Starter quiz
- How long after he became president did it take Nixon to open peace negotiations with North and South Vietnam?
- 1 day
- 5 days ✓
- 2 weeks
- 1 month
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- Complete the sentence: the Ho Chi ______ Trail enabled North Vietnam to move troops and equipment into South Vietnam.
- 'Minh' ✓
- Roughly how many miles did the jungle paths that linked North Vietnam with South Vietnam stretch for?
- '12 000' ✓
- When did the US and South Vietnam invade Cambodia?
- March 1969 ✓
- March 1970
- March 1971
- March 1972
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- Nixon ordered that the US troops should limit their invasion of Cambodia to within a limit of how many miles?
- 10 miles
- 19 miles ✓
- 32 miles
- 45 miles
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- By the end of the Easter Offensive in 1972, what percentage of South Vietnamese land did North Vietnam control?
- '10%' ✓
Exit quiz
- How many US soldiers lost their lives in Vietnam?
- 21 000
- 32 000
- 46 000
- 58 000 ✓
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- What were two other issues that people in America were protesting about alongside the Vietnam War?
- anti-gun laws
- civil rights ✓
- high taxes
- wealth inequality
- women's rights ✓
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- Roughly how much was the US spending on the Vietnam War per year?
- $10 million
- $150 million
- $1 billion
- $20 billion ✓
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- Match the keyword to the correct definition.
- unethical⇔morally wrong ✓
- veteran⇔a person who has served in the armed forces ✓
- protest⇔a statement or action expressing disapproval of something ✓
- Complete the sentence: Agent ______ was a chemical used to destroy jungle terrain.
- 'Orange' ✓
- Which high profile boxer was convicted of draft-dodging?
- 'Muhammad Ali' ✓
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Key learning points
- Americans protested against the Vietnam War for a variety of reasons.
- These reasons included the cost in American lives, racism and inequality, expense of the war and how unethical it was.
- Protests took a variety of forms, such as marches and burning draft cards, but were predominantly peaceful.
Common misconception
Everyone who joins the armed forces does so willingly and supports the actions of the government.
Conscription is common around the world, and many people are forced to join the armed forces against their will.
Keywords
Unethical - if something is unethical then it is morally wrong
Veteran - a veteran is a person who has served in the armed forces
Protest - a protest is a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
Sit-in - a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met
Teach-in - an extended meeting usually held on a college campus for lectures, debates and discussions to raise awareness of or express a position on a social or political issue.
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