PROTESTING

1. PROTESTING Against the Vietnam War By Chloe Wernecke, Margie Bowen, and Alexa Dumit-Sjoberg

2. HEY, HEY, LBJ, HOW MANY KIDS DID YOU KILL TODAY? Anti-war slogan

3. “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 1970’s.

4. As the war progressed, many people began to turn against the government and the cause.

5. 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.

6. A common form of protest around colleges and universities were teach-ins.

7. In these teach-ins, students or other speakers would gather on-site and hold conferences in which they would speak out against the war.

8. The Kent State Massacre was one of these college rallies which turned wrong on May 4, 1970.

9. Guards open fired on both protesters and innocent bystanders, paralyzing one, wounding eight, and killing four.

10. Many men were against the draft and also the unfairness of it;

11. Before the draft lottery, if you were rich enough or had the right connections you could dodge the draft.

12. Yong men also protested by burning their draft cards.

13. Putting flowers in the guards’ guns was a symbolic gesture that came up at protests.

14. But protests weren’t always peaceful. Protesters often threw rocks and empty tear gas canisters at the policemen while swearing and harassing them.

15. Police didn’t treat the protesters with respect, either. Peaceful protesters and bystanders were often gassed and beaten before getting loaded into police trucks and locked up.

16. Controlling protesters was a problem for police forces and national guardsmen across the country. Many times, a peaceful protest turned very violent very quickly.

17. At rallies, protesters often chanted a phrase over and over again to prove their point; one famous one was “Hell no! We won’t go!”

18. Not only hippies and students participated in rallies. Many adults, even elderly people participated.

19. Even some Vietnam veterans protested against the war.

20. Marches took place across the nation, often in big cities.

21. City marches like these attracted an exceptional number of people.

22. But many protests took place on, around, or near monuments in Washington D.C. because of the greater attention.

23. 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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