https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf en-us 2018-11-30 14:36:15 UTC 2018-12-10 14:45:15 UTC hello@padlet.com gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786106 At a university called "Kent State University" 13 students got shot by members of the Ohio National Guard because they were protesting towards the Anti-War because it was particularly strong on college campuses.

https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests]]> 2018-11-30 14:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786106 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786336 "Sometimes you have to take a stand, that you cannot take liberty for granted." This quote was said by the president Lyndon Johnson after his daughter Kitt confronted him for sending MEN to the war because she seen how family members were suffering but the president still was convinced that war was necessary.]]> 2018-11-30 14:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786336 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786490 In August 1964, North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin, and President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the retaliatory bombing of military targets in North Vietnam. And by the time U.S. planes began regular bombings of North Vietnam in February 1965, some critics had begun to question the government’s assertion that it was fighting a democratic war to liberate the South Vietnamese people from Communist aggression.]]> 2018-11-30 14:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786490 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786590 When the war in Vietnam began, many Americans believed that defending South Vietnam from communist aggression was in the national interest. Communism was threatening free governments across the globe. Any sign of non-intervention from the United States might encourage revolutions elsewhere.]]> 2018-11-30 14:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786590 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786753 The next year Nixon said in his speech that those against the war were a "Vocal-minority" and which divided the people more. He enacted a draft which caused people to run to Canada. ]]> 2018-11-30 14:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786753 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786888 Peace movement leaders opposed the war on moral and economic grounds. The North Vietnamese, they argued, were fighting a patriotic war to rid themselves of foreign aggressors. Innocent Vietnamese peasants were being killed in the crossfire. American planes wrought environmental damage by dropping their defoliating chemicals.]]> 2018-11-30 14:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309786888 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309787086 The age of the average American soldier serving in Vietnam was 19, seven years younger than its World War II counterpart. Young Americans were legally old enough to fight and die, but were not permitted to vote or drink alcohol. Such criticism led to the 26th Amendment, which granted suffrage to 18-year-olds.]]> 2018-11-30 14:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309787086 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309787261 a strong Anti-War Protest made Nixon announce the effective end to U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia in January 1973.]]> 2018-11-30 14:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309787261 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309788534 2018-11-30 14:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309788534 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309789036 2018-11-30 14:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309789036 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309789573 2018-11-30 14:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309789573 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309791122 2018-11-30 14:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/309791122 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/311080066 2018-12-04 18:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/311080066 gen_f7 https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/311080583 2018-12-04 19:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gen_f7/noobwl0aa4yf/wish/311080583