Vietnam Project Social Fallout

LBJ disgraced Tet offensive

Refuses to run for Presidency in 1968


Refuses to run for re-election

Civil RightsRacial tensions

Rise of the Black Panther Party

Cities burn with Black riots

Martin L. King assassinated

Robert Kennedy assassinated


Refuses to run for re-election

Civil RightsRacial tensions

Rise of the Black Panther Party

Cities burn with Black riots

Martin L. King assassinated

Robert Kennedy assassinated

Cold War Events My Lai Massacre in Vietnam Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia USS PUEBLO attacked by North Korean

Anti-War OrganizationsNational Mobilization Committee

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

Youth International Party (YIPPIES)

Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin

Anti-War OrganizationsNational Mobilization Committee

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

Youth International Party (YIPPIES)

Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin

Democratic Party collapsesEugene McCarthy vs. Robert Kennedy

Both gain anti-war support

Kennedy assassinated----Sirhan, Sirhan

VP Hubert Humphrey runs for Democratic

nomination

Democratic National Convention Chicago, Aug. 1968

mass protests against war

Americans witness the radical “anti-war

and counter culture” on TV

VP Hubert Humphrey wins Democratic

nomination

Supported Vietnam War

Called Middle America, the Silent Majority

Traditional American values: hard work, family and patriotism

Feared and disliked new styles of music and dress of youth

Against use of illegal drugs

ESTABLISHMENT ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT

divided US

Supported Vietnam War

Called Middle America, the Silent Majority

Traditional American values: hard work, family and patriotism

Feared and disliked new styles of music and dress of youth

Against use of illegal drugs

Counterculture: Hippies, Flower Children

Issues Opposed Vietnam War Anti- Draft Pro- Civil Rights Against Traditional

values Rebelled with sex,

drugs, and rock’n’roll Opposed authority

A movement toward a new society, greater freedom

Used drugs, LSD

ESTABLISHMENT ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT

divided US

Were the Anti-war protests, along with the

music of the era affective in bringing about the end

to the Vietnam War?

For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield

There's something happening hereWhat it is ain't exactly clear

There's a man with a gun over thereTelling me I got to beware

I think it's time we stop,

children, what's that sound

Everybody look what's going down

There's battle lines being drawn

Nobody's right if everybody's wrong

Young people speaking their minds

Getting so much resistance from behind

I think it's time we stop,

hey, what's that sound


What a field-day for the heat

A thousand people in the street

Singing songs and carrying signs

Mostly say, hooray for our side

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound


Paranoia strikes deep

Into your life it will creep

It starts when you're always afraid

You step out of line,

the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what's that sound


Stop, hey, what's that sound


Stop, now, what's that sound


Stop, children, what's that sound


From 1965 through 1972, the Anti-war movement successfully demonstrated against

the Vietnam War.

1. The First Washington, D.C. Rally

April 17, 1965Organized by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)16,000 people gathered outside the White House and shouted: We Want Peace Now No More War”

Only 4 arrests made

2. March on the Pentagon

October 21, 1967

National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organized demonstration. 5 days of protests

Yippies (Youth International Party) organized an exorcism to cast out the “evil war spirits.”

Escalated into violence

2,500 troops guarded the Pentagon

Tear gas was used

681 arrested

3. The Moratorium RallyNovember 15, 1969

Largest Anti-war protest

250,000- 500,000 protestors

Relatively peaceful only 135 arrests.

4. Kent State Protest or Massacre4 days of protest: May 1 to 4, 1970

Demonstrated against Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia

Day 4 the National Guard from Ohio was called in disperse the crowd and bring order

Approx. 2,000 people present

Protestors shouted “pigs off campus” and threw rocks and chased Guardsmen up a hill

National Guardsmen opened fire for 13 seconds

4 dead

9 wounded

Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,We're finally on our own.

This summer I hear the drumming,Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to itSoldiers are gunning us down

Should have been done long ago.What if you knew her

And found her dead on the groundHow can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,We're finally on our own.

This summer I hear the drumming,Four dead in Ohio.

5. Washington, D.C. Rally, May 3, 1971

Goal: Shut down Washington D.C.

In response to Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State shootings

March on the Pentagon, the Capitol, and the Justice Department

Over 200,000 people attended peaceful rallies in D.C.

Became violent and 7,000 protestors were arrested.

Protestors were not successful in closing down Washington, D.C.

We don't smoke marijuana in

Muskogee; We don't take our

trips on LSD. We don't burn our

draft cards down on Main

Street; We like livin' right and

bein' free. We don't make a

party out of lovin'; We like

holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;

We don't let our hair grow long

and shaggy, Like the hippies

out in San Francisco do.

CHORUS

I'm proud to be an Okie from

Muskogee, A place where even

squares can have a ball. We

still wave Old Glory down at

the courthouse, And white

lightnin's still the biggest thrill

of all.

Leather boots are still in

style for manly footwear;

Beads and Roman sandals

won't be seen. Football's still

the roughest thing on

campus, And the kids here

still respect the college

dean.

CHORUS

I'm proud to be an Okie from

Muskogee, A place where

even squares can have a ball.

We still wave Old Glory down

at the courthouse, And white

lightnin's still the biggest

thrill of all.

In

Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

If you're going to San Francisco

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you're going to San Francisco

You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco

Summertime will be a love-in there

In the streets of San Francisco

Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation

Such a strange vibration

People in motion

There's a whole generation

With a new explanation

People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you come to San Francisco


If you come to San Francisco


Don't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to meDon't Bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me

Roll another, just like the other oneYou've been hangin' on to it, and I sure would like a hit'


Roll, another one, just like the other oneCause this ones burned about, to the end

So come on and be a real friend



I hear people talkin' bad, About the way we have to live here in this country,

Harpin' on the wars we fight, An' gripin' 'bout the way things oughta be.

An' I don't mind 'em switchin' sides, An' standin' up for things they believe in.

When they're runnin' down my country, man, They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me. Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

Runnin' down the way of life,Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.

If you don't love it, leave it:Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.

If you're runnin' down my country, man,You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

I read about some squirrely guy,Who claims, he just don't believe in fightin'.

An' I wonder just how long,The rest of us can count on bein' free.

They love our milk an' honey,But they preach about some other way of livin'.When they're runnin' down my country, hoss,

They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.

Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.Runnin' down the way of life,

Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.If you don't love it, leave it:

Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.If you're runnin' down my country, man,

You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me. (2 times)

Yeah, c‟mon on all 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!

Chorus:And it‟s 1, 2, 3, what‟re we fighting

for? Don‟t ask me, I don‟t give a damn. Next stop is Vietnam. And it‟s 5, 6, 7, open up the pearly gates. Ah,

ain‟t no time to wonder why. Whoopee! We‟re all gonna die!

Well c‟mon generals, let‟s move fast. Your big chance has come at last. Gotta go out and get those

Reds. The only good Commie is one who‟s dead. And you know that

peace can only be won. When we‟ve blown „em all to kingdom come!

Repeat Chorus

Well c‟mon on Wall Street -- don‟t move slow. Why man, this is war-a-

go-go! There‟s plenty good money to be made by supplying the Army with the tools of the trade. Just hope and pray that if we drop the bomb. They

drop it on-a Vietcong!

Chorus

Well c‟mon mothers throughout this land. Pack your boys off to VietnamC‟mon pops, don‟t hesitate. Send „em off before it‟s too late. Be the

first one on your block. To have your boy come home in a box!

Chorus

Fighting soldiers from the sky Fearless men who jump and die

Men who mean just what they say The brave men of the Green Beret

ChorusSilver wings upon their chest

These are men, America‟s best One hundred men will test today

But only three win the Green Beret

Trained to live off natures landTrained in combat, hand-to-hand Men who fight by night and day Courage peak from the Green

Berets

Chorus These are men, America's best

One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret

Back at home a young wife waits Her Green Beret has met his fate He has died for those oppressed

Leaving her his last request “Put silver wings on my son‟s chest

Make him one of America‟s best He‟ll be a man they'll test one day

Have him win the Green Beret”

Chorus

Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best

One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret

Some folks are born made to wave the flag

Ooh, they're red, white, and blue

And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"

They point the cannon right at you

It ain't me, it ain't me , I ain't no senator's son

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,

Lord, don’t they help themselves

But when the tax man comes to the door,

Lord the house looks like a rummage sale

It ain't me, it ain't me, it ain't no millionaire's son

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,

Ooh, they send you down to war

And when you ask them,

"How much should we give?"

They only answer "More! More! More!"

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no military son


I ain't no fortunate one


I ain't no fortunate one

One pill makes you largerAnd one pill makes you small

But the one’s the mother gives youDon’t do anything at all

Go ask AliceWhen she’s 10 feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbitsAnd you know you are going to fall

Tell’em a hook-ah smoking caterpillarHas give you the call

Recall AliceWhen she was just small

When men on the chessboardGet up and tell you where to go

And you’ve just had some kind of mushroomAnd your mind is moving slow

Go ask AliceI think she’ll know

When logic and proportionHaving fallen sloppy dead

And White Knight is talking backwardsAnd the Red Queen’s “off with her head!”

Remember what the dormouse saidFEED YOUR HEADFEED YOUR HEADFEED YOUR HEAD

Were the Anti-war protests, along with the music of the era affective in bringing about

the end to the Vietnam War?

The first opinion: Yes, very effective, why? Kept the public informed on the issues.

There was some sympathy towards the protestors.

The second opinion: No, why?

The Protestors were viewed by many as too radical

Many Americans believed the U.S. Government was spending too much money on the war.

YOU DECIDE

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Vietnam Project Social Fallout