Vietnam War/ JFK Era Test
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luck!!!
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A Military tactic that uses
hit and runs, and
ambushes
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Founded the Indochinese
Communist Party
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Authorized President
Johnson to “take all
necessary measures”
against North Vietnam
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_________________ had
overthrown the Batista
government in 1959 and
was closely allied with the
Soviet Union in the 1960’s
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The commanding U.S
General in Vietnam
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Vietnam was divided at
_____________ based
on the Geneva Accords
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The man who
assassinated JFK
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This prevented exodus of
East Germans to the west
and became iconic symbol
of the Cold War
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The idea that If Vietnam
fell to communism, other
surrounding nations
would follow
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Vietminh victory at
_______________
forces France to
withdraw from Indochina
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An anti-war protest in
which students left class
for discussions on the
Vietnam War
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The first President of
South Vietnam whom the
U.S supported and who
was later executed
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How the Vietcong
delivered supplies and
soldiers into South
Vietnam
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JFK’s domestic initiatives
came to be known as the
____________________
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The man who killed JFK’s
assassin
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The New Frontier’s
greatest accomplishment
was…
Multiple Choice
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The New Frontier’s
greatest accomplishment
was…
Multiple Choice
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What were the 3 things
that made the Bay of Pigs
a failure
Multiple Choice
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The most iconic symbol
of the cold war in Europe
was the
_________________
Multiple Choice
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The compromise reached
during the Cuban Missile
Crisis between the U.S
and the USSR was…
Multiple Choice
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President Johnson’s vision
of a better America for all
citizens was called
Multiple Choice
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How did JFK react to
nuclear missiles in Cuba?
Multiple Choice
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What did the Geneva
Accords state?
Multiple Choice
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Ho Chi Minh forms
guerilla army
__________________
to unify North Vietnam
and attack South Vietnam
Multiple Choice
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The event which causes
the U.S to send the
military into Vietnam was
the ________________
Multiple Choice
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Operation
___________________
was a massive bombing
campaign against North
Vietnam and it’s capital
Hanoi
Multiple Choice
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U.S soldiers would go on
___________________
missions to locate
Vietcong
Multiple Choice
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How did the U.S try to
stop the Ho Chi Minn
Trail?
Multiple Choice
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After the American public
has been told for years
that we are winning the
war, a
______________develops
between government
accounts of war and
public perception
Multiple Choice
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During
______________ the
Viet Kong and and North
Vietnamese Army launch
surprise attacks
on
U.S bases and South
Vietnamese cities
Multiple Choice
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The 2 groups that the U.S
population divides into
regarding the Vietnam
War are the
Multiple Choice
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Nixon’s policy of the
Vietnam War which
assumed a greater role
for South Vietnam in the
war was called
________________
Multiple Choice
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What happened at My
Lai?
Multiple Choice
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What happened at Kent
State?
Multiple Choice
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What happened after the
U.S left Vietnam?
Multiple Choice
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The avenue by which the
Viet Kong got into South
Vietnam and moved
weapons into the country
was the
_______________
Short Answer
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What are the 3 positives
and the 3 negatives of the
“Great Society”?
Essay
Choose one of the following controversial topics
from the Vietnam War. Make an argument (Pro
or Con) for that argument. Make sure to use
evidence from the Vietnam War and be as
convincing as possible. (15 Sentences)
1. U.S. Gov’t response to military crimes
2. U.S. Gov’t response to American Protesters at
Kent State
3. Use of Napalm, Agent Orange, and other
chemicals in war
4. Military Draft during Vietnam
5. “Containment” in Vietnam in the early 1960’s
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