1. A NATION DIVIDED
CHAPTER 30, SECTION 3

2. VOCABULARY THE NEW LEFT STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (S.D.S.)
FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT (F.S.M.)
DOVES
HAWKS

3. IMPORTANT DATES 1959: SDS FOUNDED 1964: FSM FOUNDED 1967:
ANTI-WAR PROTEST MARCH ON WASHINGTON
McNAMARA ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION

4. Quiz 30.3
All American males ages had to register for the______________.
Name two ways people tried to get out of the draft?
S.D.S.- What does it stand for
Most American soldiers in Vietnam were____________.(SES)
Define Dove and Hawk.

5. ANTI-WAR PROTEST
U.S. MILITARY DRAFT SYSTEM BASED ON SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
ALL U.S. MALES, 18 TO 26, HAD TO REGISTER
DRAFTEES WOULD BE TAKEN FROM THAT POOL OF MEN
SYSTEM WAS EASILY MANIPULATED
LARGE #s TRY TO AVOID BEING DRAFTED
HOW WAS DRAFT AVOIDED?
MEDICAL “DEFERMENT” (Define)
ENLISTING IN NATIONAL GUARD, COAST GUARD
“CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION” (Define)
COLLEGE DEFERMENT
LAST RESORT: LEAVING U.S. (ex. CANADA)
RESULT?
MANY WHO AVOIDED DRAFT KNEW HOW TO MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM
MANY WHO COULDN’T AVOID DRAFT WERE WORKING CLASS

6. ANTI-WAR PROTEST
80% OF U.S. SERVICEMEN IN V-NAM CAME FROM WORKING CLASS
WHAT GROUPS HAVE HIGHEST #s OF DRAFTEES?
AFRICAN-AMERICANS
WORKING CLASS WHITES
LATINOS
PROBLEMS?
RESENTMENT AT HEAVY BURDEN GROWS
EX: 20% OF COMBAT DEATHS IN WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
RACIAL TENSION IN MILITARY UNITS AND IN U.S. GROWS
EX: 1969: RACE USMC CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.

7. ANTI-WAR PROTEST SOME GROUPS TRY TO HELP SITUATION IN V-NAM:
U.S. MILITARY DIDN’T ALLOW WOMEN IN COMBAT UNITS
7,500 WOMEN SERVE IN SUPPORT ROLES, SPECIFICALLY AS NURSES / MEDICAL AIDES
WHERE?
ARMY
NAVY
RED CROSS
U.S.O.
U.S.O.: DID / DOES WHAT?
PROVIDES SERVICES FOR MILITARY (CARE PACKAGES, ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNICATION SERVICES)

8. ROOTS OF OPPOSITION
1960’s COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE MORE POLITICALLY ACTIVE
COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE CENTERS OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY
WHY?
JFK’s NEW FRONTIER ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN NATIONAL ISSUES
GROWTH OF CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE
BABY BOOM & CONSUMERISM CREATED MORE POTENTIAL COLLEGE STUDENTS
WHO? “THE NEW LEFT”
DESCRIBE: POLITICAL PROTEST GROUPS CALLING FOR CHANGES IN U.S. SOCIETY
EXAMPLES?
S.D.S: U. OF MICHIGAN
F.S.M. U. OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
DID WHAT?
CALLED FOR EXPANDED INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS
CRITICIZED “THE MACHINE”: GOV’T - BIG BUSINESS ALLIANCE

10. F.S.M. Rally
@ UC-Berkley,
1964

11. PROTEST MOVEMENT GROWS
1966: LBJ CHANGES REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFERMENTS
HOW? A COLLEGE STUDENT HAD TO BE IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING
REACTION? PROTESTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES INCREASE
LATE-’67: S.D.S. HAS 300 CHAPTERS ON CAMPUSES ACROSS U.S.
MAJOR PROTESTS:
SPRING,’67: NYC – CENTRAL PARK: 500,000
OCT.,’67: WASH., D.C. PROTEST: 75,000
ENDS IN VIOLENT PENTAGON
1500 INJURED, 700 ARRESTED

12. COME ON ALL OF YOU BIG STRONG MEN,
UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOUR HELP AGAIN
HE’S GOT HIMSELF IN A TERRIBLE JAM
WAY DOWN YONDER IN VIETNAM,
SO PUT DOWN YOUR BOOKS AND PICK UP A GUN
WE’RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN!
AND IT’S ONE, TWO, THREE…WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?
DON’T ASK ME, I DON’T GIVE A DAMN
NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM…
AND IT’S FIVE, SIX, SEVEN…OPEN UP THE PEARLY GATES
THERE AIN’T NO TIME TO WONDER WHY
WHOOPIE, WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!
COME ON, YOU MOTHERS THROUGHOUT THE LAND
PACK YOUR BOYS OFF TO VIETNAM
COME ON FATHERS, DON’T HESITATE
SEND YOUR SONS OFF BEOFRE IT’S TOO LATE
YOU CAN BE THE FIRST ONE ON YOUR BLOCK
TO HAVE YOUR BOY COME HOME IN A BOX
(Chorus)
“I FEEL LIKE I’M FIXIN’ TO DIE RAG”, 1965, COUNTRY JOE MacDONALD

16. ANTI-WAR PROTEST, THE PENTAGON, 1967

17. ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1968

18. DIVIDED OPINIONS DOVES: Define HAWKS: Define 1967: MEDIA POLL RESULTS:
2/3 OF AMERICANS THINK WAR JUSTIFIED
50% THINK MORE BOMBING OF N.V. WOULD HELP WIN WAR
70% BELIEVED WAR PROTESTS WERE DISLOYAL ACTS

19. FAMOUS SLOGANS “HELL NO, WE WON’T GO!” “BURN CARDS, NOT PEOPLE!”
“DRAFT BEER, NOT PEOPLE!”
“HEY, HEY, LBJ... HOW MANY KIDS HAVE YOU KILLED TODAY?!!”
“AMERICA…LOVE IT, OR LEAVE IT!”
“SUPPORT OUR MEN IN VIETNAM.”