LBJ
Vietnam
Vietnam Continued
Short Answer
Pop Culture (fun only, not test)
100
  • What was LBJ’s career before becoming a politician?
  • Teacher
  • Doctor
  • Lawyer
  • Astronaut

Teacher

100
  • What country colonized Vietnam in the 19th century?
  • China
  • Japan
  • Germany
  • France

France

100
  • In 1966, the United States reached its peak in troop deployment to Vietnam, about how many soldiers were stationed there at this time?
  • 200,000
  • 300,000
  • 400,000
  • 500,000

500,000

100
  • Give one example of guerilla warfare tactics utilized by the Viet-Cong.

Hit and run strategy

booby traps

Surprise attacks


100

This weekly television program has received a ratings bump during election season due to it's casts political impressions. 

SNL - Saturday Night Live

200
  • LBJ defeated this Republican Presidential candidate in 1964.
  • Barry Goldwater
  • Richard Nixon
  • Robert Kennedy
  • Robert McNamara

Goldwater

200
  • Ngo Diem was a controversial leader of Vietnam, partly due to his practice of Catholicism. What religion was most common in Vietnam during the 1960s?
  • Atheism
  • Judaism
  • Buddhism
  • Muslim

Buddhism 

200
  • What was the name of the bombing campaign imposed on the North Vietnamese from 1966-1968?
  • Operation Linebacker
  • Operation Lightning
  • Operation Rolling Thunder  
  • Operation Orange

Operation Rolling Thunder

200
  • What happened to Vietnam after the fall of Saigon?

They unified into 1 country and turned communist 

200

This baseball player's historic 50/50 homerun ball is projected to sell for millions at auction this week. 

Shohei Ohtani.

300
  • The results of the presidential election were much different between 1960 and 1964. In 1964, LBJ won about what percent of the electoral vote?
  • 25%
  • 50%
  • 75%
  • 90%

90%

300
  • Who was the influential Secretary of Defense under both JFK and LBJ?
  • Richard Nixon
  • Robert Kennedy
  • Robert McNamara
  • Robert Saleh

McNamara

300
  • What was the name of the incident where American Soldiers received poor intel and proceeded to kill innocent civilians in a small Vietnamese village?
  • Saigon Massacre
  • Ludlow Massacre
  • My Lai Massacre
  • Ho Chi Minh Massacre

My Lai Massacre

300
  • What was the TET offensive?

Surprise offensive attack by the Viet-Cong in 1968, where the many southern cities were captured. Embarrassing Loss for the U.S. 

300

This horror movie sequel was the leading box officer earner last weekend with $23 million in sales. 

Smile 2

400
  • Which of the following was NOT a major piece of civil rights legislation passed under LBJ?
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Equality Act of 1967
  • Fair Housing Act of 1968

Equality Act of 1967

400
  • This was a decision by congress to give sweeping war powers to the executive branch and LBJ during the Vietnam War.
  • War Powers Act of 1973
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
  • Executive Transfer Act
  • The Paris Agreement

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

400
  • About how many American soldiers died in Vietnam?
  • 58,000
  • 78,000
  • 88,000
  • 208,000

58,000

400
  • Give one example of how Vietnam adopted Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’ better than the United States.

Mental games - Demoralized troops

Home field advantage - Used the jungle as defense 

Did not underestimate their enemy - same cannot be said for the United States

400

As of 10/22/24 who is the current NFL leader in passing yards?

OR

Besides Sabrina Carpenter name any 2 of the 7 other artists on the Billboard top 10. 

Geno Smith (1,985)


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500
  • Which of the following was NOT a major foreign policy challenge face by LBJ?
  • Domino Theory
  • Containment
  • Domestic Pressure to stop Communism
  • An isolationist congress

Isolationist Congress

500
  • Who was the commander of the United States forces during the Vietnam war from 1964-1968?
  • General William Westmoreland
  • General Robert Kennedy
  • General Richard Nixon
  • General William Belichick

Westmoreland

500
  • In what year did the U.S. officially withdraw from Vietnam?
  • 1968
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1973

1973

500
  • LBJ’s domestic policy focused on four areas of concern. List 3 of the 4.

War on Poverty

Education Reform 

Urban Renewal

Environmental Protection

500

As of 10/22/24 this artist is the only person with 3 current billboard top 10 songs. 

Sabrina Carpenter 

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