President Nixon and the Antiwar Movement - First, read the article "Dignified Atmosphere Prevails at March," from October 17, 1969 in the student newspaper Outlook by Linda Stepowany about the antiwar moratorium at Monmouth University:http://library.monmouth.edu/vietnam/DignifiedAtmospherePrevailsAtMarch_Outlook_19691017.pdf.Then read President Richard Nixon's televised, November 3, 1969, "Silent Majority" speech:http://watergate.info/1969/11/03/nixons-silent-majority-speech.html.a. According to the Outlook article, what did the moratorium's organizers and participants hope to accomplish through their actions?b. Please list specific types of people who took part in the October moratorium.c. How did the march at Monmouth University distinguish itself from previous student
protests? What does this change suggest about the relationship between antiwar activists and the general public?d. What reasons did President Nixon give for rejecting recommendations that he end American participation in the Vietnam War through the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops?e. How did President Nixon characterize those who opposed the Vietnam War? According to Nixon, through what actions did those people hope to secure the end of American involvement in Vietnam? Did Nixon endorse that approach?f. Into what groups did Nixon's use of the term "silent majority" divide the American people? Is this division consistent with the characterization of the moratorium supporters in the Time magazine article? Explain.g. Whose characterization of the antiwar movement do you find more compelling, Nixon's or that of Outlook?
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