THE VIETNAM WAR

 Domino Theory: The thought that if South Vietnam fell to communism, this would create a chain reaction in Asia and that other nations would also fall to communism

 FOR: Hawks  Stop Communism  Help South Vietnam  Economically  Equipment/Military Weapons  Continue Cold War Policy of Containment  Usually Republicans or Conservatives  AGAINST: Doves  Usually Democrats or Liberals  THE DRAFT  The Media  Time of Protest  Civil Disobedience  Free Speech  Hippie Movement  “Needless” Deaths

 Civil Disobedience  Penalties ranged from 6 months in prison to 2 and a half years in prison if arrested

 North Vietnam Forces (THE ENEMY)  Viet-Cong or VC  “CHARLIE”  ARVN  "Army of the Republic of Vietnam“  (South Vietnam's army)  Friendly Fire  An accidental attack, whether by shooting or by dropping bombs, upon one's own troops, such as U.S soldiers shooting at other U.S. soldiers.  Boondock or Boonies  General term for the jungle or swampy areas in Vietnam

 Started around 1964  Average Age of a U.S. soldier was 19  American opposition to the Vietnam War fell into the following main categories:  Opposition to the draft;  Moral, legal, and pragmatic arguments against U.S. intervention;  Reaction to the media portrayal of the devastation in Southeast Asia

 The prevailing sentiment that the draft was unfairly administered  Blue collar Americans and Black Americans opposed the draft itself  WHY?????  College Exemptions  Blacks fought for a country that refused to give them equal rights (during the Civil Rights Era)

 Napalm (Right)  Agent Orange (Left)

 Just for the United States in Vietnam  Longest war in U.S. History  Compared to:  War on Terror=6,000+

 Completed in 1982  58,195 names of KIA or MIA  3+ million people visit annually