Johnson's ultimate reaction to public opinion regarding the Vietnam War was to:
a - run on his growing popularity.
b - not seek reelection because he was so popular.
c - admit an error and lower the number of troops in Vietnam.
d - not seek reelection because the war was not popular.
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2007-02-07 06:50:24 · 4 answers · asked by US Girl 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
d. The Tet offensive of Jan/Feb 1968 was a disaster for everybody. Giap miscalculated his relative strength, destroying the Viet Cong forever as a fighting force and seriously weakening the North Vietnamese Army. The news networks were, as usual, completely wrong in their assessment of the situation and that's what they showed the American public. When Walter Cronkite announced on the CBS Evening News that the war was unwinnable, just at the moment when it would otherwise have been at its most winnable, Johnson said, "If I've lost Walter, I've lost the support of the American people." Strategically, the war was now lost for the US just when the situation in Vietnam was at its best, and he decided not to run for re-election. He had already lost majority support among blue collar workers and minorities, but when the public heard from "the most trusted man in America" the college-educated and the intelligentsia also lost faith.
2007-02-07 09:50:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
d. On March 31,1968, after an embarassing tight victory in the NewHampshire primary to Eugene McCarthy, a writein candidate and eith the unpopularity of the war at its peak Johnson decides not to run for reelection.
2007-02-07 15:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D. He was crushed by the criticism, and the man's ego could not handle it.
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2007-02-07 15:25:50 · answer #3 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct answer is d.
2007-02-07 15:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋