Americans across the country denounced their resistance to the Vietnam War due to the deprivation of illusion associated with the loss of many innocent lives without purpose . President Lyndon Johnson used his best efforts in persuading the nation that the Vietnam War would “restore world order” and keep communist efforts “at bay” which would enable them to have independence (Document H). However, many Americans believed that the U.S. should leave Vietnam. The dissension over the war continuously grew because American politicians continued to support the war despite widespread American resentment for the war.
Women began to truly fight for their rights during the 1960s. Women were discontent with the simplistic lives they were handed to live