57 Chapter 22 Section 3 Notes A Nation

I. The Working Class Goes to War • A “Manipulative” Draft • Selective Service

• African-Americans in Vietnam • Serve in disproportionate numbers in ground combat. •

• Women Join the Ranks: • 10, 000 serve, mostly as military nurses.

II. The Roots of Opposition • The New Left: • Youth movement of 1960

• Campus Activism: • New Left spreads across colleges. • Students protest campus

III. The Protest Movement Emerges • The movement grows, small numbers of returning veterans

• War Divides the Nation • Doves strongly oppose the war, believe U.

• LBJ continues slow escalation, is criticized by hawks and doves. • Combat

Ch. 22. 3 Q’s 1. Do you think it was right for the government

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#57 Chapter 22 Section 3 Notes A Nation Divided OBJECTIVE: Understand how the Vietnam War divided America.

I. The Working Class Goes to War • A “Manipulative” Draft • Selective Service System, draft, calls men 18 -26 into military service. • Thousands look for ways to avoid the draft. Consequences? • Many ---- mostly Whites, affluent --- get college deferment. • 80% of U. S. soldiers come from lower economic levels.

• African-Americans in Vietnam • Serve in disproportionate numbers in ground combat. • Racial tensions high in many platoons; add to low troop morale. • MLK was an outspoken critic of war.

• Women Join the Ranks: • 10, 000 serve, mostly as military nurses. • Thousands volunteer

II. The Roots of Opposition • The New Left: • Youth movement of 1960 s, demand sweeping changes. • Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Free Speech Movement (FSM): Criticize big business, government; want greater individual freedom.

• Campus Activism: • New Left spreads across colleges. • Students protest campus issues, Vietnam War.

III. The Protest Movement Emerges • The movement grows, small numbers of returning veterans protest; protest songs popular.

• War Divides the Nation • Doves strongly oppose the war, believe U. S. should withdraw. • Hawks favor sending greater forces to win the war. • 1967: 70% of Americans believe war protestors are disloyal to the U. S.

• LBJ continues slow escalation, is criticized by hawks and doves. • Combat stalemate leads Defense Secretary Mc. Namara to resign.

Ch. 22. 3 Q’s 1. Do you think it was right for the government to imprison draft resisters? Explain. 2. Do you agree that antiwar protests were “acts of disloyalty”? Why or why not?