Anti Vietnam War

November 1, 1955 – April 30,

1975

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 How did this Movement Spread

Anti-war marches and other rallies, such as those organized by What was the Gulf of Tonkin?
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), drew a growing base
of support, peaking in early 1968 after North Vietnamese troops' ● Gulf of Tonkin
successful Tet Offensive demonstrated that the war's end was not
in sight. Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam The incident happened in
August of 1964. On two consecutive instances,
North Vietnamese vessels purportedly assaulted
US warships, the USS Maddox and the USS C.
How did Media Help Turner Joy, in the Gulf of Tonkin, a body of water
bordering modern-day Vietnam.
Stories in the news distorted the public's perception of what
was actually happening in the field. Since it was visible in
their homes, Americans were able to connect and empathize
with the soldiers more than ever before. This caused an
outcry of public opinion against the war.
 Major Organization/Groups

The anti-war movement originated on college

campuses, when members of the socialist organization
Television and photojournalism played a
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized crucial part in publicizing protests,
"teach-ins" to protest the way the war was being overwhelming the media with images of
conducted. students being arrested by police and even
riots, such as those during the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Groups that participated
● African Americans.
● Artists.
● Asian-Americans.
● Clergy.
● Draft evasion.
● Environmentalists.
● Musicians.
● Military Members.
 Leaders of this Movement

James Bevel Coretta Scott

Martin Luther King
Jr.
King led his first anti-war march
in Chicago on 25 March 1967
Bevel was the chair of the Spring
Mobilization Committee to End the
Vietnam War in 1967. As part of the
anti-war movement, he organized the
1967 March on the United Nations.
King
Traveled to New York City to
deliver an anti-war speech to
thousands of people gathered
in Central Park.
 What movements opposed the Vietnam War?

The American war in Vietnam sparked the
most tenacious peace movement in
American history, beginning with air strikes
against North Vietnam in 1964 and the
introduction of combat troops the following
year.
The movement saw the participation of students, mothers of soldiers,
African-Americans, hippies, educators, religious, academics, journalists,
lawyers, doctors, veterans and in general all factions of American society
at the time. The forms of protest ranged from large peaceful
demonstrations highlighting April 24, 1971, when more than 500,000
people peacefully marched through Washington D.C. against the war, to
violent street riots.

● In the middle of the war, a percentage of protests between the

countries is manifested by the war that was increasing every
day.
● The protests began in 1963 and spread rapidly across the
United States. It was then that the US became polarized
between those who advocated continuing the war and those
who wanted immediate peace.
 Fun Facts

● John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono protested

against the Vietnam War
● They made a christmas song titled “Happy Xmas”
(War is Over), it was written as a protest song
● Boxer Muhammad Ali was one prominent American
who resisted being drafted into service during the
Vietnam War. Ali, then heavyweight champion of
the world, declared himself a "conscientious
objector," earning a prison sentence (later
overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court) and a
three-year ban from boxing.
 What agreements did the United States make while in the war
with Vietnam?
The 1973 Paris conference consisted of a series of
meetings initiated on January 23, by the
● The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is
representatives of the United States, the Democratic
governed through a highly centralized
Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, and the
system dominated by the Communist Party
National Liberation Front, for an attempt to reach a of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam),
peace agreement in the conflict. Vietnamese. which was previously known as the Workers'
Party of Vietnam.
The United States, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and
North Vietnam formally sign "An Agreement to End
the War and Restore Peace to Vietnam" in Paris.
● The intervention of the United
States in the Vietnam War sought
to stop the communist offensive
in the south. The conflict caused
● The United States agreed to bring peace to the war that was
enormous social rejection and
with Vietnam at that time and was doing the steps agreed in
became the main military defeat
the country of Paris
of the North Americans to date.
● The United States wanted peace because it wanted to end the
offense of communism that existed at that time.
 How Did the Vietnam War
End

● 1973 President Nixon signs the Paris Peace

Accords, ending direct U.S. involvement in the
Vietnam war

● North and South Vietnam continued,

however, until April 30, 1975, when DRV
forces captured Saigon, renaming it Ho Chi
Minh City (Ho himself died in 1969)
Exit ticket
- If you were alive during the time this movement was taking place do you think you
would’ve been against or a part of it?

- Give reasoning in your response and after that discuss with your table.
 Citations

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