Question

What became the "big stage" for the anti-war movement in 1968?

Answer 1

The correct option is "Washington D.C."

In the main cities of the United States demonstrations against the Vietnam War are held. In the capital, 50,000 people try to surround the Pentagon to "bombard" it with flowers, but before the opposition of the military police, the demonstrators end up placing many of them in the gun barrels.

The demonstrations against the war, first organized by small associations and parties of the left and later by pacifist associations, grew gradually, in 1967 they reached their highest point, later they came up against the reality in the protests of Chicago, in August 1968 , during the Democratic convention. A year later, more than half a million people went to Washington for the largest anti-war demonstration in the history of the United States.

Answer 2

The best answer is B) Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. became the "big stage" for the anti-war movement in 1968.