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The number of students enrolled in institutions of higher education increased from 2 million to 8 million
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The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was founded at the University of Michigan
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SDS had organized campus "teach-ins" and demonstrations against the war and encouraged draft-age males to sign "We Won't Go" Petitions
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Student activism led to a clash with administrators and police
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Antiwar advocates sponsored a Stop-the-Draft week
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President Johnson brought General Westmoreland home from Vietnam to address the nation's concerns about the war
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U.S. officials anticipated a communist offensive
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Two months after the Tet Offensive, the president addressed the nation on television
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Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed by a racist assassin in Memphis, Tennessee
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The Selective Service System adopted a lottery that was designed to eliminate deferment abuses and create a more diverse army of draftees.