THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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forced young men to flee to Canada.
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Unfairly targeted the poor and minorities.
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Did not include women.
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Did not raise the necessary number of troops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many Americans opposed the war on moral grounds, appalled by the devastation and violence of the war. Others claimed the conflict was a war against Vietnamese independence, or an intervention in a foreign civil war; others opposed it because they felt it lacked clear objectives and appeared to be unwinnable.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was one reason the draft was unpopular? Some people believed that the draft targeted poorer citizens. How did the United States increase its involvement in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? It sent financial aid and US troops to South Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did some Americans protest the draft in the 1960s?-They opposed the draft through deferments (excuses, ) and through conscientious objectors (religious protesters.)
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.