Vietnam Peace Protests

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Vietnam Peace Protests By Timothy Fields, Alex Bower, and Booth Vogel

The Vietnam Peace Protests lead to the social changes in the United States. The protests glamourized anti-establishment movements and lead to the rise of an independent youth culture. Argument

Vietnam War Fought from 1959 to 1975 U.S. Military action to prevent spread of Communist Northern Vietnam (containment policy) Operation Flaming Dart in ‘65 Tet Offensive and Mai Lai in ’68 Vietnam War

Media Coverage of graphic images and US military massacres on unarmed civilians in Vietnam Large U.S. death toll Draft of 1968 which forced many students and teachers to serve in the war Reasons for Protests

Small protests around the country began in college campuses began around 1965 Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized most demonstrations Hippies joined students and led to more a widespread embrace of drug and music culture Early Protests

Kent State Shooting May 4, 1970 Protesting college students were shot by the Ohio National Guard, resulting in the death of four students and the injury of nine others Resulted in a strike of over 4 million students in colleges around the country Kent State Shooting

35,000 Vietnam protesters camped in front of the Washington Monument in 1971 Became violent because of how previous non-violent actions had failed President Nixon called in 10,000 federal troops, resulting in fighting and the arrest of hundreds March on Washington

In Woodstock, New York hundreds of thousands of people, mostly students and hippies, for a three day music festival. The festival was centered around anti-establishment and anti-war music. Musicians included Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Country Joe and the Fish Woodstock

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