Chapter 29 Section 3 The War Divides America
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Chapter 29 Section 3The War Divides America
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Antiwar Protests Increase• As more troops died and no clear victory emerged,
increasing numbers of Americans opposed the Vietnam War.
• Many people opposed the policies of the draft.More than 1.5 million young men were drafted during the Vietnam War.– Many argued the draft unfairly gave deferments to
students.– Most of the draftees came from a poor or working-class
background.
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African Americans and the Vietnam War• The number of African
Americans fighting in Vietnam was disproportionately high.
• African Americans were less likely than whites to become commissioned officers.
• They were more likely to serve, and die, in combat positions.
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Changes to the Selective Service System• Inequalities in the draft led to
widespread resistance against the war.
• In 1969, the draft was restructured to introduce a lottery system.
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Students’ Opposition to the War Grows• Colleges and universities became centers of antiwar activism.
• Most upper middle-class students opposed the war; working-class students generally supported the war.
• Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) campaigned to end the war in Vietnam.
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More American Oppose the War• Beyond college campuses, more and more
Americans also opposed the war.• TV news showed the war’s horrors.• The difference between government reports and
news stories created a credibility gap
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Westmoreland’s Bold Claim• In November 1967, General Westmoreland
addressed the nation’s concerns about the war.• He claimed the Vietcong had weakened and could
no longer mount a major attack.
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The Tet Offensive
• Tet is the Vietnamese New Year• In early 1968, the Vietcong and North
Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive.• The Tet Offensive was an attack on major
cities and bases in South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.
• The fighting was fierce, but American and South Vietnamese forces eventually drove back the Vietcong.
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Khe Sanh, Vietnam - 1968 - US ammo dump exploding.
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U.S. Air Force Security Police in combat at Tan Son Nhut during the Tet Offensive in 1968. Enemy troops had breached the perimeter and made it onto the runway. After intense fighting that lasted through the night, the Security Police and U.S. and South Vietnamese Army troops repelled the enemy.
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ABOVE- Hole blown in wall of US Embassy compound during Tet Offensive
RIGHT- Dead VC soldier inside US Embassy Compound during Tet Offensive
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General Loan enacts 'justice' on the spot (this picture would appear widely in the US news - horrifying Americans and stirring anti-war fever)
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Americans wounded during the fighting at Hue
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The War After Tet• After the Tet Offensive, U.S. military leaders
became less certain that the war could end quickly.
• The new Secretary of Defense, Clark Clifford, recommended that President Johnson pursue peace, rather than victory, in Vietnam
1968 Tet OffensiveForce KIA WIA MIA CIA
US Forces 1536 7764 11 unknownARVN 2788 8299 587 unknown
NVA/VC 45000 unknown unknown 6991
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Johnson Steps Down• Johnson announced he would not run for another term as
president.• Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy, who opposed the
war, made a strong showing in the New Hampshire primary.• Robert Kennedy, a Democratic Senator from New York, also
announced his candidacy.
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Johnson announces at the end of a 45-minute TV broadcast that he will not seek reelection - March 31, 1968
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1968: Violence Stuns the Nation• In April, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in
Memphis. • Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June, just
after he’d won the California Democratic primary.• Police used rough tactics to break up student protests
outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago.
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Rev. Dr. King's aides point to where the sniper shot that killed King came from - Memphis, April 4, 1968
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Bobby Kennedy shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles - June 5,
1968
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The Chicago Police charging the demonstrators at the Grant Park flagpole - August 28, 1968
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Chicago policeman macing a press photographer after having maced the woman to the left outside the convention hall - August 1968
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The 1968 Presidential Election• Eventually the Democrats chose Hubert Humphrey,
Johnson’s Vice President as their presidential candidate. • Republicans held a more peaceful convention, choosing
Richard M. Nixon as their presidential candidate.
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Nixon Wins• He called for peace with honor in
Vietnam.• He appealed to the “silent
majority” — people who were not protesting.
• He benefited because Democrats were split between Humphrey and George Wallace, a third-party candidate from the South.
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Nixon flashes "V' for victory sign at a
Republican campaign rally in Ohio - October
1968 (the press loved to
lampoon this Nixon gesture)