Anti-War Movement
Vietnam caused it all of this
War Dove
This is a war dove because he is putting a flower in the barrel of gun.
Hippie Protesters
250,000 protesters gathered at Washington D.C in the largest anti-war demonstration to occur during the Vietnam War.
African-American Protesters
I think they were right at that time African-Americans shouldn't have fought for the U.S. because the U.S. was still racist at the time it wasn't until after Vietnam that blacks got full civil rights.
Kent State
At Kent State University there was a protest that ended in 4 students dying because of what they believed in.
Woodstock
Woodstock is a protest with music to make everyone believe what they believe and also to express how they felt about the war.
Vietnam Veterans
Some veterans thought they fought in Vietnam for nothing because we didn't win. Veterans thought their medals meant nothing because we didn't win.
5 Major Facts about The Anti-War Movement
- The anti-war protests begun on college campuses.
- The launch of the Tet Offensive begun the most intense period of anti-war movement.
- The Pentagon Papers that exposed what the government and military were actually doing in Vietnam made Americans wonder whether or not they should trust the government.
- Tensions ran higher than ever, Vietnam triggered mass demonstrations and incidents like at Kent State when National Guard troops shot into a group of protesters killing four students.
- The first anti-war protest was when the draft increased it started with 3,000 in February 1965 by October it had 33,000
Why I chose this?
I chose anti-war movement because I was interested in their point-of-view on the war deeper than just saying they were against the war. Because hippies used drugs I was interested about what they thought about our leadership.