American Opinions

    Cards (7)

    • 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
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