USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Antiwar marches and other protests, such as the ones organized by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), attracted a widening base of support over the next several years, peaking in early 1968 after the successful Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese troops proved that war’s end was nowhere in sight.

Detailed explanation-2: -Draft-card burning became one of the most iconic forms of protest during the war. It was a gesture made by young men who wished to buck the system but were not comfortable with more extreme measures such as going to Canada, participating in riots, or destroying induction centers.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a demonstration staged by the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, some of the first public burnings of draft cards in the United States takes place. These demonstrations drew 100, 000 people in 40 cities across the country.

Detailed explanation-4: -Protesting the Draft Demonstrations grew in 1966, spurred by a change in the Selective Service System’s draft policy that exposed students in the bottom of half of their classes to the possibility that their deferments would be revoked and they would be drafted.