End of the War in Vietnam

Question 1

Which of the following names a piece of legislation that was passed at the beginning of the Vietnam War and repealed before its end?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 2

The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was the target of protests by

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anti-war Democrats.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the effect of the Vietnam War on the US economy?

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The billions that the United States spent eventually caused a recession.

Question 4

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

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lowered the voting age to eighteen.

Question 5

The 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy

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robbed anti-war Americans of their leading candidate.

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 was an important reason that Richard Nixon won the presidency in 1968?

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He promised to end the Vietnam War.

Question 8

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It was a plan to bring US troops home gradually.

Question 9

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 10

What was seen by many Americans as an escalation of the Vietnam War?

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the 1970 bombing of Cambodia

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