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fandomhigh2013-11-17 10:31 pm
throughaphase) wrote in fandomhigh2013-11-17 10:31 pm
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Modern American History- Monday- 2nd period
Today when the students got to the Danger Shop, they'd find themselves on a college campus, on the outskirts of a student protest.
Thank god Kitty figured all this out last week. She did not want two movie days in a row.
"Welcome to the 70's," she greeted them. "By now in history, we were staaaaarting to look more like we do now. We had the start of computers and video games- even if it was Atari- Hollywood blockbusters... While civil rights died down a bit, the women's movement gained traction. Abortion was legalized. Women and gays were beginning to get elected to positions of power. Also, this is the decade where President Richard Nixon resigned- the only president to ever do so- because he'd gotten caught wiretapping his opponent's offices. While that probably doesn't seem like a big deal by today's standards, it's still not a good thing to be caught doing, and being caught covering it up is even worse. Plus we still had Vietnam going, because that war didn't end till 1975, when Saigon fell, and a year later South Vietnam was reabsorbed by North Vietnam. So after all these years of fighting and a lot of lives lost, it was all for a war that we weren't even going to win. Which is why we're here, sort of. There was a lot of opposition to the war in the States, and college campuses became a good place to protest. In May of 1970, students gathered at Kent State- which this is not, I would never do that to you- to protest the US invasion of Cambodia. Things escalated, the National Guard was called in, arson happened, the governor deemed the protesters unAmerican radicals, and on the fourth day of protests, the guardsmen forced the students to disperse, and it ended in 67 rounds being fired in 13 seconds, killing four students. It led to trials and a student strike, and a lot more protests like this one. So for this class, I want you just to walk around and get a feel for things here. It's totally safe, so you can sit in with the protesters or if you want, you can just head off around the campus somewhere."
Thank god Kitty figured all this out last week. She did not want two movie days in a row.
"Welcome to the 70's," she greeted them. "By now in history, we were staaaaarting to look more like we do now. We had the start of computers and video games- even if it was Atari- Hollywood blockbusters... While civil rights died down a bit, the women's movement gained traction. Abortion was legalized. Women and gays were beginning to get elected to positions of power. Also, this is the decade where President Richard Nixon resigned- the only president to ever do so- because he'd gotten caught wiretapping his opponent's offices. While that probably doesn't seem like a big deal by today's standards, it's still not a good thing to be caught doing, and being caught covering it up is even worse. Plus we still had Vietnam going, because that war didn't end till 1975, when Saigon fell, and a year later South Vietnam was reabsorbed by North Vietnam. So after all these years of fighting and a lot of lives lost, it was all for a war that we weren't even going to win. Which is why we're here, sort of. There was a lot of opposition to the war in the States, and college campuses became a good place to protest. In May of 1970, students gathered at Kent State- which this is not, I would never do that to you- to protest the US invasion of Cambodia. Things escalated, the National Guard was called in, arson happened, the governor deemed the protesters unAmerican radicals, and on the fourth day of protests, the guardsmen forced the students to disperse, and it ended in 67 rounds being fired in 13 seconds, killing four students. It led to trials and a student strike, and a lot more protests like this one. So for this class, I want you just to walk around and get a feel for things here. It's totally safe, so you can sit in with the protesters or if you want, you can just head off around the campus somewhere."
Re: Check out the protests