Exit Ticket Vietnam Day 4: Anti-War

How did college students respond to President Johnson escalating Vietnam?

• College students led demonstrations that opposed the Vietnam War.

• College students remained indifferent to the Vietnam War.
• College students supported the escalation of the Vietnam War.
• College students silently celebrated President Johnson's decision to escalate Vietnam.

Select three ways the public showed their opposition to the War.

• Public Demonstrations

• Burning Draft Cards

• Government propaganda campaigns
• Creating and listening to songs with political messages

Match the anti-war events to the correct description

• 4 students were killed in a protest

• College Sit-ins

• Students' rights to free speech

• Anti-War Songs

• Colleges held public demonstrations

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Expressed dissent about the war

• Kent State

How did Kent State affect public opinion of the War?

• Increase anti-war sentiment and shifted public opinion against the Vietnam War.

• Kent State was primarily a pro-war protest.
• Kent State increased the silent majority who supported the war

• Kent State increased the number of doves for the war.

What did the Supreme Court rule in Tinker v. Des Moines?

• Students can be punished for any form of speech.
• Free speech rights do not apply to public schools and students within the school building.

• Students have the right to free speech in schools as long as it does not disrupt the educational process.
• Students cannot express any opinions in school.

What were students doing to protest the war in Tinker v. Des Moines?

• Students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
• Students organized a rally in support of the war.
• Students wrote letters to Congress opposing the war.
• Students held a sit-in at the school cafeteria.

What did young people burn to protest the Vietnam War?

• draft cards
• drivers' licenses
• American flags
• newspapers

What does credibility gap mean?

• The President does not need a declaration of war to send in troops

• The public does not believe what its being told by officials

• The Vietcong use of Guerilla Warfare shows a gap in training for South Vietnamese

• A credibility gap is a measure of financial stability and credit buying power

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Gulf of Tonkin Incident

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(b) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• USS Maddox attacked by North Vietnamese

• Congress gives the president power send troops to Vietnam