Presidents and Nam
Before large numbers of U.S. combat troops were sent to Vietnam, which president mainly supported South Vietnam by sending money and military aid, but not combat troops?
Eisenhower
Many young American men avoided being sent to fight in Vietnam by receiving a temporary delay from military service while attending college. What was this delay called?
A draft deferment.
In 1968, protests against the Vietnam War at Kent State University ended when National Guard troops fired into a crowd of students. How many students were killed in the shooting?
4
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States surrounded Cuba with naval ships to stop Soviet missiles from reaching the island. What was this action officially called?
Naval Blockade
What two-word warning must police give suspects before questioning them, informing them of their right to remain silent and their right to an attorney?
Miranda Rights
Which president increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam by sending thousands of military advisors to help train the South Vietnamese army?
JFK
What chemical used by the U.S. military in Vietnam destroyed jungle vegetation so enemy fighters could no longer hide there?
Agent Orange
Which political party was divided and in disarray during the 1968 presidential election because of disagreements about the Vietnam War?
Democratic Party
The Cuban Missile Crisis began when the United States discovered who was putting nuclear missiles on the island?
Soviet Union
The Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale ruled that what common school practice violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
School-led Prayer
After the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which president dramatically escalated the Vietnam War by sending hundreds of thousands of American combat troops?
LBJ
What shocking 1968 attack by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces targeted cities and military bases across South Vietnam and helped turn American public opinion against the war?
Tet Offensive
Two major political assassinations in 1968 helped increase the sense of crisis in America. One was Martin Luther King Jr. Who was the other major political figure assassinated that year while running for president?
Robert Kennedy RFK
What technology or method did the United States use to first discover Soviet missile bases being built in Cuba?
U-2 Spy Plane
Before the Supreme Court’s decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, many defendants who could not afford a lawyer had to defend themselves in court. What did the Court rule states must provide to these defendants?
Lawyer
Which president began a one-sided withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam while increasing bombing and negotiating peace with North Vietnam?
Nixon
As the Vietnam War dragged on, how did the youth in the US respond?
Anti War protests
Television coverage of protests and violence outside the Democratic National Convention in 1968 took place in what major American city?
Chicago
The Soviet leader who placed nuclear missiles in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis was who?
Nikita Khrushchev
In Escobedo v. Illinois, the Supreme Court ruled that suspects have the right to do what during police questioning?
Have a lawyer present during questioning.
Which Cold War idea influenced U.S. leaders to believe that if Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in Southeast Asia might fall as well?
Domino Theory
What two Southeast Asian countries did the Ho Chi Minh Trail pass through that allowed North Vietnam to move troops and supplies while avoiding direct U.S. attacks?
Laos and Cambodia
Because of protests, assassinations, and divisions over the Vietnam War, many Democratic voters were split between different candidates in 1968. Which Republican candidate ultimately won the presidential election that year?
Nixon
What Cold War policy guided U.S. actions in both Cuba and Vietnam and focused on stopping the spread of communism around the world?
Containment
The Supreme Court decisions Gideon v. Wainwright, Escobedo v. Illinois, and Miranda v. Arizona all expanded protections based on which part of the Bill of Rights that protects people from being forced to testify against themselves?
5th Amendment