Support For The War Flashcards
What did one journelist say about anti and pro ralley?
They were so similar that you could be walking through a pro war ralley and then go to an anti war ralley and the would be the same
What was the red scare?
When many people feared that US communists would start a revolution
Give some reasons for support in the war?
Support our troops
We need to fight communism or it will take over
Tell the North Vietnamese to be pacifists
Family member died there, don’t let it be in vein
Fighting for other people’s freedom
I have been there and we need to keep fighting
What was someone who loved their country called?
A partiot
Patrioism
What were many people taught in school?
How did this effect public opinion to the war?
To be patriotic and to obey their country
Got support for the war
Who were hard hat’s?
Nickname given to construction workers
When and where did the hard hat’s riot start?
What happened?
8th May 1970 in New York
Construction workers charge out during their lunch break (wearing hard hats) and beat up the protesters
What was disapointing in the hard hat riot?
The police did little to stop the violence after the hard hats brack through their line
What was the end result of the hard hat riot?
They moved to the city hall where the mayor agreed to fly the US flag at half-mast to comiserate the dead students
Who was the mayor of NY in 1970?
John Lindsay
What did the hard hat riots lead to?
Questions about is the mayor (John Lindsay) was a strong enough mayor
What happened on the 20th May?
The hard hat riot leader (Peter Brennan) led a pro-war ralley outside city hall in NY
How many people took part in the hard-hat pro-war riot?
60,000
What did the hard-hat pro-war riot lead to?
Brennan and some others being invites to the white house
Brennan would latter bocome Nixon’s Secretary of Labour
What was the silent majority?
People who agreed with the Vietnam war but who didn’t activly campaign for the war
When did Nixon make a speach about the scilent majority?
3rd November 1969
What was the silent majority speach about?
Nixon asked the silent majority to step up
How sucessful was the silent majority speach?
Polls the next day showed that 77% of people agreed with his policies in Vietnam
Over 50,000 telegrams and 30,000 letters of support was sent to the White House
Latter spolls show many peopl saw themselfs as part of the silent majority
Public aproval ment that the Senate and the House of representatives passes resolutions which aproved of Nixon’s conduct of the war
Why was the silent majority soeach so important?
North Vietnam was negotiatiging
So Nixon could say that although some of his people didn’t like the war
That there was still a lot of support for the war
How did politics effect the war?
Whislt LBJ (democrat) was president the democrats were hawks When Nixon (republican) was in charge the democrats became doces as they wanted to oppose him
However no politition wanted the US to loose and to be seen as weak
When the Gulk of Tonkin resolution passed hiw mnay votes were there against it?
2 in the Senate
None in the House of Representatives
When was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed?
1964
Why was there sometimes support in congress for the war?
Theu kept on funding the war even when they knew the real cost
The mitary kept on ensuring an easy win
Theu didn’ want the US to be deffeated by a small country like North Vietnam
