Comprehension I
When did the Vietnamese people proclaim their own independence?
What is 1954?
One who obtains something by force or threat.
What is an extortionist?
I wish not to speak with Hanoi and the National Liberation Front, but rather to my fellow __________.
What is Americans?
What two most cherished institutions of the Vietnam people were destroyed?
What is the family and the village?
Martin Luther King Jr. had how many children?
What is four?
Who was leading North Vietnam when the war started?
Ho Chi Minh
Incendiary fuel used in U.S. bombs to burn Vietnamese opponents.
What is napalm?
I would like to suggest ______ concrete things that our government should do immediately to begin the long and difficult process of extricating ourselves from this nightmarish conflict.
What is five?
In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. give his speech on the war?
What is 1967?
Martin Luther King was married to.
Who said it seemed that our nation was on the wrong side of a world revolution?
Who is a sensitive American official overseas?
Uncooperative and resistant of authority.
What is recalcitrant?
They watch as we _______their water, as we kill a million acres of their ________.
What is poison, and crops?
Who was the President of the United States when troops were first sent to Vietnam?
Lyndon Johnson
This man assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is James Earl Ray?
Where did most fighting take place in Vietnam?
the jungle
The gospels.
What is the Good News.
_______nine years following ______ we denied the people of Vietnam the right of independence.
What is for and 1945.
Martin Luther King Jr was this by calling.
What is a preacher?
The place Martin Luther King Jr was born.
What is Atlanta Georgia?
Blacks and whites could kill and die together but couldn't?
What is seat them together in the same schools?
An annual award given to an individual who best promotes international friendship, reduces military forces, and fosters peaceful relations. King won this prize in 1964.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
Set a _______ that we will remove all ________ troops from Vietnam in accordance with the 1954 Geneva Agreement.
What is date, and foreign.
The percentage of the French war costs the United States were meeting?
What is 80%.
How old was Martin Luther King Jr when he died?
What is 39 years old?