American Opinions

• Why were many soldiers reluctant to fight?

  They were young and inexperienced.
• Why were people opposed to the war?

  There was a high death and injury toll
• Why did people not want soldiers fighting abroad?

  Because people did not want soldiers fighting in a foreign land for a country that did not want their help
• How did injuries change American views on Vietnam?

  Wounds suffered by soldiers shocked many Americans
• How did TV change people's opinions on the war in Vietnam?

  TV used to broadcast events - showed the horrors of war
• Conscription

  Many soldiers were drafted and had no choice but to fight
• Black soldiers / civil rights

  Many disagreed with the number of black soldiers fighting because they had no civil rights back home and still had to fight for their country