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Some Americans saw South Vietnam as a _____ and believed defending it was immoral.
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Media accounts contradict government reports, as General _____ reported that the “enemy’s hopes are bankrupt” , but millions of people saw images of American casualties on television in their living rooms
3
Until 1969, college students deferred military service until after graduation, but young men from _____ families were unable to afford college & were more likely to be drafted.
4
Many draftees argued that if they were old enough to fight, they were old enough to vote, so in 1971 Congress ratified the _____ amendment
5
For many Americans, a gap in _____ had developed between what they heard from Vietnam and what they heard from President Johnson
6
Nixon’s campaign promise to restore _____ _____ _____ , which appealed to Americans who feared their country was spinning out of control.
7
Americans began to protest the Vietnam War as they watched _____ increase
8
1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, protesters taunted police with the chant, “The whole world is watching!” Violence between protesters and police was seen on _____
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Some Americans opposed President Johnson's war efforts, but he continued fighting, recognizing his efforts as resistance to _____ .
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Television newscaster Walter Cronkite said that it seemed “more certain than ever that the bloody experience in Vietnam is to end in _____ "
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January 30, 1968, during the Vietnamese holiday of Tet, the North Vietnamese launched a massive _____ where guerrilla fighters attacked American airbases and most of the major cities.
12
Some Americans opposed the Vietnam War because it was a _____ _____ in which the United States should not interfere.
13
With the country and the Democrats _____ , Johnson announced on March 31, 1968: “I shall not seek the nomination of my party for another term as your President.”
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A disproportionate number of _____ americans went to vietnam. 1961 to 1966, they constituted 10% of military, but were assigned to combat units, so they accounted for 20% of deaths.
15
June 1968, Robert _____ appeared likely to win the Democratic nomination, but he was gunned down by Sirhan Sirhan, an Arab nationalist.
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March 1965, faculty members and students at University of Michigan formed a _____ to discuss the issues surrounding the war and to reaffirm their reasons for opposing it.
17
Nixon claimed to represent a _____ majority of Americans who sought to maintain law and order but had been overshadowed in recent years by social and political turmoil.
18
Congress approved the Gulf of _____ Resolution & granted Johnson great power in the war, but as negative reports returned home, Congress sought greater Involvement in the war
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The Wall Street Journal said, “The American people should be getting ready to accept the prospect that the whole Vietnam effort may be _____ "
20
War escalated, & an increased _____ call put college students at risk. 500,000 draftees refused to go, some burned their cards, others fled the country
21
_____ wanted the nation to stay in Vietnam and fight, seeing communism as a threat to American way of life
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_____ wanted the United States to stop fighting the war and leave Vietnam
23
For the 1968 election, Republicans selected former vice president and 1960 presidential hopeful _____ as their candidate.
24
April 1968, _____ was assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray.
