The American Journey © 2012

Chapter 29: The Vietnam Era

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The portion of Berlin that was free and democratic was __________.
A)East Berlin
B)North Berlin
C)West Berlin
D)South Berlin
2
In October 1962 American spy planes revealed __________ in Cuba.
A)invasion forces
B)nuclear missile sites
C)concentration camps
D)the destruction of Cuban rain forests
3
The first American in space was __________.
A)John Glenn
B)Gus Grissom
C)Alan Shepard, Jr.
D)Yuri Gagarin
4
The Communist leader of North Vietnam was __________.
A)Ho Chi Minh
B)Ngo Dinh Diem
C)Mao Zedong
D)General Tso
5
The domino theory was first stated by __________.
A)John Kennedy
B)Lyndon Johnson
C)Richard Nixon
D)Dwight Eisenhower
6
Congress gave the president broad powers to repel armed attacks against U.S. forces in __________.
A)the War Powers Act
B)the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
C)the Da Nang Resolves
D)Operation Rolling Thunder
7
The selective service system is also known as __________.
A)voluntary enlistment
B)civil service
C)conscientious objector status
D)the draft
8
The last Americans left Vietnam in __________.
A)1969
B)1972
C)1973
D)1975
9
_________ was elected president in 1968.
A)Hubert Humphrey
B)Robert Kennedy
C)Richard Nixon
D)Gerald Ford
10
More than ____ Americans died during the Vietnam War.
A)8,000
B)58,000
C)12,000
D)100,000
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