Vietnam Antiwar Movement

Public support for U.S. policy in Vietnam began to wane because_____

• most Americans did not trust the media

• not enough combat troops were being sent to the region

• media accounts of the war seemed to contradict government reports

• they believed that President Johnson was not granted enough power

Colleges around the United States_______ in opposition to the war in Vietnam.

• teach-ins

• television wars

• sit-ins

• expulsions

Why did protesters consider the draft system to be unfair?

• People in urban and suburban areas were drafted more often then people in rural areas

• Antiwar demonstrators were typically drafted first

• No one was allowed to defer military service

• Those who were unable to afford college were more likely to be drafted

A disproportionate number of _______ died in the Vietnam War.

• African Americans

• College Students

• Wealthy people

• White students

what did the hawks want the United States to do?

• leave Vietnam

• Set up a peace agreement

• Stay in Vietnam and fight

• Bring communism to more countries

Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television helped

• create a credibility gap

• raise Johnson's ratings in the polls

• support the nations "hawks"

• unify Americans behind the war

Many college faculty and students against the Vietnam War abandoned their classes and gathered informally to discuss the issues in a new form to protest called

• political rally

• show trial

• sit-in

• Teach-in

which public perception resulted in a lack of recognition of Vietnam veterans at the end of the war?

• Many people believed that the war had produced very few casualties

• Many people thought veterans did not want to be recognized

• Many people felt Vietnam was a defeat and did not want to think about the war

• Many people thought veterans needed therapy rather then parades and honors