Pentagon Papers – Flashcards

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Date
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1971
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Who
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Daniel Ellsberg
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What
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released the Pentagon papers that was created by the U.S. Defense Department, which had all the information about the relations Vietnam from 1945-1967
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Where
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U.S.
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Cause by
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Ellsberg, after helping write the Department of Defense history of the war in Vietnam he decided to make the top-secret document public
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Result
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-Nixon attempting to stop further publications of the document -but was denied as it was against the constitution specifically the first amendment (freedom of press). --Nixon tried imprisoning Ellsberg for violating the Espionage act -but judge called off the trial because the watergate scandal had just unfolded - Once the public read this document it created national sensation
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Significance
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-events made people disagree with the war and support the anti-war movement -made society view the government as inhumane beings who should not be trusted.
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