College Protesters

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PROTESTING
Against the Vietnam War
By Chloe Wernecke, Margie Bowen, and Alexa
Dumit-Sjoberg
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HEY, HEY, LBJ, HOW MANY KIDS DID YOU KILL
TODAY? Anti-war slogan
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Ohio was written by Neil Young after he learned
about the Massacre at Kent State University.
This song was the song of protest for the 1970s.
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As the war progressed, many people began to turn
against the government and the cause.
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Campus rallies were a huge part of the antiwar
movement.
They were powerful and intense, and the
government stopped them in any way they could.
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A common form of protest around colleges and
universities were teach-ins.
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In these teach-ins, students or other speakers
would gather on-site and hold conferences in
which they would speak out against the war.
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The Kent State Massacre was one of these college
rallies which turned wrong on May 4, 1970.
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Guards open fired on both protesters and innocent
bystanders, paralyzing one, wounding eight, and
killing four.
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Many men were against the draft and also the
unfairness of it
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Before the draft lottery, if you were rich enough
or had the right connections you could dodge the
draft.
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Yong men also protested by burning their draft
cards.
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Putting flowers in the guards guns was a
symbolic gesture that came up at protests.
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But protests werent always peaceful. Protesters
often threw rocks and empty tear gas canisters at
the policemen while swearing and harassing them.
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Police didnt treat the protesters with respect,
either. Peaceful protesters and bystanders were
often gassed and beaten before getting loaded
into police trucks and locked up.
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Controlling protesters was a problem for police
forces and national guardsmen across the country.
Many times, a peaceful protest turned very
violent very quickly.
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At rallies, protesters often chanted a phrase
over and over again to prove their point one
famous one was Hell no! We wont go!
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Not only hippies and students participated in
rallies. Many adults, even elderly people
participated.
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Even some Vietnam veterans protested against the
war.
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Marches took place across the nation, often in
big cities.
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City marches like these attracted an exceptional
number of people.
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But many protests took place on, around, or near
monuments in Washington D.C. because of the
greater attention.
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Many people were angered by the number of deaths
in Vietnam- here, protestors set up coffins in
front of the Capital.
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THE END
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