Chapter 1 Worksheet Quiz

Chapter 29 (The Vietnam War Years) Extra Credit

Section 1 – Kennedy and Foreign Policy

1. What is the Peace Corps?

2. Describe the sequence of events that led to American astronauts landing on the moon in 1969.

3. How do you think the Cuban missile crisis would have ended had the United States pursued air strikes or an invasion of Cuba?

Section 2 – Escalation in Vietnam

4. What is guerrilla warfare?

5. How did the American military try to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail?

6. Do you think Americans’ opinions about the war would have been different had there been no television reporting? Explain your answer.

Section 3 – The End of the War

7. What was the War Powers Act?

8. What was Henry Kissinger’s role in the Vietnam War?

9. What long-term effects did the Vietnam War have on the United States?