The Vietnam war started on November 1st 1955 and lasted until April 30th 1975. The Unites States joined the war because they gave aid to the french who were fighting the the vietnamese. This and a part of the history with vietnam and america the United states. While the United States fought in the war they were fighting alongside southern vietnam to try and take down the north part of vietnam. . Under the provisions of the Accords, U.S. forces were completely withdrawn. Unfortunately, this did not end the war for the Vietnamese and the fighting continued until April 1975 when Saigon fell to the communists.Although the Vietnam did suffer consequences of the war, they were not the only ones who were impacted, the Vietnam War impacted the United
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Half of the citizens supported the war while the other half did not. Students all across the country were protesting at schools and colleges to try and raise awareness about the war and that it is bad for the country.”The anti-war movement began mostly on college campuses, as members of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) began organizing “teach-ins” to express their opposition to the way in which it was being conducted”(7). Student who did not like the war they protested at schools to show their opinion about it.” Though the vast majority of the American population still supported the administration policy in Vietnam”(7). While a lot of the people supported vietnam and what they were doing some people did not like what they were …show more content…
In the beginning of the war, names of all American men in draft-age were collected by the Service System. Most of the men drafted were from poor or working class families “The draft lottery was based on birth dates. There were 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth dates (including February 29) placed into a deep glass container. The capsules was drawn by hand, opened one by one and then assigned to a sequence number started from “001” until “366”(6). There was a second lottery it was on the same day but instead of being drafted by numbers they were drafted by letters. “The second lottery was held on the same day with 26 letters of the alphabet to determine the order of selection among men with the same birth dates through the ranks of the first letters of their last, first and middle names”(6). Instead of taking the oldest men first the army thought it was smart to take young men first so when they were drafted it wouldn't affect jobs or
Half of the citizens supported the war while the other half did not. Students all across the country were protesting at schools and colleges to try and raise awareness about the war and that it is bad for the country.”The anti-war movement began mostly on college campuses, as members of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) began organizing “teach-ins” to express their opposition to the way in which it was being conducted”(7). Student who did not like the war they protested at schools to show their opinion about it.” Though the vast majority of the American population still supported the administration policy in Vietnam”(7). While a lot of the people supported vietnam and what they were doing some people did not like what they were …show more content…
In the beginning of the war, names of all American men in draft-age were collected by the Service System. Most of the men drafted were from poor or working class families “The draft lottery was based on birth dates. There were 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth dates (including February 29) placed into a deep glass container. The capsules was drawn by hand, opened one by one and then assigned to a sequence number started from “001” until “366”(6). There was a second lottery it was on the same day but instead of being drafted by numbers they were drafted by letters. “The second lottery was held on the same day with 26 letters of the alphabet to determine the order of selection among men with the same birth dates through the ranks of the first letters of their last, first and middle names”(6). Instead of taking the oldest men first the army thought it was smart to take young men first so when they were drafted it wouldn't affect jobs or