quiz 5 the rest

Question 1

robert kennedy

Answer 1

senator who opposed the Vietnam War and was assassinated while campaigning for the democratic nomination for president in 1968.

Question 2

my lai 1968

Answer 2

village in south vietnam where U.S. troops massacred 350-500 innocent women and children. increased public opposition to the war when it became public in 1969.

Question 3

vietnam war 1969-1973 (Nixon administration)

Answer 3

although president Nixon increased the bombing of Vietnam and launched invasions of Laos and Cambodia, he also decided to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam.

Question 4

Vietnamization 1969-1973

Answer 4

president nixon’s policy of gradually removing U.S. troops from vietnam.

Question 5

U.S. withdrawal from south vietnam 1973

Answer 5

the united states withdrew combat troops from south vietnam.

Question 6

war powers act 1973

Answer 6

law that prevents the president from involving the united states in war without congressional authorization.

Question 7

fall of south vietnam 1975

Answer 7

south vietnam fell to communist control.

Question 8

students for a democratic society 1960

Answer 8

left wing student organization founded to attack American materialism and work for social justice and civil rights. associated with the anti-war movement of the late 1960s.

Question 9

kent state 1970

Answer 9

university in ohio where students were shot and killed by national guard troops during a protest against the vietnam war.

Question 10

pentagon papers, 1971

Answer 10

classified government documents on the vietnam war leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg and leaked to the new york times. effortts to block publication was rejeceted by the U.S. supreme court.