Anti-War+Protests+Notes


 * Your collage will contain the following …**
 * **4** different and detailed **reasons why people began to protest** the war in Vietnam
 * **3** different and detailed **methods people used to protest** the war
 * **3** descriptions of **different people or groups of people who protested** the war in Vietnam
 * **2** excerpts of **lyrics from Vietnam era protest songs**
 * At least **5** different **images that symbolize the antiwar movement** (the images can also go along with the annotations)
 * **embedded video** to support the antiwar movement descriptions

Reasons Why People Began to Protest: 1) Way of Army fighting- People very upset with the use of chemical weapons like agent orange and Napalm. Also three times the amount of bombs dropped throughout the whole Second World War 2) Conscription/draft- People protested at what they considered was an attack on people's right to decide for themselves whether they wanted to fight for their country. unnecessary war 3) Tet Offensive- Changed the way American thought of war, that their wasn't an end anytime soon. Saw how what Viet Cong could do, hurtful to American sociological view. 4) Unfair for social classes- most of the draftees were poor because the wealthy or upper classes would go to college delaying them getting drafted.

Methods People used to Protest 1) Refused to enter the draft- When they were drafted people either left the country or were sent to jail-  national organization of draft resisters 2) College students went to professor taught "teach ins" which was where the professor would teach the students about the Vietnam war. They would discuss it and also discuss how to challenge the government and its policies. 3) Young men would get draft cards and instead of keeping them they would burn them in retaliation to send a message that they weren't willing to risk their lives for an unnecessary war. Biggest was on October 21, 1967 in front of the Pentagon.

Different People or Groups of People who Protested 1) Civil rights leaders such as MLK protested because the war effort took money away from their programs like the antipoverty plans. 2) Hippies rejected many American institutions- one of which was the Vietnam war which went against their main messages: peace love and harmony 3) Media after Tet offensive didn't believe U.S. could win war- anchorman on TV Walter Cronkite said this

Lyrics From Vietnam era Protest Songs //"// //He's 5 foot 2 and he's 6 feet 4 He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of 31 and he's only 17. He's been a soldier for a thousand years He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jane A Buddhist, and a Baptist and Jew. And he knows he shouldn't kill And he knows he always will kill You'll for me my friend and me for you"// 2) Main tune sung at Protest rallies And it's 1 2 3 what are we fighting for? Don't ask me I don;t give a damn! Next stop is Viet Nam. And it's 5 6 7 so open up them pearly gates There ain't no time to wonder why Whoopee! We're all gonna die. Pics:
 * 1) Universal Soldier **









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