The Protest Movement Flashcards
What was the anti-war movements views?
It was morally wrong.
What did the antiwar movement say the US were doing?
lying and corrupting young soldiers with drugs and mindless violence
What did the anti-war movement think about north and south vietnam?
The south war corrupt and the north were just fighting for freedom.
When did the veterans join the protests?
After fighting in the Vietnam war
What did the veterans stories do?
Their stories of brutality and pointless suffering were very powerful
What did some veterans do with medals?
They gave back medals to show their opposition
Why was the veterans joining the anti-war movement good for the anti-war movement?
It was hard for supporters of the war to dismiss a veterans opinion
Why was there an opposition to the draft?
It was unfair, many middle class, white Americans avoided it. Working class and black Americans got drafted.
When was the draft system changed?
1970 to make it fairer, but many still tried to avoid it
What was the Vietnam war seen as in the medias eyes?
The first televised war
What did the TV, media and photojournalism do?
It brought home the horrific scenes of the war to the US weekening the goverments attempts to justify the war.
How is it linked to the civil rights movement?
Black americans felt they were being sent to vietnam while white americans avoided the draft
What did the civil rights movement do?
the civil rights protests influenced the anti-war protests.
What happened in December 1964?
25,000 people marched against the war in Washington DC
What happened in April 1967?
400,000 people demonstrated in 1967
