Multiple Choice Chapter 28 Self-Quiz 1

. Which of the following statements best describes the symbolic importance of the "Girl in the Picture," Kim Phuc?

She stood for the resilience of the Vietnamese spirit.

She represented the generosity of locals in Vietnam.

She symbolized the human cost of the Vietnam War.

She illustrated the humanity of American conduct in the war.

. Who won the battle of Dien Bien Phu in May 1954?

the ARVN

the French

the United States

the Vietminh

. Why did the Kennedy administration lose faith in Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963?

He was too conciliatory toward socialists in South Vietnam.

He was an ineffective administrator with no mind for the big picture.

He was increasingly unpopular among his own people.

He was suspected of being a Soviet double agent.

. When it came to the conflict in Vietnam, Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater made Johnson look

more moderate.

like a pacifist.

weak.

like a fool.

. Which of the following best describes the significance of the body-count method in the Vietnam War?

It gave American officials a better understanding of progress in the war.

It illustrated the horrible atrocities Americans committed on civilians.

The emphasis on kills rather than territory enhanced the brutality of the war.

It made air assaults and bombing raids less meaningful.

. Which of the following forms of protest occurred first in the antiwar movement?

congressional hearings on Vietnam

hundreds of teach-ins at college campuses

a 100,000-person antiwar march in Washington, DC

a veterans protest involving the return of medals received in Vietnam

. In 1966 George F. Kennan, the father of the containment doctrine,

came out in support of escalating the Vietnam War.

joined an antiwar protest.

came out as a hippie.

came out in opposition to deeper involvement in Vietnam.

. Which city in Vietnam suffered the most during the Tet Offensive early in 1968?

Hue

Saigon

Ko Sanh

Hanoi

. Which of the following statements best characterizes the French student protests of 1968?

They were small in numbers and political inconsequential.

They were well organized and often led by social conservatives.

They took on enormous proportions and looked like a new revolution.

They led to the resignation of Charles De Gaulle and the radicalization of French government.

. In 1968, the Democratic Party share of the vote moved from 60.5 percent to

66 percent.

54 percent.

43 percent.

33 percent.

. Who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971?

the White House

the New York Times

Columbia University

the Senate Defense Committee

.

Nixon's greatest foreign policy achievement was

the end of the Cold War.

the end of the Vietnam War.

a presidential visit to China.

the Watergate affair.

. The Madres of the Plaza de Mayo were protesting

the Vietnam War.

deaths under the government of Salvador Allende.

the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of Allende's supporters under the Pinochet government.

US policy in Chile.

. Which of the following statements best summarizes Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy?

He tried to gain the African American vote in the rural South.

He sought to bring long-standing Democratic states into the Republican fold.

He hoped to concentrate the fighting on South Vietnam.

He hoped to appeal to voters with his Southern California charm.

. How did the American public respond to President Nixon's firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox?

They welcomed the step but demanded more changes in the administration.

His firing went completely unnoticed by a public consumed with the Vietnam War.

They responded with outrage and demands for the House of Representatives to impeach the president.

They were relieved to know that the Watergate affair had finally come to a conclusion.

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