Kennedy, Vietnam, and Nixion

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1. Which case ruled that evidence seized illegally could not be used in trial?  

Mapp v. Ohio

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2.Which case determined that all suspects had to be read their rights while being placed under arrest?

Miranda v Arizona

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3. Which Supreme Court case raled that criminal courts would have to provide free legal counsel to those who could not afford it?  

Gideon v. Wainwright

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4. Which Supreme Court case forced the states to redefine their districts for more equal representation?  

Baker v. Carr

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5. Which nation was defeated by the Vietnamese, resulting in the initial intervention of the US? 

France

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 6. Which of the following were results of the Geneva Peace Accords (1954)?  

The division of Vietnam at the 17th parallel, leading to the establishment of North and South Vietnam, and elections to unify the country were planned.

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7. Which nation disapproved of the Geneva Accords and pushed for a permanent partition of Vietnam?  

The United States

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8. Which of the following groups disapproved of Diem's rule in South Vietnam?

The Viet Cong and Buddhists.

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9. Why did the US launch Operation Rolling Thunder?  

To demoralize the North Vietnamse and destroymilitary infrastructure.

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10. How were helicopters used in the Vietnam War? 

Helicopters were used for troop transport, medical evacuation, and close air support, enhancing mobility and quick response in combat.

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  1. What name was given to the surprise attack developed and carried out by the Vietcong against multiple cities in South Vietnam? 

The Tet Offensive.

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12.The Democratic National Convention of 1968 was held in which city?  

Chicago

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13.Which of the following were effects of the Tet offensive?

Showed the U.S Public that war was from over, increase anti-war sentiment

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14. Which president announced he would not seek a second term largely due to his failures in Vietnam.

LBJ

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15.______ developed a plan to remove American troops from Vietnam, but the plan was not approved by South Vietnam. 

Nixon

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16. Why did the North launch the Tet Offensive?

To initiate rebellion in South Vietnam and force negotiation?

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17. As part of Richard Nixon's escalation in the Vietnam War, which two nations were brought into the war?

Cambodia and Laos

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18. Who was the Secretary of State under Richard Nixon who was essential in the opening of relations with China?  

Henry Kissinger

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Saigon fell and the United States lost its first war on:

Televison

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Which nation erupted in civil war after the Vietnam War?

Vietnam

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Which of the following were true of Richard Nixon's first term?

A,B,C, D

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22. Which amendment changed the legal voting age to 18?

26th amendment

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23. Why was Spiro Agnew forced to resign?

Bribery Scandal

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  1. he AIM movement was established to help earn ___ civil right?

Native Americans

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  1. ___ opposed the equal rights movement for women.

Phyills Schalfy

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26. Who was a co-founder of MS. Magazine and a strong supporter of women's right?  

Gloria Steinam

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27. Which of the following were goals of the feminist power movement of the 1960's?  

Anti-Discrimination law, Equal Rights Amendment, Abortion on Demand, Equal pay for equal work, Prosecution of wife beater, More sensitive men

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Which of the following were rejected by women's liberationists

Sexual objectification, Sexual competition, Beauty pageant, Female passivity, Mindless supportiveness

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____told teens to “tune in, tune on, and drop out”

Timothy Leary

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Woodstock was:

Music Festival

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____quickly became the center of the counter culture movement. 

San Franciso

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32.Which president portrayed hippies as criminals and potential terrorists, thereby helping him to rocket to reelection?

Nixon

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Which president’s administration was deemed the “ Imperial Presidency”?

Nixon

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Which group seized Wounded Knee to make a point about broken treaties?

AIM

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___was named vice president after Spiro Agnew was forced to resign

Gerald Ford

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Which president established the "plumbers" after a leak from the Pentagon was discovered?

Nixon

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Which president established the "plumbers" after a leak from the Pentagon was discovered?

Nixon

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Who was president after Richard Nixon ?

Gerald Ford

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Who devised Operation Duck Hook as a means of getting out of the Vietnam War?

Nixon

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Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.?

James Earl Ray

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Why was Bobby Kennedy assassinated?

Support for Israel

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Who ran in the election of 1968?

Nixon and Humphery

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Who developed the plan that would eventually become known as Vietnamization?

Nixon

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What event finally turned world opinion against the U.S. in Vietnam?  

Tet offensive

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Who was vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned? 

Gerald Ford

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What were the results of Saturday Night Massacre?

Damages Nixion

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What territories were “reclaimed” my AIM?

Alcatraz

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What event at the center was summer of love?

Haight-Asbury

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Was Nixon impeached?

No

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Where was MLK assassinated? Who shot him?

Lorainne motel. James Earl Ray

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Were search and destroy tactics successful for the U.S?

No

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What was Operation Ranch Hand?

When this failed to break down the jungle cover the USAF stared” Operation Ranch Hand”- the defoliation program, using Agent Orange. 

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Was the Tet Offensive successful?

No

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What were the results of Paris Peace Agreement

The Paris Peace agreement did not end the conflict in Vietnam, however, as Saigon continued to battle Communist  forces, U.S troop withdrawal.