Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What selective service system supplied soldiers for the war?
a. | the draft | c. | the counterculture | b. | the silent majority | d. | the Pentagon |
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Much of the division in America created by the war resulted from the
a. | silent majority. | c. | generation gap. | b. | new offensive. | d. | credibility
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The American commander in Vietnam was
a. | Richard J. Daley. | c. | Hubert H. Humphrey. | b. | Eugene McCarthy. | d. | William
Westmoreland. |
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Who was not a presidential hopeful in 1968?
a. | Eugene McCarthy | c. | Lyndon B. Johnson | b. | Robert F. Kennedy | d. | Hubert H.
Humphrey |
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What presidential candidate claimed to represent the silent majority?
a. | George C. Wallace | c. | Eugene McCarthy | b. | Richard M. Nixon | d. | Robert F.
Kennedy |
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Completion Complete each
statement.
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Antiwar demonstrators called President Johnson and his supporters
____________________.
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7.
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The Vietcong attacked ____________________, the ancient capital of
Vietnam.
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8.
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The series of attacks that began on ____________________, caused many more
Americans to oppose the Vietnam War.
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9.
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The Johnson administration developed a ____________________—fewer people
trusted its statements about the war.
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10.
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At the _________________________, antiwar protestors confronted Chicago
police.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | George C. Wallace | d. | doves | b. | hawks | e. | deferment | c. | draft
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11.
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inspired Congressional law
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12.
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opponents of Vietnam War
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13.
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supporters of Vietnam War
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excused from draft
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"law and order" candidate
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Short Answer
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What was the movement that rejected traditional American values?
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Many who opposed the draft argued that deferments discriminated against what
group?
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18.
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In October 1967 more than 50,000 war protestors marched to what government
building?
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19.
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What is Tet?
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20.
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What did Eugene McCarthy’s surprisingly strong showing in the Democratic
primary indicate about voters’ opinions?
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