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What reasons did protests oppose the war in Vietnam?
The Vietnam was was never a declared war, but 58,000 men died there in 10 years. Every night on TV the war was filmed and put on the news. This changed how people viewed the war and they began to protest the war. We saw men died in the jungles of Vietnam and it was felt that the government needed to leave or declare a war.
How many young men fled the country to avoid the Vietnam Draft?
It is estimated that approximately 50,000 Americans went to Canada in order to avoid the draft. The Vietnam War lasted from 1959 to 1975.
What did the men of the 54th Massachusetts do to protest race discrimination?
The men of the 54th Massachusetts said they would no longer accept their pay until they were paid the same as the white men. They did this as a form of protest against race discrimination.
The result of the Vietnam war?
No military draft (we now have an all volunteer military) and the adult age for US Citizens is 18...instead of age 21. Over 20,000 young men that died in Vietnam were not legal adults.
Why did men grow long hair during the Vietnam war?
They wanted to protest being drafted to a war they did not want to got to and according to them an unjust war. Since the United States army then and now does not allow soilders to grow their hair long.
How did young men protest the Vietnam war?
By taking part in demonstrations
How did young Americans men protest the Vietnam war?
By taking part in demonstrations
How did American men protest Vietnam war?
By making a fool of themselves getting stoned.
How did young American men protest the war?
By taking part in demonstrations
Which belief might have caused someone to protest Vietnam war?
America should not require young men to serve in the army
How did American men protest the Vietnam war?
By taking part in demonstration. They burnt their draft cards as part of a demonstration.
Who were the majority of draftees for military service in Vietnam?
Healthy young men.
What is David Harris famous for?
David Harris, who is an American journalist is famous for his anti-war protest during the Vietnam war. More exactly he was against the idea of young men being drafted, and overall like other people he was for the end of the war.
Who was sent to the Vietnam war?
Young heathly men.
Why did the SDS oppose the Vietnam war?
Students for a Democratic Society saw the war as not a war ( it wasn't declared) but a police action. So, that means it was illegal and that it was also illegal to draft men for the war. They wanted young men to burn their draft cards in protest of the war and would hold demonstrations on college campuses to protest the war.
Which belief might have caused someone to protest the Vietnam war?
America should not require young men to serve in the army. Pacifism and Communism The belief that it was not a just war The belief that the war supported commercial interests
What is written on the Vietnam memorial?
The names of the 58,000 American men and women who died in the Vietnam War.
