https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd Richard Nixon- The Great Silent Majority en-us 2016-11-16 12:55:39 UTC 2025-12-28 20:09:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138112954 The purpose is to give the American people answers to their questions about the Vietnam war in order to make them feel more comfortable with what was going on at the time. It is also to emphasize how he wants to take the right way of action, not the easy way, in order to guarantee a lifetime of peace.  ]]> 2016-11-16 15:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138112954 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138112986 At the time of the Vietnam war many Americans, especially the young population, had doubts about the war and were questioning Nixon's methods of bringing peace.
"I want to end it so that the energy and dedication of you, our young people, now too often directed into bitter hatred against those responsible for the war, can be turned to the great challenges of peace, a better life for all Americans, a better life for all people on this earth."]]> 2016-11-16 15:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138112986 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138114962 "There are powerful personal reasons I want to end this war. This week I will have to sign 83 letters to mothers, fathers, wives, and loved ones of men who have given their lives for America in Vietnam."]]> 2016-11-16 15:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138114962 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138115971 Richard B. Nixon]]> 2016-11-16 15:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138115971 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138118934 Delivered November 3, ]]> 2016-11-16 15:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138118934 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138119785 Nixon was addressing the entire population of America. He addresses the young population and the "great silent majority."]]> 2016-11-16 15:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138119785 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371037 The subject is all the plans he made for future peace and what has been done in the past to help end the war. He talks about statistics of how many men were sent over, details of his negotiation letters with Vietnam's leaders (Ho Chi Minh), etc. ]]> 2016-11-17 12:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371037 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371074 Strong, confident, optimistic]]> 2016-11-17 12:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371074 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371107 "For the South Vietnamese, our precipitate withdrawal would inevitably allow the Communists to repeat the massacres which followed their takeover in the North 15 years before. They then murdered more than 50,000 people and hundreds of thousands more died in slave labor camps."]]> 2016-11-17 12:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371107 00enannini https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371178 "In response to the request of the Government of South Vietnam, President Eisenhower sent economic aid and military equipment to assist the people of South Vietnam in their efforts to prevent a Communist takeover."]]> 2016-11-17 12:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/00enannini/iz3kjd9ypqwd/wish/138371178