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US hist 11.3
Quiz practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| William Calley, Jr. | platoon leader charged for the My Lai Massacre |
| Daniel Ellsberg | released the top-secret "Pentagon Papers" to the New York Times |
| Richard Nixon | elected president in 1968, promised to get us out of the war but secretly expanded it into Cambodia. |
| Timothy Leary | Using the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" former Harvard professor promoted the use of LSD. |
| Doves | Americans who were against the war effort |
| Hawks | Americans who supported the war effort |
| Why did many Americans think that the draft was unfair? | Wealthy people who could afford college could get deferments |
| How did Nixon change US policy in Vietnam? | called for gradually turning the ground fighting over to the South Vietnamese. |
| How did Martin Luther King, Jr. view the Vietnam War? | concerned that it took money and attention away from civil rights and anti-poverty programs |