Vietnam War Opposition

1. Note all of the reasons why you feel the war in Vietnam is wrong.
-Too many civilian deaths
-My Lai Massacre
-Ancient Hue was destroyed
-Use of chemical weapons, also used on women and children which is inhumane
-US army was too weak to be there and were not trained to combat the guerilla tactics of the Viet Cong

2. Note what you're trying to achieve with this poster. (e.g. to convince people to write to their Congressmen to get the troops out.)
To convince people that the war is a complete mistake and that we are not doing good things in Vietnam. It is supposed to show that what we were doing in Vietnam was wrong and that the war was wrong and should not have been entered. The policy of containment was not worth the costs.

3. List possible images for your poster. Think about: background (e.g. destroyed villages); the central image (e.g. picture of a young soldier); whether you will need words to explain your image.
-The civilian houses that were destroyed
-US soldiers killing women and children
-pictures of the My Lai Massacre
-The picture where the women and children are running from the city on fire and the US troops are standing there like this is not a big deal, and the image of the ladies back after.


4. List some possible slogans for your poster.
- is slaughtering women and children justified because of the fear of communism?
- Would the Vietnamese people be better off communist?
- Would you like your son or daughter to be burned alive by Napalm? If so, move to vietnam.

Vietnam War Turning Points

1. Why was the Tet Offensive a turning point? Explain your answer.
The Tet Offensive was a major turning point because it made the US people question the war.There were about 500,000 troops in Vietnam we were spending $20 billion a year on the war. Also the US and South Vietnamese forces were able to take back the towns that the US army captured quickly. On top of that, many civilians were killed as well.

2. Are Sources 51 and 52 making the same point about the My Lai Massacre?
These sources are not making the same point about the My Lai Massacre. Source 51 is opposing the reasoning behind the My Lai Massacre and it makes the point that they had gone thereon the behalf of their country and they had not known what they were doing. Source 52 opposes source 51 and states that it was not a massacre of innocent civilians, but that they were just killing the supporters of communism which needed to be done anyways.

3. Why do you think it took 12 months for anyone to do anything about the massacre?
It took 12 months for anyone to do anything because there had already been photographs of screaming children running from the Napalm Bombs the US had set off against Viet Cong in the papers and this had already been showed to the american public, and so support was already leaving the offensive.

4. Why was the massacre so shocking to the American public?
The Massacre was so shocking to the American public because nobody thought the US army would do such horrible things, like killing 400 innocent civilians, which were mainly comprised of woman, children, and the elderly. The american people did not think that this was going on in Vietnam.