THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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What impact(s) did a lack of government censorship of media coverage of the Vietnam War have?
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Americans frequently heard statistics on U.S. troop deaths, leading to a feeling of hopelessness and pointlessness
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Americans saw a disconnect between how the war was portrayed on the news and how LBJ’s administration claimed the war was progressing
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a growing anti-war movement due to raw images of violence and destruction
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growing distrust for the U.S. government
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Some believe that the media played a large role in the U.S. defeat. They argue that the media’s tendency toward negative reporting helped to undermine support for the war in the United States while its uncensored coverage provided valuable information to the enemy in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietnam War severely damaged the U.S. economy. Unwilling to raise taxes to pay for the war, President Johnson unleashed a cycle of inflation. The war also weakened U.S. military morale and undermined, for a time, the U.S. commitment to internationalism.
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