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What was the first foreign crisis President John F. Kennedy faced? a. Cuba b. Laos c. Cambodia d. Vietnam

Cuba

Sputnik was launched by what country?

Soviet Union

President John F. Kennedy tried to convince the Soviets to agree to a _______.

Ban on nuclear testing

What did president Kennedy order in response to the missile build up in Cuba?

A blockade

In 1969, which United States space program fulfilled Kennedy’s challenge to the nation?

The Apollo Project

True/False After the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was passed, the number of United States troops in Vietnam increased?

True

True/False Agent Orange was a chemical herbicide that was used to help kill off jungle growth in Vietnam, but also was the cause of health problems in many people

True.

According to the Geneva Accords, whose Communist forces would occupy North Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh

The _____ added a new dimension to warfare. It took soldiers into battle, supplied them, and evacuated the wounded and the dead.

Helicopter

Who was the Secretary of Defense sent to Vietnam on a fact-finding mission? a. JFK b. Robert Kennedy c. Henry Kissinger d. Robert Mc. Namara

Robert Mc. Namara

True/False Richard M. Nixon won a majority of votes in the 1968 presidential election.

True

Students and other opponents of the Vietnam War became known as ________.

Doves

Who was the “silent majority’s” 1968 presidential candidate?

Richard M. Nixon

_______ was the turning point in the Vietnam War.

Tet Offensive

________ was the American Commander in Vietnam?

William Westmoreland

True/False Vietnamization was President Nixon’s plan to defeat North Vietnam.

False Vietnamization was Nixon’s plan for America to begin to take less of a role in Vietnam and begin turning the majority of the fighting over to the South Vietnamese.

Maya Ying Lin designed the ___________ in Washington D. C.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

_______ ordered the bombing of enemy supply routes in Laos and Cambodia.

Richard Nixon

______ fired into the crowd at Kent State, killing 4 students and wounding at least 9 more.

The National Guard

Henry Kissinger represented the United States at the ____________.

Paris Peace Talks

The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during the _____ administration?

Kennedy

_______ was assassinated after winning the California primary.

Robert F. Kennedy

What did some Vietnam War protestors do to show their opposition to the draft?

Burned their Draft Cards

The radical ideas of many young people in the 1960 s created a ____

Counterculture

_____ was the Chicago Mayor who had police control anti-war activists at the 1968 Democratic Convention.

Richard J. Daley