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Trouble Continues on the
Home Front
By Jessica Reffitt and Michelle Bjornas
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The Silent MajorityPresident Nixon wanted to win support for his war policies, so he appealed to the silent majority Moderate, mainstream
Americans who quietly supported the Vietnam War
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My Lai MassacreLieutenant William Calley, Jr. was trying to locate Vietcong.When he didn’t find anything, he rounded up the villagers and shot them 200 women and children
were killedCalley was eventually
imprisoned for his actions.
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Invasion of CambodiaOn April 30, 1970, Nixon announced that the U.S. had invaded Cambodia in an attempt to find Vietcong hideouts
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Students Speak Out1.5 million college students protested the invasionDue to these demonstrations, about 1,200 campuses closed
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Kent State University Riot
In response to the invasion, the students at KSU burned the ROTC buildingThe Mayor called in the National Guard, who opened fire on the students.Nine were wounded and killed 4, two of which were innocent bystanders.
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Jackson State RiotsGuardsmen confronted bottle-wielding riotersThe Guards shot into the crowd, wounding 12 and killing two innocent bystanders
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Popular Opinion and the Pentagon Papers
Polls indicated that the people generally supported the GuardsmenAround this time, the Pentagon papers emerged They were papers written for
Defense Secretary McNamara Proved that the Government had
planned to go to war even after Nixon had pledged to keep them out of war.