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The Vietnam War at Home and Abroad

How did American involvement in Vietnam affect the social climate at home?

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)

  • Gave Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia.

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The Draft

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Student Protest

  • Students for Democratic Society (SDS)
  • The New Left
  • Teach-Ins

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Anti-War Protests in D.C.

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1968 Presidential Election

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Kent State Massacre

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Silent Majority? The Protest Widens

Vietnam Veterans Against the War

The Weather Underground

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The End of the War