Fall of Vietnam — Unit test Answers

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Which best describes the situation Vietnam veterans faced after returning to the United States?

Some had physical injuries that needed to heal, but most readjusted smoothly to civilian life.

Most quickly found work and put behind them the events they had witnessed during the war.

Many found themselves welcomed back by a nation that was proud of the job they had done in Vietnam.

Many suffered from physical and mental injuries, while others felt hostility from civilians around them.

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What economic lesson did the United States learn from the Vietnam War during the 1970s?

The economy cannot fund both a large war and major social programs.

Unemployment and rising prices will always lead to a recession.

A massive war effort is too expensive for the country to undertake.

It is necessary to raise taxes to support a major war.

President Nixon sent US forces to Cambodia in 1970 to

form a secret alliance with Cambodian troops.

attack villages suspected of hiding Viet Cong fighters.

set up supply lines outside of Vietnam.

bomb Viet Cong supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Why did Nixon order US forces to mine North Vietnamese harbors in 1972?

to intimidate the Viet Cong

to end the Tet Offensive

to cut off supplies to North Vietnam

to retaliate for the My Lai Massacre

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