What Was The Impact Of The Kent State Movement

Capitalism and communism are two sides of the same coin; the United States has been relentlessly trying to spread capitalism throughout the globe to prevent the spread of communism. Several proxy wars erupted due to the confrontation of the two ideologies, like the Vietnam War. Vietnam had been split into two with the communist north and capitalist south, and the United States had been backing South Vietnam with arms and American troops. As the war went on, more and more Americans came to realize that the war in Vietnam wasn’t as democratic and ethical as it had seemed, finally understanding the utter futility of the war. This led to a widespread movement in the United States, more commonly known as the “Anti-Vietnam” movement. The Anti-Vietnam movement significantly impacted the war’s course by uniting with

At Kent State, there had been a Vietnam War protest going on when the Ohio National Guard was called. The National Guard ended up shooting at several unarmed students, leaving four students dead and nine more injured. Activists around the nation were infuriated, lighting an inextinguishable fire within the movement. Students died for the cause and the movement would not waste the opportunity to fight harder for the withdrawal of American troops in Vietnam. The massacre also led to nationwide sympathy towards the movement, allowing for more public support against the war. The injustices of the Kent State massacre will be remembered in multiple forms of media like the newspaper, word of mouth, and music. Neil Young in particular wrote a song in commemoration of the events that took place at Kent State; the name of the song was “Ohio”. Young expresses his own opinions on the war with the song along with the events that transpired at the massacre. The song uses the rhetorical choice of repetition to emphasize the fact that the deaths were an utter tragedy that should never have