History 2301E Lecture : Vietnam
22 Mar 2012
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Most fighting takes place in south vietnam bombing the rural south. There is a mounting amount of us casualties and this erodes support for the war in us people. They were defeated but this really effected support in us. Protest emerges in the united states antiwar movement is concerned with american lives lost. By 1968 there are large protests across the us. 1964-1968 democratic party in disarray torn apart by vietnam issues and civil rights issues. 1968 array of crisis magnified by the media. Many americans believe that the common values of america were breaking down. George wallace (third party candidate) was at de-segregation, pro vietnam won 15% of the electoral collage. Appealed to middle america (supposedly refers to decent hard working white middle class protestant patriotic americans) Benefited from the disarray of the democratic party. Republicans are dominate in the white house after 1968. Ordinary americans hurt by the depression (middle americans) (brought together by the depression)
