Starting with the University of Michigan, hundreds of colleges began participating in what was known as ..... on college campuses in order to discuss the issues surrounding the Vietnam War, and reaffirm reasons for opposing it.

THE VIETNAM WAR

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Starting with the University of Michigan, hundreds of colleges began participating in what was known as ____ on college campuses in order to discuss the issues surrounding the Vietnam War, and reaffirm reasons for opposing it.

A	Strikes
B	Teach-Ins
C	Picket Lines
D	Parades

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The first prominent University of Michigan anti-war activism occurred in March 1965. Receiving resistance for their original idea of a strike, faculty members at Michigan innovated the idea of a teach-in to educate students on U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam. Teach-ins quickly spread to campuses across the nation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many Americans opposed the war on moral grounds, appalled by the devastation and violence of the war. Others claimed the conflict was a war against Vietnamese independence, or an intervention in a foreign civil war; others opposed it because they felt it lacked clear objectives and appeared to be unwinnable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overview. The student movement arose to demand free speech on college campuses, but as the US involvement in the Vietnam war expanded, the war became the main target of student-led protests.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why were many college students opposed to the war? Many college students were opposed to the mandatory draft, which required young men to serve in the military.

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USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE VIETNAM WAR