Question 1
What did New York Times reporter David Halberstam mean when, in 1962, he summed up the military dilemma in Vietnam by stating It is often impossible to separate the cruel and dedicated foe you want to kill from the simple and illiterate peasant
you want to woo? A) Communist troops inflicted heavy losses on South Vietnamese civilians.
B) Communist troops launched their attacks from strongholds in North Vietnam.
C) Communist troops blended into the civilian population so they were harder to detect.
D) Communist troops often made civilians act as suicide bombers.
Question 2
The Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies drafted by the nine colonies represented at the Stamp Act Congress demonstrated that __________.
A) most of the colonies were ready to declare independence from Britain
B) the different colonies had to work together for a common goal
C) colonists no longer advocated for a monarchical form of government
D) most Americans favored the policies of the Stamp Act
Question 3
Why did Theodore Roosevelt worry that there could be a European invasion of the Caribbean during his presidency?
A) Since colonies in Asia and Africa were hard to maintain, European nations were seeking new
territories.
B) France and Germany were anxious to establish control over the Panama Canal.
C) European nations had a strong interest in establishing markets for their goods in the
Caribbean.
D) Countries like the Dominican Republic and Venezuela were indebted to European nations.
Question 4
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederates had at the beginning of the Civil War?
A) a powerful, well-organized navy
B) a military alliance with Great Britain and France
C) the military experience and leadership of General Ulysses S. Grant
D) a large geographic area that promoted a defensive war
Question 5
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution __________.
A) officially partitioned Vietnam into two separate northern and southern nations
B) was an official declaration of war by Congress on North Vietnam
C) gave President Johnson the power to wage undeclared war in Vietnam
D) officially ended the war in Vietnam