Other campuses experienced intense debates about the role students should take in the war. The Reserve Office Training Corps, or ROTC, became the focus both for those who supported and those who opposed American involvement in Vietnam, and some college administrations were forced to drop ROTC to avoid violent confrontation. Here, the issue of ROTC is debated on a Newberry College bulletin board in 1970.
Courtesy of Wessels Library, Newberry College.
Standards
- This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into how the lifestyles of those living in capitalist countries differed from those living in communist countries. This indicator was also designed to promote inquiry into how the rights of citizens differed in capitalist and communist countries.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into civic engagement, such as military service, public demonstrations, and political activism, to shape the identity of modern South Carolina. This indicator was also written to encourage inquiry into South Carolinians’ use of the court system and legislation to affect South Carolina’s post-World War II identity.
- 8.5.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives on the cultural changes in South Carolina and the U.S.
