Protest

**Anti-War Protest in US History**

Depending on what era of history you are researching you might have to dig around to find good sources for this topic. There will be lots of info regarding the Vietnam War protests; not so much available online for protests of the American Revolution. Think about what form PROTEST might take during that era. What keywords besides protest and anti-war can you come up with? In what forms can protest be visible besides taking to the streets? This project should be primary source heavy. There are many songs, cartoons, letters, speeches, etc that can be found to help your documentation. A good starting place is the article on the Peace Movement in ABC CLIO American History.

Use tools like Google Labs News Timeline to find key events. Also load Ambiently onto your browsers to find related pages to sources that you find helpful.

Advise and Dissent An excellent article from Slate that gives an overview of dissent in America

PBS NEWSHOUR Interview on Americans and war protesting Time Magazine: A History of Anti-War Movements

Peace Organizations And Policy interest groups

America Past and Present Particularly helpful for the American Revolution

US History.org The Anti-War Movement Be sure to check out some of the links on the left sidebar of this page.

Alternative Resources on the Iraq War

Radical Protest: Voices from the Underground- University of Conn.

No Blood For Oil Protesting the Persian Gulf War Specific to the University of Wisc. but a good article nonetheless.

Iraq War Resources

Mexican American War Protest from the Northern Illinois University Library

World War One Protest

For General resources on protest see these links:

CQ Researcher article on the Tea Party Movement



Influence of Boycotts

PBS NOW A History of Dissent