THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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They took the form of demonstrations on college campuses
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Some veterans threw away their medals.
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Musicians wrote and performed numerous protest songs.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Peace movement leaders opposed the war on moral and economic grounds. The North Vietnamese, they argued, were fighting a patriotic war to rid themselves of foreign aggressors. Innocent Vietnamese peasants were being killed in the crossfire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietnam-era antiwar movement may count as the largest sustained protest movement in the history of the United States. Opposition to US military involvement in Southeast Asia began in the 1950s and started to attract media attention in 1963 as the Kennedy Administration pushed combat troops into Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -Their actions consisted mainly of peaceful, nonviolent events; few events were deliberately provocative and violent. In some cases, police used violent tactics against peaceful demonstrators.