The Silent Majority Primary Source Analysis

Students will read excerpts from Nixon's "Silent Majority" speech and respond to a mix of 26 academic questions and creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! 

Sample questions include:
--Why did some advisors believe that Nixon wouldn’t be blamed for defeat in Vietnam?
--Provide an academic term to summarize what is being described in the 5th paragraph.
--Which event snowballed the answer to number 6?
--How does the last paragraph on the first page reflect the course of the war overall?
--What is Nixon’s “line in the sand” and how might that affect the plan he is laying out?
--Does Nixon do more to validate war protesters or quash them and why?
--If you could rename this speech what would you choose and why?

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