What Is The 1967 March On The Pentagon Dbq

Introduction

I. On October 19th through 21st, 1967, Anti-Vietnam War protesters gathered in Washington D.C.

a. About 100,000 individuals, protesting the Vietnam War, surrounded Lincoln Memorial.

i. From Lincoln Memorial, protestors walked toward the Pentagon.

1. The Pentagon is used as headquarters of the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense.

2. About 50,000 individuals marched toward the Pentagon.

b. The 1967 March on the Pentagon was the first significant national protest of the Vietnam War.

II. The March on the Pentagon led to over 600 arrests.

Body One: Protest Organization

I. According to the U.S. Marshals Service, the protest was organized by the Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.

a. The goal was to gain national

The March on the Pentagon was a culmination of a week of antiwar protests.

a. The largest two protests that led to the March on the Pentagon wear in Oakland, California, and the University of Wisconsin Protest against the Armed Forces.

b. There were also smaller grade protests across the country, particularly in academic settings.

i. Many protestors that participated in smaller local protests traveled to Washington D.C. for the March on the Pentagon.

1. Some traveled because they wanted an end to the Vietnam War while others went to observe the excitement.

a. Clark Akatiff explained he participated in the March on the Pentagon for political and academic responsibility.

V. There was an ununified leadership for the March on the Pentagon.

a. Two March on the Pentagon leaders include Norman Mailer and Jerry Rubin.

i. The only common plan between leaders was gathering at the Lincoln Memorial.

Body Two: Protest Participants

I. There were many activist groups present at the March on the Pentagon.

a. Many women’s groups attended the March on the Pentagon.

i. The women’s groups hated the loss of life in the Vietnam War.

1. Individuals were not just dismayed at the loss of American lives but also Vietnamese

One group that joined the March on the Pentagon was a group of communication students and their instructor.

a. Thomas Benson and Bonnie Johnson explained that the students and their instructor participated to sympathize with marchers and to relate their class to a world event.

b. The students' class focused on historic public addresses, race relations in the U.S., war versus peace, and communication.

c. Students observed the demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.

i. They wrote observations in their notebooks, used tape recorders, and took photographs.

1. The students left the demonstration on Saturday night after the violence began.

III. Jerry Rubin and Abby Hoffman’s group of activists called the Yippies were one of about 150 groups at the March on the Pentagon.

IV. Many protestors traveled from larger eastern cities.

a. Many demonstrators came from New York City and Boston.

b. There were not many protestors from Philadelphia and Baltimore compared to their proximity to Washington D.C.

c. There was also about one-third to one-half of participants from the Midwest.

i. The Midwest states with the most prominent number of protesters included Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and