On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close.

Which event was NOT related to the anti-Vietnam War movement? assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The event that resulted in the deaths of college students at the hands of National Guard troops was the Kent State University protests.

The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970.

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. In its immediate aftermath, a student-led strike forced the temporary closure of colleges and universities across the country.

The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. The decision to bring the Ohio National Guard onto the Kent State University campus was directly related to decisions regarding American involvement in the Vietnam War.

How did the shootings at Kent State divide the nation? At Kent State University, about 500 students protested on the campus commons. Four students were killed and nine were wounded. American soldiers were killing children in Vietnam, and now they were killing students in America.

Many Americans opposed the war on moral grounds, appalled by the devastation and violence of the war. Others claimed the conflict was a war against Vietnamese independence, or an intervention in a foreign civil war; others opposed it because they felt it lacked clear objectives and appeared to be unwinnable.

What are some groups who protested against the Vietnam War and why? Religious leaders, civil rights, activists, teachers, journalists, and college students protested the war for a number of reasons. Many college students were opposed to the mandatory draft, which required young men to serve in the military.

Why did student protests against the Vietnam War turn violent? Peaceful protest had not worked to change government policy. Who was least likely to be a soldier in Vietnam?

Destruction caused by the 1954-1975 Second Indochina War (commonly known as the Vietnam War) seriously strained Vietnam’s economy. More than 30,000 private businesses had been created, and the economy was growing at an annual rate of more than 7 percent, and poverty was nearly halved.

The launch of the Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese communist troops in January 1968, and its success against U.S. and South Vietnamese troops, sent waves of shock and discontent across the home front and sparked the most intense period of anti-war protests to date.

Until 1969, college students were excempted from being drafted into the Vietnam War. This was considered unfair because if favored high and medium income men who could afford college. Those who can’t afford college belong disproportionally to low income populations.

Massive gatherings of anti-war demonstrators helped bring attention to the public resentment of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The confrontation seen above took place at the Pentagon in 1967. Despite the growing antiwar movement, a silent majority of Americans still supported the Vietnam effort.

The anti-war movement did force the United States to sign a peace treaty, withdraw its remaining forces, and end the draft in early 1973. Throughout a decade of organizing, anti-war activists used a variety of tactics to shift public opinion and ultimately alter the actions of political leaders.

SDS-organized March Against the Vietnam War

By the end of 1965, this first stage had largely succeeded. Activists gained a deep knowledge of Vietnam and the war, and protests, while still small, did normalize opposition despite accusations that they were un-American.

What was the impact of the American movement to stop the Vietnam War? It brought the war to the center of media attention and severely limited the Johnson administration’s options. Which of the following was one of the practical arguments made by protesters against the Vietnam War?

The most immediate effect of the Vietnam War was the staggering death toll. The war killed an estimated 2 million Vietnamese civilians, 1. 1 million North Vietnamese troops, 200,000 South Vietnamese troops, and 58,000 U.S. troops. Those wounded in combat numbered tens of thousands more.

How did the Vietnam War end, and what were its lasting effects? forced Vietnam to the peace table, won treaty concessions from them* that protected freedom for South Vietnam, and withdrew our troops with those agreements in place.

-The war ruined both North and South Vietnam. -In 1969, around 1,034,300 hectares of forest was destroyed. -Today there are still many children in Vietnam growing up with various diseases and disabilities affected by the harmful chemicals carried out in the War.

The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia. Neither the Soviet Union nor the United States could risk an all-out war against each other, such was the nuclear military might of both.

The peace settlement enabled the United States to withdraw from the war and welcome the American prisoners of war back home. On April 30, 1975, NVA tanks rolled through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, effectively ending the war.

Objectively, North Vietnam – the communists – who achieved their goals of reuniting and gaining independence for the whole Vietnam won the war whereas South Vietnam under the U.S. support lost the war.

Explanation: Firstly most of the war was fought as a guerrilla war. This is a type of war which conventional forces such as the US army in Vietnam, find notoriously difficult to fight. The Americans, laden down with conventional weapons and uniform were not equipped to fight in the paddy fields and jungles.

The conflict emerged from the First Indochina War between the French and the communist-led Viet Minh. After the French quit attempted recolonization of Indochina in 1954, the US assumed financial and military support for the South Vietnamese state.