The Student's Movement Flashcards
What does SDS stand for?
Students for a Democratic Society.
When was SDS set up?
1959
What did the University of California do in 1964?
Some civil rights workers were forbidden from recruiting on campus.
What was the result of the University of California situation?
Students occupied the administration buildings.
What did Stop the draft week entitle in October 1967?
Students and others took part in a strong march on the Pentagon.
What made students even angrier about the Vietnam war?
It got worse in 1965 and there was a threat of the draft (conscription to the army).
What did the SDS do in April 1968?
There was a student takeover of Columbia University for 8 days which resulted in around 700 arrests.
Why did the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago in August 1968 become notorious?
The clashes between thousands of police and anti-war demonstrators.
What happened at Kent State University in Ohio?
National Guardsmen opened fire on student anti-war demonstrators killing four students.
When did the Kent State University incident occur?
1970
What were the new lifestyles that young people experimented with?
Rock music, psychedelic drugs, sexual freedom and religious experimentation.
What were significant events in the Student movement?
‘Summer of love’ in 1967 and Woodstock Music Festival in 1969.
What did singers like Bob Dylan write songs about?
Political issues like the Vietnam war and the civil rights movement.
What were hippies?
Drop-outs from mainstream life.
What were the original aims of the SDS?
To obtain more say in how universities and courses were run for students.
Which other campaigns were students involved in?
The Black Civil Rights campaign and the women’s movement.
Why did students get involved in the other campaigns?
They were appalled at the injustices experienced by black people and they were strengthened by the influence they had.
How did students respond when universities tried to ban their protests?
Students responded with a ‘free speech’ campaign to demand the right to protest.
What were the students rejecting?
The values and society that their parents had created.
How did students feel about nuclear weapons?
They backed campaigns for nuclear disarmament.
Apart from protesting on campus, how else did students protest?
They took part in marches, freedom rides, demonstrations, sit-ins, they burnt their draft cards and they occupied buildings.
How did the student movement in the 1960s progress?
It became more organised, more large-scale and more organised.
Why did the student movement have a big impact?
The students involved were mainly middle class, educated and white.
Why had students protested at Kent State University?
Demonstrations began because President Nixon, despite having promised to withdraw troops from Vietnam, had instead sent troops into neighbouring Cambodia and Laos to fight North Vietnamese there.
