American Citizens
During the war in Vietnam, many Americans dissagreed with the decisions the government was making. The majority of people back home thought we should not be in the war. At first, only a small amount of people dissagreed with the war but after a couple months of straight protesting and speeches, they gained many more followers who agreed that U.S. soldiers should not be in the war.
They would hold protests to try to prove to the governement that it was wrong that we were over in Vietnam. One of the main reasons the people were upset is because we were using harmful chemicals on the Vietnamese such as agent orange and napalm. Many young men were apart of the protests because they were the ones who had to go to war. One man, David Miller, publicly burned his draft card to prove a point that he wasn't going to Vietnam. He was senteced to 2 1/2 years in prison. That inspired many others to act out in drastic ways because they knew that if they were in jail, then they didn't have to go to war.
Some extremists even bashed the soldiers when they got back because they were so committed to stop the war so to get their thoughts out, they had to do radical things.
They would hold protests to try to prove to the governement that it was wrong that we were over in Vietnam. One of the main reasons the people were upset is because we were using harmful chemicals on the Vietnamese such as agent orange and napalm. Many young men were apart of the protests because they were the ones who had to go to war. One man, David Miller, publicly burned his draft card to prove a point that he wasn't going to Vietnam. He was senteced to 2 1/2 years in prison. That inspired many others to act out in drastic ways because they knew that if they were in jail, then they didn't have to go to war.
Some extremists even bashed the soldiers when they got back because they were so committed to stop the war so to get their thoughts out, they had to do radical things.
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