STUDENTS
STRIKE

The shootings at Kent State result in the largest national student strike in American history. More than 4,000,000 students at half the nation’s 2,500 colleges and universities protest.

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CAMBODIA
WITHDRAWAL

Troops leaving Cambodia

Kent’s mayor asks that the National Guard be put on standby. When the ROTC building burns, 850 Ohio National Guardsmen enter campus.

MILITARY RESTRICTIONS

Daily Kent Stater, October 1970

After touring the grounds, Governor Rhodes calls students “the worst type of people that we harbor in America.” He vows to use any means necessary to “eradicate the problem.” That night, Guard troops use tear gas and bayonets to disperse students from a sit-in at the front of campus.

VOTING AGE
LOWERED

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After touring the grounds, Governor Rhodes calls students “the worst type of people that we harbor in America.” He vows to use any means necessary to “eradicate the problem.” That night, Guard troops use tear gas and bayonets to disperse students from a sit-in at the front of campus.