What were the immediate effects and more lasting legacies of the Vietnam War within America?

Answer 1

-returning American soldiers turn to drugs, became depressed, shunned upon, and broke from relationships/marriages

-crime rates increased in soldiers

-drafts were abolished

-congress passed War Powers Act

-it contributed to an overall cynicism in Americans about their government and political leaders that persist today

Answer 2

The American losses in Vietnam spanned from its first casualties in 1959 to end game 1975. Regardless of the War's conclusion at the Paris Peace Talks shadows of the conflict continue with tons of unexploded ammunition (UXO) spread across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

Answer 3

Politics will never change. The very nature of staying in power (politicians) requires that they remain "two-faced" (Dictionary-deceitful). Example: a politician may know that something desperate must be changed, but if he changes it, he will lose the financial support (powerful friends/supporters) necessary for him to remain in office. Consequently, he must make the powerful friends happy, and sacrifice the necessary change. When the politician is confronted by the short-changed party (the sacrificed ones) he will seldom (without shortening his career) give a straight answer (again out of political survival). Example: Question-Senator when will the -------be out of -------? Answer-Our budget calls for 10 billion dollars this year, Senator Jones has said that that money should go to educational systems, in the meantime... Question-Senator, when will the------be out of-------? Answer-I'm answering it. But he never does. Politicians, it's the way they survive.

Answer 4

Patriotism grew because the United States persevered in a difficult war.