Kent State Massacre

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Kent State Massacre
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The Kent State Massacre

• Key Names
• The Events Leading Up To The Shooting
• The Shooting
• The Aftermath
• Review

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Key Names

• Richard Nixon
• Mayor Leroy Satrom
• Governor James Rhodes
• Allison Krause, William Schroeder, Jeffrey
  Miller, and Sandra Scheuer

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The Events Leading Up To The Shooting

• United States invaded Cambodia, April 30, 1970
• Anti-war protests took place, May 1, 1970
• Things took a violent turn
• State of Emergency was declared
• National Guard called into Kent

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The Events Leading Up To The Shooting (Cont.)

• ROTC building was set on fire
• Rallies were banned May 3
• Rally called for Monday, May 4

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The Shooting

• May 4, 1970
• Tension between National Guard and protestors
• 28 guardsmen fired their rifles
• 13 seconds of shooting
• 4 Kent State students died
• 9 students wounded

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The Aftermath

• Wounded students and victims families were
  awarded 675,000
• Kent State was closed for 6 weeks
• Faculty had 3 new responsibilities
• Shooting escalated protests across the U.S.

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The Aftermath (Cont.)

• Neil Youngs Song Ohio
• Paris Peace Accords in 1973

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The Effects of the Shooting

• "There isn't a day in my life that goes by that I
  don't wake up without some conscious thought of
  this. I was in Vietnam twice before. I didn't
  have the fear that I had on this campus --
  helicopters swooping down, tear gas, bullets. It
  was a scary thing. I get goosebumps talking about
  it right at this moment," said Carpenter.
• (Bob Carpenter, the news director at the student
  radio station)
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Review

• Richard Nixon was president
• Protest was due to the invasion of Cambodia
• National Guard called into Kent State
• Shooting occurred May 4, 1970
• 4 students dead, 9 wounded