The Vietnam War in American Media by Jax (Jacqueline) C https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg en-us 2022-08-19 03:30:57 UTC 2022-08-19 04:03:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265121451 2022-08-19 03:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265121451 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265122478 The Red Scare was hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, which intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s. (Communists were often referred to as “Reds” for their allegiance to the red Soviet flag.)]]> 2022-08-19 03:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265122478 Vietnam Veterans Memorial 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265125383 2022-08-19 03:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265125383 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265126381 In 1995 Vietnam released its official estimate of the number of people killed during the Vietnam War: as many as 2,000,000 civilians on both sides and some 1,100,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters. The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died.]]> 2022-08-19 03:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265126381 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265127163 Many Americans were frightened by the Communist Revolution in Russia in October 1917.

Some believed that a communist coup was going to happen in the USA, especially as the American Socialist Party and the American Communist Party were established during this period. Immigrants were under suspicion of being involved in plotting a revolution.

]]> 2022-08-19 03:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265127163 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265127903 2022-08-19 03:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265127903 New American Communist Movements 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265129288 2022-08-19 03:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265129288 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265129371 2022-08-19 03:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265129371 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265130325 The Chicago 7]]> 2022-08-19 03:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265130325 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265130752 2022-08-19 03:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265130752 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265132191 2022-08-19 03:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265132191 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265132871 The Vietnam conflict is often referred to as the “first television war.” Film from Vietnam was flown to Tokyo for quick developing and editing and then flown on to the United States.]]> 2022-08-19 03:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265132871 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265134335 2022-08-19 04:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265134335 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265136145 2022-08-19 04:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265136145 23jaxc https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265136429 “54% of all Americans opposed to admitting Vietnamese refugees to live in the United States and only 36% were in favour with 12% undecided” (TIME 21, May 1975). A common concern of the American public was one of economic self-interest; fear of having jobs taken away, as well as an excess of public assistance and welfare given to the refugees.]]> 2022-08-19 04:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/23jaxc/fiogg2x1tq1rskeg/wish/2265136429