1960s Sports
Some people would say that the way professional sports were played in the 60s seemed exactly the same as it is now. Such as expansion and development and of course, the rule change to make the games much more exciting and entertaining to watch, but the sports wasn’t the only thing that was happening in the 60s
However sports wasn’t the only thing going on in the 1960 through 1969. The Vietnam War and Civil Rights was going on in the 1960s. The VIETNAM WAR was the longest war in United States history. Promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reached back into the Truman Administration. Eisenhower placed military advisers and CIA operatives in Vietnam, and John F. Kennedy sent American soldiers to Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson ordered the first real combat by American troops, and Richard Nixon concluded the war. Despite the decades of resolve, billions and billions of dollars, nearly 60,000 American lives The enemy was hard to identify. The war was not fought between conventional army forces. The Viet Cong blended in with the native population and struck by ambush, often at night. Massive American bombing campaigns hit their targets, but failed to make the North Vietnamese concede. Promises made by American military and political leaders that the war would soon be over were broken and many more injuries, the United States failed to achieve its objectives. …show more content…
Track was another popular thing in the 60s Women in track was winning national championship, the women’s movement in sport was rapidly moving toward a status more in line with men’s athletics. Golf was another popular
Some people would say that the way professional sports were played in the 60s seemed exactly the same as it is now. Such as expansion and development and of course, the rule change to make the games much more exciting and entertaining to watch, but the sports wasn’t the only thing that was happening in the 60s
However sports wasn’t the only thing going on in the 1960 through 1969. The Vietnam War and Civil Rights was going on in the 1960s. The VIETNAM WAR was the longest war in United States history. Promises and commitments to the people and government of South Vietnam to keep communist forces from overtaking them reached back into the Truman Administration. Eisenhower placed military advisers and CIA operatives in Vietnam, and John F. Kennedy sent American soldiers to Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson ordered the first real combat by American troops, and Richard Nixon concluded the war. Despite the decades of resolve, billions and billions of dollars, nearly 60,000 American lives The enemy was hard to identify. The war was not fought between conventional army forces. The Viet Cong blended in with the native population and struck by ambush, often at night. Massive American bombing campaigns hit their targets, but failed to make the North Vietnamese concede. Promises made by American military and political leaders that the war would soon be over were broken and many more injuries, the United States failed to achieve its objectives. …show more content…
Track was another popular thing in the 60s Women in track was winning national championship, the women’s movement in sport was rapidly moving toward a status more in line with men’s athletics. Golf was another popular