The Vietnam War deflected people from the aims of his Great Society.
president johnson cut back on great society programs to help pay for the war
There were many political actions that resulted from opposition to the Vietnam War. These included political protest rallies and desertion to other countries.
The anti-war movement was picking up steam within the party. Johnson could see that Robert Kennedy would put up a strong battle for the nomination and even if Johnson was able to prevail, the intra-party fight would give the opposition ammunition for the campaign and Johnson would likely lose the election. Therefore he stepped aside, no doubt expecting Kennedy to win the presidency.
It passed both the espionage act and the sedition act
Opposition to the Vietnam war caused President Lyndon Johnson to halt aerial bombing of the North Vietnamese and engage in peace talks instead of escalating the war.
negotiate with North Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson did not run for a third term largely because of opposition to the Vietnam War from his own party as well as outside.
Opposition translated to being against HIM & and not supporting HIM...he burned out; and refused to be president any longer.
Opposition to the War
Domestic opposition of the war.
President Johnson did NOT like the Vietnam War; He didn't like to talk about it, he didn't want to hear about it, and he didn't want "...to send American Boys to fight a war that Asian Boys should be fighting..." to quote one of his televised broadcasts. Johnson wanted to concentrate on HOME MATTERS; primarily his "Great Society." Vietnam angered him so much, he refused to remain President of the United States after his first term expired.
Social legislation slowed down because of the cost of the war.
The Vietnam War was very damaging to Johnson's Great Society aspirations. People were outraged by the premise and practices of the war.
the Vietnam War 58,000 troops killed and 300,000 injured.over 1.1 million Vietnamese died.
Opposition wanted to end the war.
Opposition to the War