“The War Divides America” Outline

READ THE U.S. HISTORY TEXTBOOK FROM PAGES 544-551 and ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE OUTLINE BELOW.

  1. Antiwar Protests Increase
  2. Did most U.S. soldiers volunteer to serve in Vietnam by 1965? (544)
  1. How did the draft work? (544)
  1. Why did critics say that this system was unfair? (545)
  1. How did the war affect African Americans? (545)
  1. Why did Martin Luther King come out against it? (545)
  1. How did anti-war activists attempt to stop the draft? (545)
  1. How did the selective service system attempt to respond to their complaints? (545)
  1. Where did anti-war sentiment seem to be the strongest? (546)
  1. Why did so many students and professors criticize the war? (546)
  1. What organization did U.C. Berkeley and University of Michigan students join to protest the war? (546)
  1. How did U.C. Berkeley respond to the activism of the S.D.S.?
  1. What did students do in response? (546)
  1. How did this conflict end? (546)
  1. How did most Americans find out about the war? (546)
  1. How did government officials describe the events of the war? (546)
  2. How did many Americans begin to view the government during this time? (546)

II. Tet Offensive is the Turning Point

a. What did General Westmoreland tell the American people in November 1967? (547)

  1. Why did he lie to the public? (547)

b. What was the Tet Offensive? (547)

i. What did the North Vietnamese expect would happen? (547)

a. How come this did not happen? (547)

c. How did President Johnson respond to General Westmoreland’s requests for more troops? (547)

i. What would the U.S. have had to do in order to send more troops to Vietnam? (547)

a. What did the Secretary of Defense advise Johnson to do because of this? (547)

d. How did public attitudes about Vietnam change in 1968? (548)

i. What happened in the Democratic primaries because of this? (548)

a. What did Johnson announce on March 31, 1968? (548)

III. Violence Rocks 1968 Presidential Race

a. What two American leaders were assassinated in 1968? (550)

i. What were their positions on the Vietnam War? (550)

b. Where and when did the Democrats meet to choose their presidential candidate? (550)

i. Who showed up to protest the convention? (550)

1. How did the city prepare to respond to them? (550)

ii. Who did the Democrats pick as their presidential candidate? (550)

1. What was his position on the Vietnam War? (550)

  1. How did the protesters respond to his selection? (550)
  1. What did the police do because of this? (550)

c. Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1968? (551)

i. What was his position on the Vietnam War? (551)

ii. What was his strategy to defeat Humphrey? (551)

iii. Who else ran for president in this election? (551)

1. Why did he break away from the Democratic Party? (551)

iv. Why did Nixon win the election? (551)