Review Part 1

Question 1

Vietcong

Answer 1

South Vietnamese communists

Question 2

Vietnam war

Answer 2

1954-1975

Question 3

1968

Answer 3

Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther king jr.

Question 4

Gulf of Tonkin resolution

Answer 4

Authorized the president to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the U.S. “

Question 5

Pentagon papers

Answer 5

Report that showed federal government had not been honest

Question 6

Vietnamization

Answer 6

Process of gradual withdrawal of the US troops

Question 7

Tet offensive

Answer 7

Series of surprise and massive attacks by the north Vietnamese

Question 8

Credibility gap

Answer 8

Difference between government and media reports

Question 9

Ho Chi Minh trail

Answer 9

Network of jungle paths to send arms to the south

Question 10

Vietminh

Answer 10

Vietnamese nationalist group

Question 11

Missile crisis

Answer 11

Air support promised by president kennedy that never arrived

Question 12

Cold War years

Answer 12

1946-1990

Question 13

Bay of pigs

Answer 13

Almost caused ww2

Question 14

President Johnson

Answer 14

Took over after Kennedy’s assassination

Question 15

The concept behind the long telegram was the idea of:

Answer 15

Containment

Question 16

The ————— traveled into the south by bus to test compliance with laws outlawing segregation in the interstate bus service

Answer 16

Freedom riders

Question 17

The ___________, commonly known as the black Muslims, was led by Elijah Muhammad

Answer 17

Nations of Islam

Question 18

The militant African American group called the _____________________ believed that a revolution was necessary in the United States to gain equal rights

Answer 18

Black panthers

Question 19

From the late 1800s until world war 2 , France ruled Vietnam and neighboring Laos and Cambodia, a region known collectively as _________________

Answer 19

Indochina

Question 20

The massive surprise attack in 1968 during _______________, the Vietnamese new year, became a turning point in the Vietnam war

Answer 20

Tet offensive

Question 21

______________ was the gradual withdraw, of troops from Vietnam

Answer 21

Vietnamization

Question 22

The American general responsible for creating a credibility gap in Vietnam was general _________________

Answer 22

West Moreland

Question 23

What was the sole and only purpose behind the Selma march?

Answer 23

A peaceful protest for voting rights

Question 24

Did the Selma March serve its purpose?

Answer 24

Yes; people got voting rights

Question 25

How did the Selma March serve it’s original purpose?

Answer 25

They gained their rights by peacefully protesting with no violence

Question 26

Was the American policy of containment successful during the Cold War era?

Answer 26

NO: because through the process of containment, even more countries became communist