Pretest: A Time of Upheaval

How did the Tet Offensive affect perceptions of the Vietnam War within the United States?

Americans grew critical of the war because the Viet Cong were viewed as remaining strong.

Who became the US President after Richard Nixon resigned?

Gerald Ford

Who replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice President of the United States?

Gerald Ford

After leading the movement for independence from France, which leader started the Vietnamese Communist Party and served as president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh

Where were more than 50 Americans held hostage for 444 days in the late 1970s?

Iran

Which environment disaster took place near Niagara Falls?

Love Canal

Which civil rights leader led the Montgomery bus boycott?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta cofounded which of the following groups?

National Farmworkers Association

Who won the 1968 US presidential election by running on a platform of a "victory with honor" in Vietnam?

Richard Nixon

Which happened as a result of Watergate?

Richard Nixon resigned

Which city was the capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975?

Saigon

Which of these is NOT a Great Society program about education?

Teach for America

Johnson's administration established the Department of Housing and Urban Development in order to assist which group?

low income families

What was the goal of Medicaid?

to provide healthcare to low income citizens

Which was a major purpose of the 1963 March on Washington?

to support the passage of the Civil Rights bill

What was one of Thurgood Marshall's major achievements?

winning the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case