Question

uring the Vietnam War, why did antiwar protests increase after US forces Viet Cong bases and supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh trail?
Protestors did not want Viet Cong bases and supply lines destroyed.
Protestors worried the attacks would stall Vietnamization.
Protestors saw the s as an escalation of the war.
Protestors were concerned that Cambodia would on US soil.

Answer 1

You’re referring to the May 1970 Cambodian incursion (and earlier secret bombings) to hit Viet Cong/North Vietnamese sanctuaries along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The correct reasons are:

- Protestors worried the attacks would stall Vietnamization. (Correct) — Many saw the incursions as undermining Nixon’s stated plan to withdraw U.S. troops and transfer the fighting to South Vietnamese forces, so it looked like escalation and prolongation rather than withdrawal.

- Protestors saw the actions as an escalation of the war. (Correct) — Invading/bombing across Cambodia’s border was widely viewed as widening the war beyond Vietnam and expanding U.S. involvement.

The other choices are incorrect:

- “Protestors did not want Viet Cong bases and supply lines destroyed.” (Incorrect) — Most antiwar demonstrators opposed U.S. military escalation and continued involvement, not protecting enemy bases for their own sake.

- “Protestors were concerned that Cambodia would on US soil.” (Incorrect/garbled) — Protesters were worried the war might spread regionally, but they were not worried that Cambodia would somehow appear “on U.S. soil.” The main fear was expansion of the war, not invasion of the U.S. itself.