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Anti-War Movement

Anti-War Movement. By Amber Ullman and Courtney Reigert. Over view.

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Anti-War Movement

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  1. Anti-War Movement By Amber Ullman and Courtney Reigert

  2. Over view • From 1965 to 1973, the United States fought in the Vietnam war. It was the longest war the US ever fought in. The Vietnam war gave rise to the largest and most successful antiwar movement in US history. The Vietnam war was fought on two fronts, the ‘war at home’ that was fought on the streets of the US and US college campuses and the war in Vietnam with guns, tanks, and bombs. Millions of Americans took to the streets and college campuses in large and small groups, protesting the war, discussing the moralities of the war and demanded the United States to withdraw troops from Vietnam.

  3. Over view cont. • In the early 1960s, student radicalisms protested political repression on college campuses. The antiwar movement is considered a direct outgrowth of the Free Speech Movement led by people like Mario Savio at U.C. Berkeley. During the outbreak of the Vietnam war, radicalism inspired by the Free Speech Movement later grew to a national voice protesting the US involvement in the war. Americans started questioning the relevance of the US presence in a conflict half way around the world.

  4. Protest at capital. Demonstrators march along Pennsylvania Avenue in an anti-war protest in Washington, on Moratorium Day, November 5th, 1969.

  5. US bombing of North Vietnam • in 1965 the U.S. launched the bombing of Northern Vietnam. • North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh refused to listen to American demands so bombing continued. • Increase of American fatalities in Vietnam sparked a growth in the antiwar movement. • The public’s opinion on bombing intensified and a bombing pause was announced, from May 12th-17th, 1965.

  6. Boys in Vietnam • Along the front lines in Vietnam, the antiwar movement was spreading. • Combat troops began wearing antiwar symbols and showed their disagreement with the war by peace signs, movement salutes, and demonstrations.

  7. Hawks and Doves • In mid-1976, more Americans opposed the United States involvement in Vietnam war. • By 1968, only slightly more than 25% of Americans agreed with Johnson’s military decisions. • The Hawks supported the war, but believed Johnson was not giving his generals enough freedom. They wanted to continue the bombings in Northern Vietnam. • The doves wanted Johnson to end American involvement in Vietnam. The doves were usually blue-collar workers and Democrats. They were more noticeable than the Hawks and did more demonstrations and protests.

  8. March on the Pentagon. • On 1967, the public support for the war decreased even more. • On October 1967, March on the Pentagon, became one of the most important events in the antiwar movement. • Marchers were unable the of Johnson’s presidency. move the overwhelmed Pentagon. • Their demonstrations had a big influence on the redirection of the war in Vietnam and contributed to the destruction

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