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Chapter 29 Summative Quiz

Multiple Choice

Choose the letter of the best answer.

Question

1. Which of the following describes the Bay of Pigs invasion?

The mission was incredibly successful.

The invasion was an unmitigated disaster.

It canceled when the United Nations intervened.

It was supported by most Latin American nations.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

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2. Which of the following statements describes President Kennedyís flexible-response strategy?

It allowed him to choose between sending the National Guard and sending the regular army into situations requiring military force.

It gave Congress the option to choose between raising and lowering defense spending.

It met his demand for a wider choice than humiliation or all-out nuclear action.

It pertained to the number of missiles the United States would launch in response to a Soviet attack.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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3. Why, despite $1 billion in aid and seven hundred U.S. military advisers committed by the Eisenhower administration, was the situation in South Vietnam still so unstable when President Kennedy took office?

The South Vietnamese government and army were ineffective, and their corruption and repression alienated their own countrymen.

The U.S. Congress was not behind the effort and refused to commit combat troops to the region to finish the job.

The Green Berets in South Vietnam had not been trained in guerrilla warfare and could not respond to it.

Leaders of the South Vietnamese army were Communist sympathizers who had no desire to oust the Vietcong.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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4. Why did President Lyndon B. Johnsonís Latin American policy generate a new surge of anti-Americanism in that region in 1965?

Higher tariffs made it difficult for Latin American nations to profit from the goods they exported to the United States.

The United States seemed to be relinquishing its oversight in the region.

The United States suppressed an uprising that sought to oust the military dictator of the Dominican Republic.

The United States turned away thousands of desperate Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Florida that year.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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5. Why did the U.S. military adjust its personnel assignments in Vietnam in 1966?

A high number of North Vietnamese soldiers were being killed in battle.

There was a disproportionately high death rate among white soldiers who were serving in Vietnam.

There was a disproportionately high death rate among black soldiers who were serving in Vietnam.

More officers than enlisted men were being killed in combat in Vietnam.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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6. By 1968, the Vietnam War had

made refugees of nearly 30 percent of the South Vietnamese people.

infused billions of American dollars into South Vietnamese industries.

reduced the South Vietnamese governmentís dependence on foreign aid.

resulted in the death of nearly 60 percent of the population of South Vietnam.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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7. What was the impact of the American movement to stop the Vietnam War?

It got most American adults involved in politics for the first time.

It created domestic problems that distracted the Johnson administration and prolonged the war.

It brought the war to the center of media attention and severely limited the Johnson administrationís options.

It upset the majority of Americans and spurred massive protests to show widespread support for Cold War objectives.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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8. What position did Americaís hawks take during the Vietnam War?

They called for the Johnson administration to apply more force and win the war.

They insisted that the United States should either reduce its presence in Southeast Asia or get out altogether.

They pressed Johnson to abandon the ground war and bomb the Vietnamese into submission.

They advocated attacks on North Vietnamese civilians to break their morale.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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9. What made the Tet Offensive an important turning point for President Johnson?

It revealed that he had ignored intelligence that warned the attack was imminent.

It revealed his inexperience with military matters and lost him support in the Pentagon.

It underscored the credibility gap between official statements and the warís actual progress.

It forced the president to cancel a planned visit to South Vietnam to discuss a cease-fire.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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10. The U.S. policy of dÈtente with the Soviet Union entailed the United States

abandoning its policy of containment.

ceding to Soviet demands for control of Eastern Europe.

rejecting the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

beginning new discussions with the Soviet Union on arms control and trade.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

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11. How did Americans respond to President Nixonís decision to extend the Vietnam War to Cambodia?

They generally approved the decision.

They protested, demonstrated, and rioted.

They were generally apathetic.

They were optimistic that this step might finally bring an end to the war.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

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12. What was the ultimate impact of the Vietnam War in the United States?

It contributed to internal disorder and the downfall of two presidents.

It created a generation of conservative American youth who continued to exert a powerful influence on the nationís culture of the 1960s and 1970s.

It left a strong antiwar legacy in the United States that led to the dismantling of the military-industrial complex.

It depleted the power of the presidency and made Congress the most powerful branch of the federal government.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.