The Revolution will not be televised
Non-violence leader assassinated in 1968 following speaking out against the war
MLK JR
'4 Dead in Ohio'-- National Guard shoot four students dead peacefully protesting at this University
This massacre led to the convinction of just one US colider, LT. Calley.
My Lai Massacre
President during the Gulf of Tonkin incident
LBJ
The last city the US had to quickly evacuate from
Saigon
Pugnacious pugilist heavyweight champion of the world that claimed to be a conscientious objector to avoid the draft
Muhammad Ali
The scene of some of the worst clashes between police and protestors in Chicago happened at this event in 1968
The Democratic National Convention (DNC)
This bombing campaign initiated in 1965 and lasting until 1968 received its name for the sound it made.
Operation Rolling Thunder
Before General Minh briefly became President of South Vietnam, he was president (too).
Nguyen Van Thieu
When North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam, many people fled by water, they became known as this
Boat People
One of the main leaders of the Nation of Islam that spoke out against Vietnam
Malcolm X
This organized group that protested the war made a strong case as they had served in the war
Vietnam Veterans against the War (VVAW)
The most infamous of the defoliants and herbicides dropped on Vietnam.
Agent Orange
This candidate for the Democratic nomination was assassinated in 1968 ahead of the DNC, famous brother to another assassinated president
Robert Kennedy
The release of these documents by the Washington Post led to Nixon's resignation due to the Watergate Scandal
Pentagon Papers
At the beginning of the war, African Americans died at a higher rate than their white counterparts. This was known as...
disproportionate death rate
Many citizens started to protest the war due to what they were seeing on the news every night, making this war known as...
The Living Room War
Named for the Lunar New Year in Vietnam, North Vietnam launched a strike against targets in the South including the US embassy and it certainly offended American citizens
Tet Offensive
Vietnamization
This Canadian Rocker wrote 'Ohio' Tin Soldiers and Nixon's coming. A member of CSNY
Neil Young
The continued assassinations in the 60s as well as the experience in Vietnam and returning to the home front contributed to many African Americans joining this movement
Black Power movement OR the Black Panther Party
The difference between what the US government was saying and what citizens were hearing on TV was known as...
The credibility gap
General Westmoreland's use of 'Search and Destroy' tactics, as well as constant bombing, that attempted to wear down the enemy was known as...
War of Attrition
"You see what you want to believe"- US Secretary of Defense under LBJ
Robert McNamara
The name of the song that played over the radio to notify the need to leave Vietnam
White Christmas