Lives revolved around themselves being inducted into the military to fight the Vietnam War. Marriages, Children, Careers, College, Buying a home, Buying a new car, establising a business or a relationship other than a marriage...all revolved around getting drafted into the military. The government conscripted 40,000 men a MONTH, that is alot of disrupted lives!
Most Americans were opposed to the Vietnam war by 1967. In the beginning most Americans supported going to war with Vietnam.
debate over Vietnam War
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1) Kansas City Chiefs of the early 2000's 2) Miami Dolphins of the early to mid 1970s 3) Washington Redskins of the 1980s 4) Dallas Cowboys of the early to mid 1990s 5) Green Bay Packers of the early 1960s 6) Cleveland Browns of the mid 1950s through the early 1960s 7) Oakland Raiders of the early to mid 1970s 8) St. Louis Cardinals of the mid 1970s 9) Buffalo Bills of the mid 1970s 10) Los Angeles Rams of the mid to late 1980s
when there has been a serious domestic or international problem facing the United States. Reason: During the Vietnam War of the 1960s and early 1970s, Presidents committed troops without a declaration of war.
debate over Vietnam War
Late 1960s, early 1970s.
String theory was first develop in late 1960s and early 1970s.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, neon colors were popular.
World peace
the domino theory
In the 1970's the United States of America experienced a severe economic crisis to due the war in Vietnam. The war effort's took a toll on the American economy as a direct result.
There's a lot of confusion between the 1960s and 1970s. The 60s and 70s are two totally different decades. Hippies are for the mid 1960s through the early 1970s and disco is for the mid 1970s through early 1980s. For example, bell bottom pants were popular from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, same with platform shoes. In the mid 1960s through early 1970s, mod clothes were fashionable. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, straight-legged pants and low-soled shoes came back into style due to the punk culture. Besides, the peace symbol, the peace gesture, and the word "Groovy" was used no later than 1972.
Because there were too many innocent civilians were raped and murdered by US soldiers which trigger the protests in the US during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
middle class young people disenchanted with American materialism and politics.
The race riots in Tampa were most prevalent in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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