PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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Public opinion caused the US government to withdraw from the Vietnam War
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Public opinion had no impact on the Vietnam War
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Public opinion caused the government to stay in the Vietnam War longer than it wanted
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Public opinion made the government start supporting the communists
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Detailed explanation-1: -As reports from the field became increasingly accessible to citizens, public opinion began to turn against U.S. involvement, though many Americans continued to support it. Others felt betrayed by their government for not being truthful about the war. This led to an increase in public pressure to end the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -News coverage of the war, which included graphic visual testimonies of the death and destruction in Vietnam, turned US public opinion increasingly against the war. Revelations that the Johnson and Nixon administrations had lied to the American people about the war undermined the public’s trust in government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, in January 1973, representatives of the United States, North and South Vietnam, and the Vietcong signed a peace agreement in Paris, ending the direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Youths opposing the war did so for several reasons. The most common was the belief that the conflict in Vietnam was basically a civil war and that the US military had no business there. Some said that the oppressive South Vietnamese regime was no better than the Communist regime it was fighting.