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An Antiwar Movement Timeline:
1968-1973
1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971
| 1972 | 19731968
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Year |
Event |
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1968 |
Tet Offensive begins in South Vietnam |
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1968 |
Request for 206,000 more troops. |
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1968 |
Robert Kennedy enters into the presidential race. |
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1968 |
Johnson announces halt of bombing over North Vietnam and also
announces his intention not to run for another term. |
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1968 |
Martin Luther King assassinated, April 4. |
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1968 |
FBI launches a campaign (Code named COINTELPRO) to counter the
growing antiwar movement. |
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1968 |
Robert Kennedy assassinated. |
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1968 |
Demonstrations at Democratic convention in Chicago. |
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1968 |
Johnson stops all bombing of North Vietnam. |
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1968 |
Richard Nixon narrowly defeats Hubert Humphrey in the
presidential election. |
| Year |
Event |
| 1969 |
Major campus protests
take place across the country. |
| 1969 |
During March, Nixon
begins secretly bombing Cambodia. |
| 1969 |
Nixon administration
launches an effort to counteract the "youth problem" |
| 1969 |
Nixon announces
withdrawal of more than 60,000 troops. |
| 1969 |
Justice department
indicts eight Democratic convention protesters with conspiracy
charges. |
| 1969 |
Nixon signs the draft
lottery bill - a measure meant to give more fairness when draft
selections took place. |
| 1969 |
Near the end of 1969,
Nixon announces the withdrawal of 50,000 more U.S. troops. |
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Year
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Event
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1970
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A wave of bombings throughout the United States.
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| 1970 |
Antidraft protests escalate throughout the
country. |
| 1970 |
Nixon announces the withdrawal of an additional
150,000 U.S. troops. |
| 1970 |
Nixon announces invasion of Cambodia in April. |
| 1970 |
Kent State killings, May 4. |
| 1970 |
White house attempts to rally support for the
invasion, but fails. |
| 1970 |
Nixon announces all the U.S. troops will be
withdrawn from Cambodia by the end of June. |
| 1970 |
Jackson State Killings. |
| 1970 |
Intensified bombing of North Vietnam |
| 1970 |
Nixon announces the withdrawal of another 40,000
U.S. troops from Vietnam. |
| Year |
Event
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| 1971 |
The invasion of Laos begins.
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| 1971 |
Growing protests against the invasion.
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| 1971 |
Nixon announces the withdrawal of another 100,000 U.S. troops
from Vietnam, leaving 184,000 there by December.
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| 1971 |
May Day protests in Washington.
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| 1971 |
New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon papers.
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| 1971 |
Nixon announces withdrawal of another 45,000 U.S. troops from
Vietnam. Intensifies bombing of North Vietnam.
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| Year |
Event |
| 1972 |
Nixon announces withdrawal of another 70,000
troops, leaving 69,000 there by May. |
| 1972 |
Protests against the air war. |
| 1972 |
Nixon announces the withdrawal of another 20,000
troops from Vietnam. |
| 1972 |
Nixon announces mining of North Vietnam's ports
and intensified bombing. |
| 1972 |
Protests against the mining and bombing. |
| 1972 |
Watergate break-in. |
| 1972 |
Indochina peace campaign begins. |
| 1972 |
Peace agreement reached in Paris, Thieu refuses to
sign, Kissinger announces that "peace is at hand." |
| 1972 |
Antiwar activity in support of Paris peace
agreement and against U.S. funding of repressive Thieu Regime. |
| 1972 |
Nixon defeats George McGovern in the presidential
election. |
| Year |
Event
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| 1973 |
Nixon inauguration protests. |
| 1973 |
Paris peace agreement signed. |
| 1973 |
Antiwar activity demanding Nixon honor the peace
agreement, release of South Vietnam political prisoners. |
| 1973 |
Congress passes War Powers Act. |
| 1973 |
Congress halts U.S. police training in South
Vietnam and U.S. funding of Thieu's police and prison system
through economic aid. |
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