End of the War in Vietnam

Question 1

The 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy

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robbed anti-war Americans of their leading candidate.

Question 2

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified during the Vietnam War,

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lowered the voting age to eighteen.

Question 3

How did the Twenty-Sixth Amendment address the concerns of American youth during the Vietnam War?

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It brought young people, who had been disillusioned by the government’s handling of the war, into the political process.

Question 4

Why did President Johnson decide not to run for reelection in 1968?

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Public opposition to the Vietnam War had made him unpopular.

Question 5

Which of the following names a piece of legislation that was passed at the beginning of the Vietnam War and repealed before its end?

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the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 6

After the United States withdrew from Vietnam in 1973,

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the fighting continued until Vietnam became united under a Communist government.

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago?

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Anti-war Democrats had no candidate, so they protested at the convention.

Question 8

Why did students at Kent State University in Ohio protest the bombing of Cambodia?

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They thought it escalated a war that the United States was supposedly withdrawing from.

Question 9

The cease-fire that ended the Vietnam War resulted in

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the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam and the release of American POWs.

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