History Soars at Pheonix  

Vietnam Conflict Mini-Lectures

 

 

#1: Arguments For and Against American Involvement

Reasons TO Send Troops:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reasons NOT TO Send Troops:

• ___________ outweigh the benefits

• There are other ______________ (ex: diplomacy, continue to send aid to ARVN, use UN)

• Sending troops would be an ___________ of our world ________

• Neither side can ______ a complete military ____________

• War is about Vietnamese ____________________, NOT _______________ or __________________.

 

 

#2: Life of Soldiers and The Draft

Fast Facts:

• About ________ million Americans served in Vietnam (1964 – 1975)

• _______ were volunteers

• Over ______________ died

• _______________ were injured

• Average age was _______

• _______ of soldiers came from lower economic levels

• ________________ served in disproportionate numbers

• Draft lasted from ___________________

• All men aged ____________ were eligible

• Variety of ______________ existed to avoid going to Vietnam

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#3: Protest Movement

Causes:

• Credibility Gap

 

 

 

• Unfair Draft System

 

 

 

• Influence of Civil Rights Movement

 

 

• Increasing Number of College Students

 

 

Summary:

•  Youth Movement emerges called the ________________ - wanted _______ change in American society

• Two popular New Left groups emerge

  _______________________

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  • Summer of 1965 ________________ spread across college campuses

  • Protest a variety of things:

 

 

• Movement spreads _________ college students to general American public – by end of _____________ media, returning veterans, and about _______ of Americans disapproved of the war.

• Movement starts with __________ protests, but gets increasingly ____________ as time passes