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1 19.2: Vietnam Divides the Nation

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

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

6 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.

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

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

9 The Tet Offensive

10 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

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13 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

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15 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

16 Mayor Richard J. Daley

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


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