Antiwar+Collage

4 Reasons people protested:

-People protested the war because they felt that the United States should not assist a corrupt government. This was in reference to the behaviour of South Vietnam. -The hippies diagreed with violence and instead taught love and peace. -Soldiers and veterans were upset with how long the war had gone on and many of them wanted to go home or simply wanted the war to be over. -A large reason that the American public started losing support for the war was due to the decisive battle called the Tet Offensive. The media had coverage of this battle and people all over the US saw the brutality of the fight and were angry because the US was supposed to be winning.

3 Methods of Protest:

-People protested the war using many teach-ins which were protests, by students, at their schools. One group of students held a protest outside of Kent State University. There were shots fired and some kids died while others were wounded. -Different protest groups marched to the Pentagon and sat outside in protest. -Many people opposed the draft, so they either burned their draft card, fled to Canada, or got themselves arrested.

3 Groups who Protested: -One group that opposed the war were hippies. They believed in love and peace and disagreed with the violence of war. -Another group that opposed the war were the everyday people who thought that America should not be assisting a corrupt government. -The final group were the soldiers and vets who wanted the war to be over and were tired of fighting.

2 Lyrics of Vietnam Protest songs:

Tin Soldiers and Nixon's bombing We're finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio

How many dead men will it take To build a dike that will not break? How many children must we kill Before we make the waves stand still?

5 Images: on glog

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