Sydney Ganus Mrs. Dunlop and Dr. Hinch Junior Exhibition 8 February 2010 Kent State Shootings (Research Paper) Faced with the problem of a violent protest‚ the Ohio National Guard chose to open fire into the crowd as a solution‚ but increasing security around the ROTC building and preventing its arson would have been a plausible solution. This event takes place in May of 1970 at Kent‚ Ohio. Richard Nixon has just been elected president‚ taking office in 1969. In the midst of the Vietnam
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The shootings that occurred at Kent State University‚ Ohio‚ on May 4‚ 1970 have been a dark spot in American history for almost 36 years. It is a day remembered by many names‚ THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS‚ MAY 4 or the KENT STATE MASSACRE. Four students were killed and nine were wounded‚ all of America suffered. The student body at Kent State numbered about 20‚000 and had been considered conservative‚ but not overly political. In fact they were thought of as rather passive politically. The shootings
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really happened at Kent State on May 4‚ 1970 why did it happen‚ what was the after match of the shooting? 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. protesters launched a protest that setting fire to the ROTC building‚ prompting the governor of Ohio to dispatch 900 National Guardsmen to the campus. unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University‚ which
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The Anti-War Movement In The Late 1960’s And Early 1970’s And The May 4th Kent State Shootings During the late 1960’s the United States was raging a war on two fronts. One front in Vietnam fighting the communist North Vietnamese forces‚ the other on the campuses and streets fighting the students and protesters across America. The anti-war movement was one of the most successful moments in US history. For 11 years from 1964- 1975 Americans protested a war they believed they did not need to be
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Kent state shooting By Jamal spencer The Kent shooting were the shooting of unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam war at the Kent state university in Kent Ohio‚ by member of National Gaud on May 4‚ 1970. In May 1970‚ students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces‚ clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. When the Guardsmen shot and killed four students on May 4‚ the Kent State Shootings became the focal point of a nation
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February 20‚ 2013 Looking Back at Kent State University‚ 1970 In the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ student protests against the Vietnam War were fairly common‚ and often violent. The May 4‚ 1970 protest at Kent State— just one of hundreds of campus protests scheduled for that day in reaction to President Nixon’s announced military push into Cambodia—was considered relatively peaceful by historical standards. Many questions arose after the National Guard opened fire on a crowd of protesting students—
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The Kent State shooting or May 4th Massacre was a very significant and controversial event in the 1970. This involved armed guardsmen firing 67 rounds in 13 seconds into a crowd of protesting students. This resulted in nine wounded students and four shot dead. This was a significant event as it began the nation-wide anti-war movement‚ opposing the war in Vietnam. This dispute started when President Nixon released the statement in 1969 that the American forces are to bomb Cambodia in order to destroy
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BERKAY DEMIR ! ! Kent State and the Anti- War Movement To what Extent Did the Kent State Shooting Represent a Turning Point in the Anti- War Movement ? ! ! IB HISTORY SL YEAR 1 Berkay Demir INTERNAL ASSESSMENT !1 BERKAY DEMIR ! ! History IA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! To what Extent Did the Kent State Shooting Represent a Turning Point in the Anti- War Movement ? ! ! ! ! ! Berkay Demir word count: 1988 North Broward Prepatory School Examination Session: 2016 Candidate Number: ! ! ! ! ! ! IB HISTORY
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Ohio (Achieve3000‚ January 31‚ 2011). More than 40 years ago‚ four students were killed by the Ohio National Guard on the campus of Kent State University during a protest against the Vietnam War. The shootings sent shockwaves across the U.S.‚ further polarizing a nation already divided over the conflict. The U.S. in Vietnam By the time of the Kent State shootings‚ the U.S. was deeply involved in the war in Vietnam. In 1954‚ Vietnam had split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
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I‚ stacking the Maginot Line while the Germans marched around it‚ and in World War II doing the exact same thing. Other mistakes include incidents on domestic soil in which protests turn violent such as the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Kent State Shootings in 1970. Other than each happening on Mondays and occurring almost two hundred years apart‚ the two draw deeper comparisons to one another which caused widespread protest leaving marks in American history. Upon reviewing these two cases it
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