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

It limited the president’s powers to commit troops to war, thus addressing some of the concerns of young anti-war protestors.

It gave the president unlimited power to commit troops to war, giving young people one person to whom they could address their concerns.

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

It ended the draft, which was a major demand of the young people who had been subject to it.

Which of the following names a piece of legislation that was passed at the beginning of the Vietnam War and repealed before its end?

the Vietnamization Act

the War Powers Resolution

the 1973 cease-fire

the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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

the Pentagon Papers

the surrender of South Vietnam

the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

the 1970 bombing of Cambodia

Which of the following statements best describes why President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in 1951?

North Korea had won the war by 1951, so Truman fired MacArthur to save face.

Because the war ended in a stalemate, MacArthur had not done the job he was assigned to do.

MacArthur had publicly criticized Truman’s approach to the war.

Truman wanted to invade China, but MacArthur had refused to lead his troops on such a dangerous mission.

Which of the following best describes the Americans who served as infantry soldiers in Vietnam?

Most were young, working-class draftees.

Most were young, working-class volunteers.

Most were volunteers in their late twenties.

Most were drafted while attending college.

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