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Quiz by Christine Davis - IU8, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Christine Davis - IU8
almost 7 years ago
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Question 1
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The United States became involved in Vietnam to stop the spread of _________.
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Judaism
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Democracy
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Communism
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Islam
Question 2
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President Nixon believed that a large number of Americans supported the war effort, but were not as vocal about the issue as the anti-war protesters. The term that he used to describe this group was the ________.
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“Silent Majority”
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“Quiet Masses”
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“Mute Millions”
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“Speechless”
Question 3
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What is the political theory that suggests if one nation falls to Communism, the neighboring nations will also fall to Communism?
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Vietnamization
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Domino Theory
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Attrition Theory
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Falling Effect
Question 4
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“Credibility gap” was the term used to describe:
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Victory claims of the VietCong
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Disagreements between the U.S. and its allies over U.S. involvement in Vietnam
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The difference between the “Hawks” and “Doves”
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The difference between what the U.S. government said was happening and what was actually happening in Vietnam
Question 5
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Many Americans were against the draft because they believed it
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Unfairly targeted the poor and minorities.
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Did not include women.
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Forced young men to flee to Canada.
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Did not raise the necessary number of troops.
Question 6
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[blank_start]Pentagon Papers[blank_end]: Government documents that were released in 1971 that revealed the U.S. Government had misled Americans about the war
[blank_start]Ho Chi Minh[blank_end]: Communist leader of North Vietnam who led the North Vietnamese in the war
[blank_start]Richard Nixon[blank_end]: President who withdrew U.S. troops from Vietnam through “Vietnamization”
[blank_start]Lyndon B. Johnson[blank_end]: President who passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Dove: American who opposed the Vietnam War
[blank_start]Hawk[blank_end]: American who supported the Vietnam War
[blank_start]Conscientious Objector[blank_end]: a person who is opposed to serving in the armed services for moral or religious reasons
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Pentagon Papers
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Ho Chi Minh
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Richard Nixon
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Hawk
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Conscientious Objector
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