THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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they were upset that Nixon wanted to pull troops out of Vietnam
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they were upset about the U.S. bombing of Tailand
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they were upset about the U.S. bombing of Cambodia
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the were mad that Johnson didn’t run for reelection
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The student strike of 1970 was a massive protest across the United States, that included walk-outs from college and high school classrooms initially in response to the United States expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Nearly 900 campuses nationwide participated.
Detailed explanation-3: -The student movement began with concern for civil rights, poverty, and campus issues but turned into concern about the escalation of the Vietnam War in the mid to late 1960s.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.