Many people didn’t like “Conscription”. This was compulsory enrollment. Many people tried to avoid this. Some would even flee the United States entirely and find safety in Canada. If you were born male, you were automatically put into drawings to be in the war. Once the war had begun and soldiers had been sent, the war was being shown on live television.They were updated with the number of deaths during the war.
Because of the war many people began to remove themselves from traditional society and to not follow the law. The youth experimented with drugs and ignored traditional standards set by society. These people were called Hippies.
Racial riots also began across American cities. One famous riot occurred in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles starting on August 11, 1965. Even though African Americans gained many rights during the 1960s, this didn’t stop them. Riots in Rochester, Harlem, and Brooklyn in July 1964 opened four years of racial violence. Before they diminished, the riots scarred most big cities and killed two hundred people, most of them African Americans.
The Kent State Massacre occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students, wounding nine and killing four.
During the Vietnam War, women worked many important jobs. They served as volunteers, military nurses, physicians, air traffic controllers, intelligence officers, clerks and other positions in the U.S. Women's Army Corps, U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marines, and the Army Medical Specialist Corps. There were also civilian women who served in Vietnam on behalf of the Red Cross, United Service Organizations (USO), Catholic Relief Services and other humanitarian organizations, or as foreign correspondents for various news organizations.
Because of the war many people began to remove themselves from traditional society and to not follow the law. The youth experimented with drugs and ignored traditional standards set by society. These people were called Hippies.
Racial riots also began across American cities. One famous riot occurred in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles starting on August 11, 1965. Even though African Americans gained many rights during the 1960s, this didn’t stop them. Riots in Rochester, Harlem, and Brooklyn in July 1964 opened four years of racial violence. Before they diminished, the riots scarred most big cities and killed two hundred people, most of them African Americans.
The Kent State Massacre occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students, wounding nine and killing four.
During the Vietnam War, women worked many important jobs. They served as volunteers, military nurses, physicians, air traffic controllers, intelligence officers, clerks and other positions in the U.S. Women's Army Corps, U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marines, and the Army Medical Specialist Corps. There were also civilian women who served in Vietnam on behalf of the Red Cross, United Service Organizations (USO), Catholic Relief Services and other humanitarian organizations, or as foreign correspondents for various news organizations.