The antiwar movement against Vietnam in the US from 1965-1971
             was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation's history.
             The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950
             when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of
             France's war against the Viet Minh. Later, the presidencies of Dwight
             Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy increased the US's political, economic,
             and military commitments steadily throughout the fifties and early
             sixties in the Indochina region. Prominent senators had already begun
             criticizing American involvement in Vietnam during the summer of
             1964, which led to the mass antiwar movement that was to appear in the
             summer of 1965. This antiwar movement had a great impact on policy and
             practically forced the US out of Vietnam.
             Starting with teach-ins during the spring of 1965, the massive
             antiwar efforts centered on the colleges, with the students playing
             leading roles. These teach-ins were mass public demonstrations,
             usually held in the spring and fall seasons. By 1968, protesters
             numbered almost seven million with more than half being white youths
             in the college. The teach-in movement was at first, a gentle approach
             to the antiwar activity. Although, it faded when the college students
             went home during the summer of 1965, other types of protest that grew
             through 1971 soon replaced it. All of these movements captured the
             attention of the White House, especially when 25,000 people marched on
             Washington Avenue. And at times these movements attracted the interest
             of all the big decision-makers and their advisors (Gettleman, 54).
             The teach-ins began at the University of Michigan on March 24,
             1965, and spread to other campuses, including Wisconsin on April 1.
             These protests at some of America's finest universities captured
             public attention. The Demonstrations were one form of attempting...