History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2170 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Olympic Boycott
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The idea
The Soviet forces stayed, and no American team went to the nineteen eighty Summer Olympics in Moscow.
In practice
American athletes kept home from Moscow, with only about half the public, the anchor says, behind the decision.
Where people slip
Carter asked other nations to join the boycott; very few did, the anchor records.
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