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Anti-War Movement

By Dezhaaaa

  • Lyndon B. Johnson became President

    Lyndon B. Johnson became President
    John F. Kennedy was assassinated, on November 22, 1963. As he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald killed the President, which made Lyndon B. Johnson ( The Vice President) The new President.

  • Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
    Allowed President Johnson to say orders without having to go through Congress. Many citizens got angry.

  • First US Ground Troops To Vietnam

    First US Ground Troops To Vietnam
    Lyndon Johnson sent the first US ground troops to Vietnam after North Vietnam fired at two US ships.

  • Anti-War Teach-In

    Anti-War Teach-In
    The Students for a Democratic Society hold the first anti-war teach-in at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Students, faculty, and local citizens participate in debates, lectures, and film presentations meant to challenge assumptions about the Vietnam War.

  • Demonstrations Against The War In New York

    Demonstrations Against The War In New York
    Veterans from WWI, WWII, and from the Korean War protested against the Vietnam War in New York City. They burnt their US draft papers in an act of protest.

  • March On The Pentagon

    March On The Pentagon
    Anti war rally in New York City draws 300,000 Vietnam Veterans against the War is formed. Uprising in Neward, Detroit, and other cities. Thousands march to the Pentagon to demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.

  • MLK Assassinated

    MLK Assassinated
    Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassin, James Earl Ray, pleads guilty and is sentenced to 99 years in prison.

  • DC Anti-War Protest

    DC Anti-War Protest
    600,000 Americans attend an anti-war protest rally in Washington, D.C.

  • Nixon Promises More Troops Home

    Nixon Promises More Troops Home
    President Nixon promises to bring home 50,000 troops from Vietnam.

  • Twenty-Sixth Amendment Ratified

    Twenty-Sixth Amendment Ratified
    The 26th Amendment is ratified, lowering the national voting age from 21 to 18.

  • Watergate

    Watergate
    Five men are caught burglarizing the headquarters for the Democratic National Committee, located at the Watergate hotel in Washington, D.C. Their arrests will set into motion the events that will eventually result in President Nixon's resignation.

  • Vietnam War Officially Ends

    Vietnam War Officially Ends
    The Vietnam War is officially over for the United States. The last U.S. combat soldier leaves Vietnam, but military advisors and some Marines remain.

  • Saigon Falls

    Saigon Falls
    The North Vietnamese take Saigon; the war in Vietnam ends.