1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam

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The 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive nationwide protest in the United States in which millions of people participated in coordinated demonstrations calling for an end to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war protest movement ⓘ
political demonstration ⓘ
social movement event ⓘ
aim demonstrate mass public opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ⓘ
pressure the U.S. government to withdraw troops from Vietnam ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
followedBy November 15, 1969 anti-war march in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
November 1969 Moratorium March on Washington ⓘ
hasCause U.S. military involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
draft policies during the Vietnam War ⓘ
growing anti-war sentiment in the United States ⓘ
opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
rising U.S. casualties in the Vietnam War ⓘ
hasEffect demonstrated breadth of opposition to the Vietnam War across U.S. society ⓘ
heightened political pressure on the Nixon administration ⓘ
increased public visibility of anti-war sentiment ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
mainLocation Boston ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media coverage ⓘ
opposedTo U.S. military intervention in Southeast Asia ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
organizedAs coordinated local demonstrations ⓘ
mass rally ⓘ
nationwide protest ⓘ
organizedBy Vietnam Moratorium Committee ⓘ
anti-war activists ⓘ
labor organizations ⓘ
religious organizations ⓘ
student groups ⓘ
participantCount millions of people ⓘ
partOf 1960s protest movements in the United States ⓘ
American anti–Vietnam War movement ⓘ
pointInTime October 15, 1969 ⓘ
slogan Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
startTime 1969-10-15 ⓘ
supportedBy civil rights leaders ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
members of Congress ⓘ
students ⓘ
veterans ⓘ
temporalContext Vietnam War era ⓘ
linked to: Vietnam War
usesMethod marches ⓘ
peaceful protest ⓘ
rallies ⓘ
teach-ins ⓘ
vigils ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1967 March on the Pentagon → followedBy → 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
March on the Pentagon → followedBy → 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
anti–Vietnam War movement → notableEvent → 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam → followedBy → November 1969 Moratorium March on Washington ⓘ
linked to: 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam → followedBy → November 15, 1969 anti-war march in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam → slogan → Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam