THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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the National Guard fired live ammunition into the protesting crowd
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all four of the people that were killed were protesting against the war
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nine people were wounded and four people were killed
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the ROTC building was burned by the protestors
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Detailed explanation-1: -May 2: ROTC Building Burns Early that evening, Mayor Satrom asked Governor Rhodes to send the Ohio National Guard to Kent. Students gathered at 8 p.m. on the Commons, marched around campus, and ended at the ROTC building. Some protesters then worked to set the building on fire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Twenty-eight National Guard soldiers fired about 67 rounds over 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.
Detailed explanation-4: -Two days earlier, on May 2, National Guard troops were called to Kent to suppress students rioting in protest of the Vietnam War and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. The next day, scattered protests were dispersed by tear gas, and on May 4 class resumed at Kent State University.