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GCSE History · key term
Nixon’s term for Americans who did not join public protests and whom he appealed to for support for his Vietnam policy.
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Paper 1
Revise: Opposition to WarOn 3 November 1969, President Richard Nixon made a televised appeal to the ‘silent majority’, asking Americans to support his pursuit of a negotiated peace rather than immediate withdrawal. He argued that the demonstrators did not speak for everyone.
Paper 3
Nixon’s term for Americans whom he claimed did not join anti-war demonstrations but quietly supported his policies.
Revise: Support for WarIn a speech in 1969, President Richard Nixon appealed to what he called the ‘silent majority’. He claimed that most Americans did not take part in anti-war demonstrations but quietly supported his policies.
Do not assume television made everyone oppose the war. Nixon also used it to appeal for support from the ‘silent majority’.
Describe the ‘silent majority’ as Nixon’s claim about public opinion, not proof that most Americans supported every aspect of the war.
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