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