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19.2: Vietnam Divides the Nation

A. An Antiwar Movement Emerges Support for containment: 1965 a. 66% in favor b. 24% opposed Educational hearings – informing the Senate on military strategy.

3. General Westmoreland: “enemy’s hopes are bankrupt” Wanted large # of troops by 1967 >500,000 Living room war: Media and credibility gap effect Americans George Kennan (the Long Telegram?) – American diplomat: Vietnam not strategically important to US

4. “Teach-ins” Students and teachers skipped class Gather to discuss the wrongs of the war Civil war Supporting a dictatorship

5. Vietnam Soldiers & the Draft Draft implemented; most in combat units avg. age 19; 21-26 WWII Disproportionately AA, Latino, and poor MLK criticizes high # of AA (13%, 10%, 20%) “White man’s war” Returning soldiers protest

5. Vietnam Soldiers & the Draft g. Burn draft cards h. Leave country i. Serve jail time j. 26th Amendment – voting rights for 18 y/o.

6. Doves vs. Hawks b. Should continue & increase force in Vietnam a. Opposed war & wanted troops to withdraw from Vietnam

B. 1968: The Pivotal Year The worst year of the 1960s!

The Tet Offensive

1. The Tet Offensive Vietnam’s New Years Week-long peace agreement Funerals being held during this time = easy attack Deaths due to attacks: i. Vietcong - 32,000 ii. US - 3,000 Victory? For who? How? Americans realize war is a unwinnable Walter Cronkite

2. Public Opinion on War Before Tet Offensive 28% Doves 56% Hawks After Tet Offensive 40% Doves 40% Hawks 60 % war mishandled 50% mistake to go in

3. A Season of Violence (1968) March: Johnson announces he will not seek a second term April: MLK assassinated; AA communities responded with riots; 46 dead c. June: Robert Kennedy assassinated d. August: Democratic National Convention; Chicago; Mayor Daley

Mayor Richard J. Daley

Presidential Election 1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) Richard M. Nixon (R)