3. I. Selective Service- draft was brought back and
18 to 26 year olds had to register
A. Many men tried to avoid the draft (dodgers)
1. Medical exemptions from sympathetic Dr.
2. University deferment
3. Working class war- 80% of solider from
lower economic levels
4. II. African Americans and Women
A. AA served in disproportionate numbers as
combat troops
20% of soldiers who died were black, only 10%
of US population
B. 10K women served in VN, mostly as nurses
5. III. Opposition Movement
A. The New Left- Liberals that wanted big
changes in American society
Civil rights, gay rights, abortion, gender roles,
legal drugs
6. B. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Believed corporations and gov’t controlled US
C. Free Speech Movement (FSM)
UC @ Berkeley
7. IV. Campus Activism
A. Protests against LBJ increased
B. Teach-ins- informal lecture or discussions
about a topic
C. 30K students marched on Washington
8. IV. Protest Movement
A. Some veterans joined the protests when they
returned
B. 500K protestors gathered in Central Park, NY
in 1967
C. “Hell No, We Won’t Go!”
9. V. War Divides the Nation
A. Doves- Strongly opposed the war and
thought US should withdraw
B. Hawks- Believed US should unleash greater
force to win the war
- 1967: 70% of Americans believed protests
were an act of disloyalty
