War Opposition & Support
These groups of people who preached against the Vietnam War's values of honesty, joy and nonviolence were main centerpoints of the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969.
A major cause of the Korean War was that the US and Soviet Union split Korea into these two sections, then later left, leading to conflict.
What are North and South Korea?
This color represnts communism.
What is red?
Johnson hoped to ensure access to justice, education, decent housing, and health care for all Americans through this program.
What was Johnson's Great Society?
The Vietnam War and Korean War were a part of this larger conflict between the Soviet Union and United States
What was the Cold War?
This group of people who opposed the war largely consisted of young people. They preached messages of peace and love. Anti-war protests were frequent among these groups. They believed that America didn't need to fight in the war as it was a worthless cause causing many Americans to die.
Who were the War Doves?
This country supported North Korea in the Korean War.
What was the Soviet Union?
What is communism?
Johnson became President following the assassination of this President.
Who was Kennedy?
The Vietnam War and Korean War were examples of this type of war, where opposing powers avoid fighting directly by fighting through other countries.
What is a Proxy War?
This former US President who supported anti-war efforts also played football at the U of M.
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Who was Gerald Ford
This was the famous line of latitude where North and South Korea were split leading to the Korean War.
What is the 38th parallel?
President Johnson feared a full scale invasion upon North Vietnam because he was concerned it might bring this country into the war on the North's side.
What is China?
Johnson belonged to this political party.
What is Democratic?
Named after Senator James McCarthy, this concept was a campaign against communism in the branches of America's government.
What is McCarthyism?
Supporters of the war effort believed that opponents of it were weak hippies. Supporters believed that opposition to the war and these widespread movements against the war, often on college campuses, were contributing to the US losing the war by reducing public support.
What were Anti-War Protests?
He was the 33rd President. He declared war on Korea. He is also known for ending WWII by dropping an atomic bomb on Japan.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
Many of Americas soldiers in the Vietnam war were randomly picked against their will to fight in the war because of this system.
What is the draft?
This man became President after Johnson, and quickly became one of the most controversial Presidents of all time.
Who is Richard Nixon?
The period in the 1950s where many Americans were terrified that communism would/had already spread to their country was known as this.
What is the Red Scare?
This group was made up of usually older people and of Republicans. They felt that the US needed to be involved in the Vietnam war in order to defeat communism and protect the US and its way of life.
Who were the War Hawks?
The Korean War ended in this year.
When is never?
The Korean War is actually still ongoing today.
These leaked documents showed that the US government had not been entirely honest with the American public about the scale and severity of the war.
What were the pentagon papers?
Johnson's Great Society compared greatly to this president's New Deal.
Who was FDR?
This law passed by President Harry S. Truman said that America would support foreign countries threatened by communism.
What was the Truman Doctrine?