Chapter 28 Section 3 Notes:
1. _____________ − a young man who was drafted into military service
2. ___________ − Students for a Democratic Society, founded to fight racism but which later
campaigned against the Vietnam War
3. “_________________ ________” − the difference between what the Johnson administration
said about the war and what journalists in Vietnam saw and reported
4. ______ _____________________ − a coordinated assault, in January 1968, by the Vietcong and
North Vietnamese on South Vietnamese cities and bases
5. ___________ _____________________− the antiwar candidate for the Democratic Party
presidential nomination in 1968
6. ____________ __________________ − New York’s Democratic senator and a candidate for the
Democratic Party presidential nomination in 1968
How did the American war effort in Vietnam lead to rising protests and social divisions back home?
7. President Johnson sent _______ __________ to Vietnam, and in the United States more people
______________________ the war.
8. The Vietnam War______________ Americans more deeply than any conflict since the Civil War.
9. As more troops died and ____ ____________ victory emerged, increasing numbers of
Americans _____________________the Vietnam War.
10. Many people ___________________ the policies of the draft.
11. More than ______ ______________ young men were drafted during the Vietnam War.
12. Many argued the draft unfairly gave _____________________________to students.
13. Most of the _____________________ came from a poor or working-class background.
14. The number of African Americans fighting in Vietnam was __________________________high.
15. ____________ _______________ were less likely than whites to become commissioned officers.
16. They were more likely to __________, and _________, in combat positions.
17. ____________________________in the draft led to widespread resistance against the war.
18. In 1969, the draft was restructured to introduce a ________________ ________________.
19. Students’ _____________________to the war grew.
20. Colleges and universities became centers of _______________ _________________.
21. Most upper ______________ - _________ students opposed the war; ________________ _______ students generally supported the war.
22. ____________________ ____ ___ ________________ ______________ (SDS) campaigned to
end the war in Vietnam.
23. Beyond college campuses, more and more Americans also ______________________the war.
24. TV news showed the war’s __________________
25. The difference between government reports and news stories created a _________________
_______.
26. In November 1967, ________________ _________________ addressed the nation’s concerns
about the war.
27. He claimed the __________________ had weakened and could no longer mount a major attack.
28. In early 1968, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese launched the ______ ___________________.
29. The Tet Offensive attacked major cities and bases in South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy
in _________________.
30. The fighting was _________________, but American and South Vietnamese forces eventually
drove back the offensive.
31. After the Tet Offensive, U.S. ______________ _____________ became less certain that the
war could end quickly.
32. The new Secretary of Defense, ______________ ______________, recommended that President
Johnson pursue ______________ rather than victory, in Vietnam.
33. ________________________ announced he would not run for another term as president.
34. Democratic Senator ________________ _______________, who opposed the war, made a
strong showing in the New Hampshire primary.
35. __________ ___________ a Democratic Senator from New York, also announced his candidacy.
In 1968 violence stunned the nation.
36. In April, Rev. _______________ ______________ ______________ ____. was assassinated in
Memphis.
37. Senator _______________ ______________ was assassinated in June, just after he’d won the
California Democratic primary.
38. Police used rough tactics to break up student protests outside the _____________________
Convention in Chicago.
39. Eventually the Democrats chose _______________ _______________, Johnson’s Vice President
as their presidential candidate.
40. Republicans held a more peaceful convention, choosing ____________________ __ __________
as their presidential candidate.
Nixon won the 1968 election.
41. He called for peace with honor in ______________________.
42. He appealed to the “_______________ _______________” — people who were not protesting.
43. He benefited because Democrats were split between ________________ __________________
and _____________ ______________, a third-party candidate from the South.