Protests against the Vietnam war

Question 1

Living standards issues

Answer 1

Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) failed to deliver his aims to improve living standards due to the cost of US involvement in Vietnam.

Question 2

Civil rights campaigners

Answer 2

• 30% of African-Americans were drafted as opposed to 20% of whites drafted.
• They were fighting for a country that discriminated against them.

Question 3

Students

Answer 3

• Students didn’t want to be drafted into a war they didn’t believe in. .

Question 4

Number of demonstrations

Answer 4

There were over 100 demonstrations in 1968, the largest in US history occurring in Washington DC in 1969 which was attended by 700,000 protestors