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1946-1970
The number of students enrolled in institutions of higher education increased from 2 million to 8 million -
1960
The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was founded at the University of Michigan -
1964
SDS had organized campus "teach-ins" and demonstrations against the war and encouraged draft-age males to sign "We Won't Go" Petitions -
1964
Student activism led to a clash with administrators and police -
1967
Antiwar advocates sponsored a Stop-the-Draft week -
1967
President Johnson brought General Westmoreland home from Vietnam to address the nation's concerns about the war -
1968
U.S. officials anticipated a communist offensive -
1968
Two months after the Tet Offensive, the president addressed the nation on television -
1968
Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed by a racist assassin in Memphis, Tennessee -
1969
The Selective Service System adopted a lottery that was designed to eliminate deferment abuses and create a more diverse army of draftees.