By 1967, how did television coverage of the war in Vietnam influence the American public's opinion about this conflict?
A) Scenes of human suffering and devastation convinced the public that the Johnson administration's moral justification of U.S. involvement in Vietnam as a defense of freedom and democracy was no longer true.
B) Americans were angered at the Communist victories of the North Vietnamese troops and Vietcong guerrillas and this led them to support the war as a struggle to defeat Communism.
C) Americans continued to put their trust in President Johnson and were convinced that the end of the war was in sight.
D) Network news largely ignored the conflict in Vietnam, so the American public was unaware of what was taking place there.
Answer: A) Scenes of human suffering and devastation convinced the public that the Johnson administration's moral justification of U.S. involvement in Vietnam as a defense of freedom and democracy was no longer true.
You might also like to view...
The aggregate production function shows a(n) ________ relationship between ________ and output
A) decreasing; capital stock B) decreasing; labor C) constant; labor D) increasing; capital stock
Once international trade occurs, a country with a comparative advantage in the production of a good will ________ production of the good and ________
A) decrease; import the good B) increase; export the good C) not change; import the good D) increase; import the good E) decrease; export the good
Behavioral economics under uncertainty documents that
A) people's behavior often differs from what standard expected utility theory predicts. B) people's behavior can change with their circumstances. C) people might put considerable weight on certain outcomes. D) All of the above.
Fiscal federalism refers to
A. passing money from one level of government to another. B. leaving indirect taxes to the states. C. keeping property taxes low. D. making all levels of government operate on a “pay as you go” basis.