovic | C. | Richard
Nixon | B. | William Westmoreland | D. | Henry Kissinger | | | | |
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Match each item with the correct statement. A. | Henry
Kissinger | G. | escalation | B. | Le Doc Tho | H. | William Westmoreland | C. | Vietminh | I. | Vietcong | D. | J. William Fulbright | J. | Ngo Dinh Diem | E. | Ho Chi
Minh | K. | pacification | F. | Robert S. McNamara | L. | Richard J. Daley | | | | |
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| 21. | Roman
Catholic who became president of South Vietnam
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| 22. | members of the National Liberation Front
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| 23. | key
foreign-policy adviser of Richard Nixon
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| 24. | also
known as the League for the Independence of Vietnam
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| 25. | “He Who Enlightens”
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| 26. | mayor
of Chicago in 1968
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| 27. | longtime North Vietnamese revolutionary who met secretly with a U.S. official in Paris
in 1970
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| 28. | commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam
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| 29. | buildup of military forces
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| 30. | U.S.
secretary of defense
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