Kent State
Submitted by bobrocks on May 2, 2011
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Kent State
What were some common misconceptions of the Kent State shootings of May 1970 and what was there effect on the United States view on the Vietnam War?
On May 4, l970 members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. H. R. Haldeman, a top aide to President Richard Nixon, suggests the shootings had a direct impact on national politics. In The Ends of Power, Haldeman states that the shootings at Kent State began the slide into Watergate,...
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