Growth Of Peace Movement Flashcards
What percent of people in 1967 what to avoid defeat - stop the north - help the south?
70% - to avoid defeat
20% - to stop the north
10% - help the south
What were Fulbright hearings?
Journalist interviewed more then 200 US troops and wrote to J . William Fulbright who was the SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
organised protest
From 1966 to 1971
John Kerry represented the veterans
The verdict was the US troops must leave Vietnam as soon as possible
What was the Kent state shootings?
National guard shot 4 unarmed college students dead
Guardsmen fires 67 rounds over 13 seconds killing 4 and injuring 9
1 of the injured was paralysed
Students were protesting the Cambodian campaign that Nixon proclaimed
4 million students went on strike after the shootings