THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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He did not like fighting.
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He thought we should fight for civil rights for another country when we did not have equal rights in the U.S.
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He thought we should not send more men to fight the war because we had a war going on in the U.S.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -King came to view U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia as little more than imperialism. Additionally, he believed that the Vietnam War diverted money and attention from domestic programs created to aid the Black poor. Furthermore, he said, “The war was doing far more than devastating the hopes of the poor at home…
Detailed explanation-2: -King linked his anti-war and civil rights work in speeches throughout the country, where he described the three problems he saw plaguing the nation: racism, poverty, and the war in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -He organized a number of marches and protests and was a key figure in the American civil rights movement. He was instrumental in the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, the Montgomery bus boycott, and the March on Washington.
Detailed explanation-4: -King sought equality and human rights for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and all victims of injustice through peaceful protest.