The year 1970 was considered to be the culmination of this movement with protests across the country, which attracted millions of Americans regardless of race, age, gender. ... The announcement on April 30, 1970, of President Richard Nixon that US troops would cross the Vietnam border into Cambodia was the straw that broke the camel's back, ignited a wave of protest by students. 1 Schools closed! That was hot news in early May, 1970, when hundreds of universities and colleges across the United States stopped operating in fear of the outbreak of violence related to the war protesting movem...

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Small protests broke out amongst college students across America, but these began to become very serious. On April 17, 1965 The Students for a Democratic Society organized a national protest on the steps of the capitol in Washington D.C. ... This is an incorrect statement, in fact, Vietnam veterans are less likely to be jailed and only .5% of them have been jailed for crimes. 85% of Vietnam veterans have made a successful transition to ordinary life (Westmoreland, VHFCN). ...

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The past century has been one of sensational crimes that have amazed many Americans. Form the Lindbergh baby to the exploits of Al Capone, to serial murderers like Ted Bundy. Crime has become a cultural phenomenon that has captured the interests of academics and the causal reader alike. To look back...

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Richard Nixon won the November 1968 presidential election over Hubert Humphrey with only 43.5% of the popular vote (Schulzinger 275). Nixon campaigned with telling the public that he would end the Vietnam War. Nixon blamed President Johnson's actions of adding troops and criticized his decisions of ...

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