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Vietnam War
the Vietnam War also know as the second Indochina war. In Vietnam its known as the Resistance War against America -
Peace Movement-
(May 1960-October 1967) They supported anti-movement by protesting against stop going to war in the Vietnam. These protest happened within main cities such as Chicago and Washington D.C with signs of anti war advocates. -
Backlash Blues by Nina Simone
(released in 1967) Backlash Blues was a song by Nina Simone that describes how young men were drafted in the Vietnam War. In the song Nina talks about her son being drafted in the war and her taxes were being raised and her wages were being cut. In the Vietnam War young men were drafted into the war at the age of 18 which was bad for their families. This is how the Backlash Blues by Nina Simone relates to the Vietnam War. -
Kent-State Shootings
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970. When the Ohio national Guard opened fire during a demonstration protesting the Vietnam War. -
26th Amendment
The case in 1970, Oregon V Mitchell stated that congress does not have the rights to limit voting age. Citizens were allowed to vote at the age of eighteen years old. Which allows teengers names to be added in the war draft. Children that could afford to go to college did not get enlisted for the war. -
Vietnamization
January 27, 1973 Vietnamization was based around anti-war movement to call a withdrawal from the war against North Vietnam. To sign a peace agreement
On February 12, 1973 , 591 american troops were released from Hanoi. -
Change by Tupac
song based on the way life is to stop Anti-War which was released in 1998 to show that we need to stop the violence within the world to make a Change “Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers” to come together as one instead of fighting against another. -
Freedom by Beyoncé
Freedom was a song released in 2016 by Beyoncé. It represents racism and injustice things going in the United States. In the Vietnam War troops and soldiers we’re being pulled into the war with people killed because the war became unpopular.
