Student ProtestsRiots on college campuses are one of the most remembered aspects of the Vietnam War era, as students became increasingly involved in a variety of social and political movements. Although college students were not the only ones protesting, student activism played a key role in bringing antiwar ideas to the broader public. By the end of 1960, college enrollment had reached 25 million and so colleges and universities in America had more students than ever before. Before. These institutions have attempted to implement restrictions to try to maintain order on their campuses. In an effort to combat these restrictions, many college students became active in social causes that promoted free speech, student input into the curriculum, and an end to outdated social restrictions. Many of the students involved in the peace or anti-war movements were morally against any war, while other participants in the protests simply did not want to fight in a foreign civil war that they believed did not involve them or their country and its resources and forces and did not like the fact that would divert funds and attention from domestic issues in the United States. In October 1965 the number of monthly drafts was drastically increased from 3,000 per month to 33,000 per month and this caused the first protests. Some lucky men had the "strength" to be able to "dodge the draft," but that was not a luxury that average working-class men had at their disposal. Tearing up or burning the draft document then became a common occurrence and was considered the first protest against the Vietnam War. Anti-war protests began to increase as more and more body bags began to return to America. The war that had been sold to the American public as a sure victory was... in the middle of the paper... ippies. Opposition grew with the participation of African-American civil rights movements, women's liberation movements, Chicano movements, and sectors of organized labor. Additional involvement came from many other groups, including educators, journalists, lawyers, and military veterans. The opposition consisted mainly of peaceful, non-violent events and very few events were deliberately provocative and violent. Bibliography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols#The_peace_signhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols#The_peace_signhttp ://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/protests_vietnam_war.htmhttp://www.ushistory.org/us/55d.asphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War http://www.historylearningsite.co. uk/protests_vietnam_war.htm http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests