How did the Vietnam War affect America's people?

Answer 1

Most of the college age students in the United States did not like America being involved in the Vietnam War. There were many protests and demonstrations against it. Soldiers coming home from the war were not given the best of welcomes, either. This war put American in very deep debt. The government stole Social Security benefits paid in by American workers to fund the war, which now puts the Social Security fund in future jeopardy.

Answer 2

As the Pesident escalated the war effort, and became a hawk himself, his chief critics became known as "doves" and included antiwar protesters, college students and faculty, walks of life who felt that the war was immoral, dragging on to no benefit for the US, and was ausing increased casualty lists to mount. Many elieved the US was fighting a war against the wishes of the majority of he Vietnamese people. These critics felt the war ws a civil war in Vietnam between north and southand e had no business interfering. Some supported he communist effort in Vietnam and hoped for a defeat of the "imperialist capitalist" United States. Many Americans felt we were fightiga small, unimortant ounty, while the real enemy was China ad the Soviet Union. There were many demonstrations against the war which too the fom of sit ins in college and high school campuses, marches both for and against the war, and editorials writen for and agaist the war. When the Presidentordered US troops into Cambodia and ordered more bombings, the result was a tremendous uproar at home with more maches and demonstrations. Congress reacted to the antiar feeling and repealed t Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave the President the authority to send troops and fight the war in Vietnam. Our purose in the war is ebated to this day. The VietnamWar caused the people to question the power of the executive branch and led to many laws enacted by the congress to prevent the use of excessive or secret orce being used without the President informing Congress. Along with the Watergate Criis, during the administration of President Nixon, Vietnam caused the public to begin to mistrust what the federal government was telling them.

Answer 3

Mothers (and Fathers), sisters and brothers across the nation were concerned that their Father, Son, Brother, or husband might get drafted into the military. Their lives had to be lived knowing that at anytime, they might have to live their lives without them.

Answer 4

People watched the war in their living rooms. They wanted to believe that America was saving the world but they gradually saw that was not the case. Finally Walter Cronkite spoke out against the war on television. He was the most respected newsman of his time, perhaps of all time.

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Answer 5

US Males had to find ways to avoid the draft.

Answer 6

Trying to finish college, find employment, marriage, children...then always worried when the draft notice appeared in the mail.

Answer 7

vietnam stopped importing Hershey's candy bars to the wealthy U.S.A. and also U.S is now running low on whoppers in Burger King and the big mac in mcdonalds