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Why People Protested the War
 * after MLK assassination many people were very angered and riots broke out and buildings were destroyed
 * nixon announced that US was going to bring war into Cambodia and universities all over the country broke out into riots ending with the police breaking them up
 * whenever more US men were sent to fight the war it stirred up many controversies debating why we were fighting the war anyways
 * after Bob Kennedy was shot many riots broke out as well
 * Tet offensive after the government said the war was coming to an end
 * the draft was unfair to peoples rights
 * the war was unnecessary because it was not the United States' fight
 * people didn't like the US supporting the South Vietnam corrupt governmentx

How People Protested the War  Different Groups That Protested
 * teach-ins, modeled after the sit ins during the civil rights movement were combined protests with education, they were some times treated as occasional festivities
 * people protested the draft by trying to get doctors defragments or they claimed they were Conscientious objectors, or people who said pacifism was part of their religion
 * people protested on college campuses and they were broken up by police, in some cases shots were fired killing a few students and injuring more
 * Kent State University riots broke out after nixon announced they would be taking the war to Cambodia
 * Jackson State in Mississippi riots broke out after nixon announced they would be taking the war to Cambodia
 * Hippies were passionate idealists trying to establish a more loving world of peace
 * yippies were younger and more political and forceful



Lyrics From Protest Songs Songs Don't ask me I don't give a damn! Next stop is VietNam 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. Everyone learned to live together, ah-hah-unh
 * And it's 1 2 3 what are we fighting for?
 * You should see what a lovely, lovely world this would be