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Many protesters focused on what they saw a an unfair draft system. Not until 1969, the college students could often deter military service until they graduated. -
At the start of the war about 66% of Americans approved of the war. As it went on the support started to drop. The Government said that the North Vietnams hopes are bankrupt, even though everyday millions of American saw casualties on television
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In March 1965, a group of faculty members and students at the University of Michigan joined together in a Teach-In. They talked about surrounding issues about the war and reaffirmed their reasons for being against it. In May 1965, 122 colleges held a National Teach-In by radio for 100,000 and more antiwar demonstrators.
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With the growing opposition President Johnson wanted to keep the war going. At this time the United States was divided between Hawks and Doves. -
The Johnson administration was starting to get not believed. The end begins to come into view. Yet millions of people saw images of Americans casualties on TV in their living rooms each day as Vietnam became the first television war. -
November 1967, right before the presidential election some democratic politicians made surprising moves. In March 1968 Johnson announced on live TV he would no longer be running for presidency and would step away.
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The Vietcong and North Vietnamese launched a massive surprise attack. In the "Tet Offensive" guerilla fighters attacked most American airbases in South Vietnam. -
April 4th, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis at his hotel. On June 5th, Robert Kennedy was also assassinated who was supposed to win the democratic nomination.
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Nixon's campaign promise to unify the nation and restore law and order appealed to Americans who feared their country was spinning out of control. He claimed to represent a silent majority of Americans who sought to maintain law and order but had been overshadowed in recent years by social and political turmoil. -
The year 1968 saw two traumatic assassinations, and political convention held amid strident antiwar demonstrations. However, The united States endured a surprise attack in Vietnam.