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Which of the following is associated with the term Napalm ?

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  1. Most powerful phosphorous bomb used by US against Vietnam.

  2. Chemical weapon used in WW II and in Vietnam war.

  3. A type of atom bomb used by US in Vietnam war.

  4. A heavy weapon used by US against Vietnam.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Napalm is a flammable liquid used in warfare. It has been used by the United States since World War II. This chemical weapon was widely used during the Vietnam war also.

When was Vietnam unified?

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  1. 1975

  2. 1985

  3. 1995

  4. 1965

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

After the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, Vietnam became a unified country under control of North Vietnam’s communist government with Hanoi as its new capital. 

Which of the following was not settled in the U.S.North Vietnamese peace agreement of 1973?

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  1. An exchange of prisoners of war

  2. The political future of South Vietnam

  3. The withdrawal of U.S. troops

  4. The end of U.S. military aid to South Vietnam

  5. A cease-fire

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. except  The political future of South Vietnam.

Congress passed the War Powers Act primarily because ____________.

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  1. Presidents Johnson and Nixon had usurped congressional authority in making war on Vietnam

  2. the United States had not achieved a clear victory in Vietnam

  3. the Vietnam War had been unpopular with the voters from the beginning

  4. Congress believed that only the president should have the power to declare war

  5. the public wanted to end the military draft and replace it with an all-volunteer army

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Congress passed the War Powers Act primarily because Presidents Johnson and Nixon had usurped congressional authority in making war on Vietnam.

Which war did young Americans protest by burning their draft cards and draft notices, fleeing to Canada, and demonstrating against the administration?

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  1. Korean War

  2. Vietnam War

  3. Persian Gulf War

  4. War in Afghanistan

  5. Iraq War

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The protests were part of a movement in opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and as such took place mainly in the U.S.

"I think we came, without really knowing it, to make the memorial our wailing wall. We came to find the names of those we lost in the war, as if by tracing the letters cut into the granite we could find what was left of ourselves ...." The speaker most likely is referring to the ______.

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  1. Ellis Island memorial

  2. Lincoln Memorial

  3. Vietnam War Memorial

  4. Washington Monument

  5. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vietnam War Memorial.

Congress passed the War Powers Act in response to the ______.

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  1. Korean War

  2. Vietnam War

  3. Persian Gulf War

  4. Six-Day War

  5. Iraq War

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Congress passed the War Powers Act in response to the Vietnam War he Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

The thin disguise of 'equal' accommodations for passengers in railroad coaches will not mislead anyone, nor atone for the wrong this day done. Justice John Harlan wrote the dissenting opinion quoted above at the conclusion of which Supreme Court case?

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  1. Dred Scott v. Sanford

  2. Plessy v. Ferguson

  3. Powell v. Alabama

  4. Sweatt v. Painter

  5. Brown v. Board of Education

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. 

It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".

Hawks and "doves" were nicknames given to those who supported and opposed which war?

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  1. Persian Gulf War

  2. Vietnam War

  3. War of 1812

  4. World War I

  5. Spanish-American War

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

DOVES AND HAWKS are terms applied to people based upon their views about a military conflict. A dove is someone who opposes the use of military pressure to resolve a dispute; a hawk favors entry into war. The terms came into widespread use during the Vietnam War, but their roots are much older than that conflict. The association of doves with peace is rooted in the biblical story of the Great Flood: the dove that Noah released after the rains had stopped returned with an olive branch, the symbol of peace and a sign that the waters had receded from the ground. "War hawk" was applied to advocates of war in the United States as early as 1798 when Thomas Jefferson used it to describe Federalists ready to declare war on France.

What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution state?

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  1. The United States would take military action in response to a supposed Vietnamese attack on a U.S. destroyer.

  2. Vietnam would be divided politically along the 17th parallel.

  3. The United States would play an active role in an attempt to overthrow the government of Ngo Dinh Diem.

  4. The Selective Service would begin drafting men in the United States to fight in Vietnam.

  5. The U.S. Army would launch a bombing cam paign against military targets in North Vietnam.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The United States would take military action in response to a supposed Vietnamese attack on a U.S. destroyer.