HUSH Unit 7 Test

Why did the United States consider South Vietnam a 'third-world country'?

It was not an official ally of either the United States or the Soviet Union.

Which country ruled Vietnam as a colony until the mid-1950s?

France

Which president was first to involve the United States in Vietnam?

Lyndon B. Johnson

Which group did the United States fight against during the Vietnam War?

Viet Cong

Against what laws did the Buddhists of South Vietnam protest?

French laws favoring Catholics, which had been kept in place by Diem.

What was President Johnson’s initial stance on U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

To increase U.S. involvement but not directly involve U.S. troops.

What led to the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

Reported attacks on two U.S. destroyers near North Vietnam.

Why did the United States escalate its involvement in the war in February 1965?

Because the Viet Cong had attacked a U.S. airbase in South Vietnam and killed Americans.

What effect did television have on Americans’ opinion of the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War?

It showed that the United States was having little success and decreased support for the war.

What is one reason the United States’ attempt to prepare the South Vietnamese army for combat was unsuccessful?

Some South Vietnamese troops were unwilling to fight against their own countrymen.

Which of the following is an example of a guerilla warfare tactic the Viet Cong used during the war?

Hit-and-run attacks on U.S. troops.

Which statement best describes the military situation in South Vietnam at the end of 1965?

American troops guarded U.S. air bases but did not take part in actual combat.

What evidence from the text supports the claim that the Selective Service System was unfair?

American minorities fought and died in Vietnam in disproportionate numbers.

Within which type of institution did many of the protests against the Vietnam War originate?

Colleges and universities.

Who led U.S. troops in the Vietnam War?

William Westmoreland.

Which two leaders’ assassinations contributed to unrest in the United States in 1968?

Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.

What was Woodstock?

A large music festival held on a farm in Bethel, New York.

Why did General Westmoreland move U.S. troops right before the Tet Offensive began?

He sent troops to defend remote outposts that the Viet Cong had attacked as a diversion.

What reaction did the Viet Cong hope to provoke with the Tet Offensive?

The people of South Vietnam would turn against U.S. and ARVN troops.

What domestic role did the U.S. armed forces play in April 1968?

The National Guard supplemented police forces during the Democratic National Convention.

Which of the following did 'hippies' embrace?

Pacifism.

Which statement best describes the relationship between mainstream culture and the counterculture during the 1960s?

The counterculture was a response to mainstream values that some believed did not bring about equality, peace, or happiness.

Which group of Americans did Richard Nixon refer to as 'the silent majority'?

Conservative voters who conformed to established cultural norms.

Why did it take so long for the American public to learn about the My Lai massacre?

The U.S. Army covered up the massacre.

Which event took place in the month before the United States signed an agreement to withdraw its troops?

The United States heavily bombed Hanoi and Haiphong.

What did the Pentagon Papers reveal to the American public?

The U.S. government had misled the American people about the extent of its involvement in Vietnam.

Who was Ho Chi Minh?

The prime minister of South Vietnam who became president in 1955.

Why was the Buddhist protest in South Vietnam so widespread?

Most people in Vietnam were Buddhists.

What was the outcome of the Tet Offensive?

Many members of the South Vietnamese forces deserted and joined the Viet Cong.

What triggered the protest that led to the 1970 shooting at Kent State University?

The invasion of Cambodia by U.S. ground troops.

What is one way President Clinton improved the relationship between the United States and Vietnam?

By lifting trade embargos.

What was one outcome of the grape boycott of the 1960s?

At least 10,000 grape pickers received an increase in wages.

Where did most Mexican Americans settle?

California and the Southwest.

Why did the population of Latinos increase by more than 50 percent from 1960 to 1970?

The Immigration Act of 1965 raised immigration quotas and eased restrictions.

Why was the Supreme Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas so important?

It set a precedent that the 14th Amendment guaranteed equal protection based on ethnicity.

How did César Chávez’s family become migrant farmworkers?

They lost their property in Arizona during the Great Depression.

Which of the following was a goal outlined in the manifesto El Plan de Aztlán?

To gain back the lands Mexico had surrendered to the United States.

What was a strategy that La Raza Unida used to gain political power?

It channeled Chicanos’ dissatisfaction with the major political parties.

What did AIM do to help Native Americans who had been displaced by the termination policy?

It set up urban centers where they found jobs, housing, and transportation.

What did the 1973 protest at Wounded Knee achieve?

Federal officers agreed to review some treaties made with Native Americans.

In 1898, how did people from Guam and Hawaii become Americans?

The United States acquired their lands.

What is one protection the EEOC affords women workers that they did not have before 1965?

Employers cannot fire women for having a baby.

Why did Betty Friedan publish The Feminine Mystique?

To articulate women’s dissatisfaction with limitations imposed upon them.

What did the Supreme Court rule was unconstitutional in the case Griswold v. Connecticut?

Banning contraceptives.

What principle did the lawyers in the Roe v. Wade case use to support a woman’s right to abortion?

An individual’s right to privacy.

Who was Shirley Chisholm?

The first African-American U.S. Congresswoman.

What did Phyllis Schlafly tell her listeners?

Women should stay home full-time to raise their children.

What was true about the LGBT community's fight for equal rights in the mid-20th century?

A few states had begun to pass laws protecting the rights of LGBT people.

What was the program that landed humans on the moon called?

Apollo.

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong.

Why was the peace between the United States and the Soviet Union fragile during the Cold War?

Any mishap or misunderstanding could turn it into a hot war with casualties.

Why was Saturn V important to the Apollo 11 mission?

It was powerful enough to set astronauts on a course that would get them to the moon.

What did Sally Ride accomplish?

She was the first American woman to fly in space.

What was Proclamation 4417?

A formal apology for the Japanese internment program.

Why did women's sports become vital to the fight for gender equality?

Lack of support for women's athletics limited the availability of scholarships.