Anti-War movement
Resisting the draft
Some people would resist putting their names into the draft because they didn't want to go to war with Vietnam.
Protests in washington
Many people gathered together and protested against american soldiers staying in Vietnam.
Medias effect
The media had a huge effect on the Vietnam war, it showed Americans dying left and right and shook the faith of citizens at home as new media technologies like TV, brought images of wartime conflict to the homes of families.
Kent state
student protesters burned down the R.O.T.C building at Kent State, so the national guard got brought into the situation so than the students started to throw things like bottles and rocks, so once the first shot went off many others started, and killed 4 students and 9 were wounded.
Rich Mans War
Many people believed that this was a rich mans war because A lot of wealthy people such as senators who were drafted paid to get out.
Women Strike for peace
Women were a large part of the anti war movement, A lot of the women protesting about the war were parents who didn't want there sons to die in a pointless war.
Anti-War
the reasons behind American opposition to the Vietnam War fell into several main categories: opposition to the draft; moral, legal, and pragmatic arguments against U.S. intervention; and reaction to the media portrayal of the devastation in Southeast Asia. The draft, as a system of conscription which threatened lower class registrants and middle class registrants alike, drove much of the protest after 1965. Opposition to the war arose during a time of unprecedented student activism which followed the free speech movement and the civil rights movement. Media Coverage also showed Americans horrible sights and gave them even more reasons to protest against the war. The civil rights movement came in as well, seeing as African Americans didn't want their families dying for a country that couldn't see them as equals.
Why i chose Anti-War movement
I chose this topic because i wanted to see why people would go against a war that was necessary for the betterment of our country, and what were the main groups going against war. i thought most of the people who would go against war would be hippies, but mothers, civil rights groups, students, and even veterans saw this war as pointless and didn't really fear the U.S falling into communism.