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Vietnam Divides the Nation The Vietnam War Vietnam Divides the Nation

Vocab 38 P 406 CH 17 -Credibility Gap -Teach-Ins -Dove -Hawk -Tet Offensive ( P 408) -Who dies in 1968? (P 409)

I. Background 1) Vietnam is the first war... we lose ...on television ...opposed by the masses 2) Until 1970- most americans (70%) supported the war. They were afraid of Soviet Union spreading like Nazi Germany did ***Americans were told victory just around the corner*** 3) The Draft (young men forced to go to war) was very unpopular Affected the young and uneducated more because college enrollment deferred draft enforcement Many men burned draft cards & moved to Canada to avoid imprisonment 3,000 Draft Dodgers sent to jail for avoiding Draft

Famous Draft Dodgers

II. A Nation Split: 1) Doves - want US out of Vietnam mainly students and african americans 2) Hawks - wanted to stay and fight Saw communism as threat questioned patriotism of doves As the nation debated… things got worse:

III. The Tet Offensive 1) 1/30/1968: Vietnamese New Year - the North Vietnamese launched surprise attack killing 10,000s of Americans / S Vietnamese Americans shocked that enemy, “so close to defeat”, could launch such a large attack American Media declares “Vietnam War effort doomed” 2) Now a large credibility gap between american Public and Lyndon B Johnson Nixon easily wins Election of 1968 (next class) Just wait until Pentagon Papers (next class…)

Tet Offensive Vid

IV. 1968 - Very Sad Year 1) Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray 2) Robert Kennedy (Brother of JFK, running for President) assassinated by Sirhan SIrhan (Arab Nationalist) 3) Anti-War Protesters and Policemen begin fighting Students will be killed in protests in Chicago violence is on TV for nation to see 4) We elect Nixon!?!!? ><

RFK on MLK death

Bye bye RFK :(

V. A review: 1) We are in this war because of a fake incident (the Gulf of Tonkin Incident) 2) We never declared war, instead, advisors were attacked and we increased troops/bombs 3) We end up sending millions of kids and spending $100 Billion to eventually lose a war people dont want 4) The Tet Offensive is proof that the president is lying to us BUT IT GETS WORSE. Here comessss NIXON!

Daily Quiz 38 1) Who was assassinated in ‘68? 2) What is a Draft Dodger? 3) Why is the tet offensive such a big deal? 4) True or False: the Doves want us to pour more money into South Vietnam. 5) How were the American public lied to during the Vietnam War?