True/False
President Kennedy tried to get the Soviet Union to agree to an arms race.
False; a ban on nuclear testing
Students and other opponents of the Vietnam War came to be known as
A. Doves C. Draftees
B. Hawks D. Antipeace Protestors
A. Doves
Who represented the United States at the Paris peace talks?
Henry Kissinger
The guerrilla soldiers of the communist faction in Vietnam, aka the National Liberation Front
Vietcong
The first foreign crisis John F. Kennedy faced was in Laos and Cambodia
False; Cuba
Who ran as a third-party candidate in the 1968 presidential race?
A. Robert F. Kennedy C. George C. Wallace
B. Eugene McCarthy D. Hubert M. Humphrey
C. George C. Wallace
What did President Kennedy order in response to the missile buildup in Cuba?
a Blockade
A direct telephone line for emergency use
Hot line
According to the Geneva Accords Ho Chi Minh's communist forces would occupy North Vietnam
True
Who was the "silent majority's" 1968 presidential candidate?
A. Eugene McCarthy C. Hubert H. Humphrey
B. Robert F. Kennedy D. Richard M. Nixon
D. Richard M. Nixon
John Glenn
A rule issued by a chief executive that has the force of law
executive order
Henry Kissinger was the secretary of defense sent to Vietnam on a fact-finding mission
Fasle; Robert McNamara
What was a turning point of the Vietnam War?
A. Saigon City bombing C. Bay of Pigs invasion
B. Christmas Bombing D. Tet Offensive
D. Tet Offensive
The radical ideas of many young people in the 1960s created a
Counterculture
A strategy used in Vietnam in which American forced sought Vietcong and North Vietnamese units to destroy them
search-and-destroy mission
The Vietnam War was the first war in which television brought images of fighting directly into people's homes.
True
Why did the United States get involved in the Vietnam War?
A. To spread communism
B. To support North Vietnam
C. To stop the spread of communism
D. To gain access to natural resources
C. To stop the spread of communism
Who was the American commander in Vietnam?
William Westmoreland
Lack of belief; a term used to describe the lack of trust in the Johnson administration's statements about the Vietnam War
credibility gap