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The U.S. has always been a defining country in the world, however sometimes other countries have a cultural impact on the United States such as Vietnam in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The 60’s was a time defined by change, one of the major contributing events is the Vietnam war.The Vietnam War was a devastating tragedy that cost thousands of lives for no reason.The Vietnam war changed the modern American social landscape and thoughts on our government and culture.
The Vietnam War destroyed the trust and faith of United States citizens in the government. At first it seemed like it would be like any other modern war, however it dragged on for years and years losing more and more troops with no end in sight.This caused chaos and confusion back in the United States .The president at the time Lyndon B. Johnson was telling us citizens of the United States that everything was fine and we were winning the war but he was lying straight to our faces as revealed by the televised footage of the ongoing war.This was the first time , at least in modern history that any United States president lied to the citizens with proof exposing his lie ( keep in mind this was before Richard Nixon).Worst of all he kept us in the war for several more years telling us we would win when there was no hope left. This disaster angered and confused many teenagers at the time.The teens saw their friends and family getting killed for a war we were losing and shouldn’t have been in the first place. They were probably asking why the government was lying to them and what else they could be hiding.
As the teens grew restless so did the rest of the United states. The teenagers decided it was time to take matters into their own hands.Soon they started protests all over the U.S. and participating in taboo activities such as : LSD, smoking marijuana as well as other drugs.They also lost faith in God and became less religious rebelling against traditional social norms of the U.S.. They started listening more to what at the time was called “devil’s music.” and following the crazy lifestyles of their role models like : Jim Morrison,John Lennon and Jimmy Hendrix. These habits caused divisions of families everywhere from the traditional church going, loving , happy families of the 1950’s to chaotic destroyed families. Not to mention when veterans returned home from their impossible war they were disrespected and shunned when they did nothing wrong. “Wowwk and other wounded servicemen felt excitement at being back on American soil. But looking out the window and seeing civilians stop to watch the small convoy of hospital-bound vehicles, his excitement turned to confusion. “I remember feeling like, what could I do to acknowledge them, and I just gave the peace signal,” Wowwk says. “And instead of getting return peace fingers, I got the middle finger.” The veterans received little to no support with finding work or a home for themselves.Then finally we escaped the war in 1975, however it was too late the deed was done America would never be the same again. The counter culture movement of the 1960’s permanently shifted Americans ideals away from their former glory to a new,different,lower standard.
After this point America was a completely different country then before. The United States became a divided nation. We lose more and more of our original values and we become strangers to our old traditions.Instead of being united we have over time divided more and more.We can not agree right and wrong anymore and constant political chaos that never ends. Will the U.S. ever return to its former glory? Will the United States ever be the same again?
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