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Kent State Shootings in 1970
===The Kent State shootings on May 4,1970 occured because students were protesting Americas involvement in the Vietnam War. The students gathered at the commons to protest against the War. The Ohio National Guard was there and they were trying to disperse the crowd.The students refused to leave, so the National Guard decided to fire at the crowd. After all of the smoke cleared, they found 4 students dead and 9 wounded. === ===This event caused a student strike which forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close. Kent State also closed for about 6 weeks. When Kent State reopened in the summer of 1970, the faculty had 3 new responsibilities which they still have today. === ===Years later, stories were published about the Kent State shootings and about what happened afterwards. Some of the books had misinformation or misunderstanding about the shootings. There was also a college level history book that has a picture of the shootings at Kent State. === ===The president at this time, Richard Nixon, suggested that the shootings had an impact on national politics. The shootings also symbolized the political divisions that divided our country during the Vietnam War. ===

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