History Questions

This agency was established in 1942 to regulate the production of materials during World War II; it converted and expanded peacetime industries to meet war needs

This is the organization of a nation's armed forces for active military service in times of war or other national emergency

This act required that all men between the ages of 21 and 35 register with local draft boards; it was the first peacetime conscription in United States history

Allowed the president to lend, lease or sell anything to the Allies to help them win the war

This is to call up or select men for the armed services; during World War II this called up more than 10 million men

This government agency was created in 1941 to set price ceilings and to ration scarce supplies of tires, automobiles, shoes, nylon, sugar, gasoline, fuel, oil, coffee, meats and other

Why did American military officials begin calculating their progress in body counts and kill ratios in Vietnam in 1965?

This is the controlled distribution and consumption of scarce resources and goods; by 1943 government issued ration coupons were required to purchase meat, coffee, and hundreds of other items

Which was one of the practical arguments made by protesters against the Vietnam War?

Why was the United States military unprepared and ineffective in their attempt to defeat the Communist forces in South Vietnam?

Which of these heightened fears and provided a rationalization for President Kennedy's military buildup in the 1960s?

Which group served as an ally to North Vietnam during the conflict from 1965 through 1968?

Who organized the first major protest in the United States against the Vietnam War in April 1965?

Of the more than 7,500 American women who served in the Vietnam War, most served as

The purpose of the limited nuclear test ban treaty signed by the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain in 1963 was to

Nixon replaced Chief Justice Earl Warren with Warren E. Burger, who took which stance as a Justice on the Supreme Court?

President Carter implemented legislation that impacted which major areas?

Who won the Democratic nomination for president in 1968?

Which event happened shortly after peace negotiations for the war in Southeast Asia began in Paris in May 1968?

How did candidates Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon differ on the central issue of the war in Vietnam during the 1968 election?