Vietnam protests

Vietnam War protests

Background

U.S. politicians & military leaders promised year
after year that the Vietnam war was coming to an
end. America spent over 10 years in the Vietnam war. Many Americans grew tired of what seemed like pointless bloodshed and a war that had nothing to do with the U.S.

Multiple Choice

How many years did the U.S. spend in the Vietnam war?

• 12

• 20

• 10

Anti-Vietnam reasons

●The U.S. had no clear
goals

●The U.S. had no
business in a foreign
war

●The war seemed
unwinnable

●The US was intervening
in Vietnam’s
independence

●Morality

Multiple Choice

What was NOT a reason people were against the Vietnam war?

• The war seemed unwinnable

• The U.S. had no clear goals

• The U.S. could make a lot of money from war

• The U.S. was intervening in Vietnam's freedom

Pro-vietnam reasons

●The Domino theory

●If the U.S. didn’t step
in, people in South
Vietnam would have been
punished and tortured even
more.

●The U.S. needed to send a
message to other Communist
nations

Multiple Choice

The ________ was the belief that if one country fell to communism the rest would follow.

• Domino effect

• Monopoly theory

• Fall Effect

Multiple Choice

Those who supported the war believed that the U.S. needed to prove a point to other _____ countries.

• Democratic

• Communist

• Monarchy

1967 March on the Pentagon

Kent State Protests

● 28 soldiers from Ohio’s National

Guard opened fire on
Anti-Vietnam protesters.

● Four students were killed, and

nine were wounded .

Kent State Protests

Multiple Choice

One of the most famous protests took place at _____ University.

• Norfolk State

• Kent State

• Alabama state

Multiple Choice

Overall, most Americans did support the Vietnam War.

• True

• False