Check all of the boxes that apply to the “credibility gap.”

The “credibility gap” was the growing difference between the U.S. government’s optimistic statements about the Vietnam War and the reality Americans saw. As people believed the government was misrepresenting the war, trust in government decreased and opposition to the war grew. Antiwar protests did not decrease, and fear of martial law after Kent State is not what the term means.

AI-written and checked against the verified answer.