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Anti-War Movement

Anti-War Movement. By Amber Ullman, Courtney Reigert “We sang all the songs of peace”-Melanie (Lay Down). Anti-War Movement. The first American protest against intervention in Vietnam took place in 1963. The anti-war protests started on college campuses.

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Anti-War Movement

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  1. Anti-War Movement By Amber Ullman, Courtney Reigert “We sang all the songs of peace”-Melanie (Lay Down)

  2. Anti-War Movement • The first American protest against intervention in Vietnam took place in 1963. • The anti-war protests started on college campuses. • Two years later, president Lyndon B. Johnson ordered U.S. military intervention at Vietnam. • Spring of 1965, college campuses held “tech ins” against the war.

  3. The war expanded in 1967, and so did the movement, attracting out of campus growth. • The anti-war movement used tactics such as draft resistance, legal demonstrations, grassroots organizing, congressional lobbying, electoral challenges, civil disobedience, self-immolations, and political violence. • Peace activists traveled to North Vietnam. • Quakers and others provided medical aid to Vietnamese civilians. • Some GIs protested against the war.

  4. In March 1967 a national group of draft resisters formed. • The resistance held several national draft card turn-ins. • In April, more than 300,000 people demonstrated against the war in New York.

  5. 50,000 people surrounded the Pentagon, with nearly 700 arrested. • Well-known members of the anti-war movements include Dr. Benjamin Spock, Robert Lowell, Harry Belafonte, and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  6. In 1965, most Americans supported the U.S . Policies in Vietnam, by 1967 only 35% supported. • For the first time, the majority of U.S. citizens thought U.S. intervention was a big mistake. • The anti-war movement was denounced by media commentators, legislators, and other public figures.

  7. Many anti-war movement participants started questioning the movements effectiveness, causing drop outs. • In the spring of 1970, President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State shootings caused the most campus protests.

  8. The anti-war movement gradually ended with the troops coming home between 1971 and 1975. • Remaining activists protested continued U.S. bombing, the plight of South Vietnamese political prisoners, and the U.S. funding the war.

  9. Works Cited • "Vietnam Antiwar Movement – FREE Vietnam Antiwar Movement Information | Encyclopedia.com: Find Vietnam Antiwar Movement Research." Encyclopedia - Online Dictionary | Encyclopedia.com: Get Facts, Articles, Pictures, Video. Web. 01 June 2010. <http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O126-VietnamAntiwarMovement.html>. • Draft Cards Image- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TZ4zYEBSw1I/St-hfjUumNI/AAAAAAAAK7Q/CoDAIQanpo4/s400/draft_card_burning.jpg • Protest Inage- http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/protest-8.jpg • Dr. Spock Image- http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/005/005bcc-13784684.jpg • Sir No Sir Image- http://www.sirnosir.com/the_film/downloads/new_poster_lg.jpg • Am I Righteous Now Image- http://blog.chosun.com/web_file/blog/61/61/1/Am_I_Righteous_Now.jpg • Make Love Not War Image- http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zkPMchp_hYE/SZNrPURCZxI/AAAAAAAAAB4/ki9xFqXsC2M/S660/hippies.jpg • Sir No Sir Trailer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDk6Qal2DCI

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