It was viewed as a flawed system where wealth provided college exemptions and the poor and minorities fought the battles.
The draft.
To stop death and the horrors of the Vietnam war
It was The Vietnam War which sparked mass antiwar demonstrations in 1970.
The silent majority disagreed with the antiwar protesters but rarely discussed their opinions publicly.
The all Volunteer military.
The military draft was three fourths of the anti-war movement.
It angered the US service men, and lowered their morale.
was a student protest that started as the Free Speech movement in California and spread around the world. All members of the Anti-War Movement shared an opposition to war in Vietnam and condemned U.S. presence there. They claimed this was violating Vietnam's rights. This movement resulted in growing activism on campuses aimed at social reform etc. Primarily a middle-class movement. CULTURAL.
The antiwar movement
The antiwar movement
In 1970, there were riots at many campuses in the USA after President Nixon called for the invasion of Cambodia (to pursue communist North Vietnamese who sought refuge there) during the Vietnam War. Since the police could not handle the rioters, the national guard was called out.
Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma Time: During Vietnam and the antiwar movement (1960's-1970's)