Question

How did young American men protest the Vietnam War?

Answer 1

Hint: Two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin were targeted by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in August 1964, and the retaliatory bombing of military targets in North Vietnam was ordered by President Lyndon B. Johnson. And some analysts had begun to doubt the government's beliefs that it was fighting a democratic war to free the South Vietnamese people from Communist aggression by the time United States planes began routine bombings of North Vietnam in February 1965.

Complete answer: Among leftist intellectuals and peace activists on college premises, Vietnam War protests started small, but gained national prominence in 1965 after the United States began seriously bombing North Vietnam. Over the next three years, anti-war marches and other protests, such as those organised by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), attracted a widening base of support, peaking in early 1968 after North Vietnamese troops' successful Tet Offensive proved that the end of the war was nowhere in sight." Teach-ins" by students began to be organised to express their opposition to the way it was being conducted. Although the vast majority of the American population still supported Vietnam's government policy, by the end of 1965, a small but outspoken liberal minority had made its voice heard.

Note: Americans claimed it was in the national interest to protect South Vietnam from communist aggression. Communism has threatened free governments across the globe.