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JFK
John F Kennedy is elected as president of the united states. -
Vietnam Envolvement
Operation "Rolling Thunder", a bombing campaign against Vietnam, begins, and will continue for 3 years -
First Protest
As the US increases its efforts in Vietnam, even some classes in college begin to speak out as it becomes a controversal topic. One even leads to one of the first Anti-War protests, backing the belief that the US doesn't have any reason to be "over there". Over 35,000 people -
First "Sit-In"
Students of the University of Wisconsin occupy the administration building (peacefully) for a handful of days -
Ramparts Magazine
Published Vietnam Photographs of Children in the war being burned by napalm, which in return got MLK's attention, and he joined in on the protests- speaking out against the war soon after. -
Supporters March
People who supported the war in Vietnam went against the other protests, 70,000 of them -
Tet Offensive
Massive offense. Really violent. Lots of attacks. -
New President
Richard Nixon is now the president of America -
Protests
Protests are becoming more violent, which is resulting in even more death, which I don't think an anti-war campaign wants. -
Nixon
Nixon begins to quietly end American involvement in the war by withdrawing themselves and having secret bombings