It caused the President, Vice-President, Congressmen, Senators, etc. etc. etc. to become fed up with anything associated with Vietnam...Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, draft dodgers, the draft, hippies, riots, protests, draft card burning, flag burning, etc. People wanted to move on!
College students involved in the 1960s antiwar movement sought to pressure school administrations to take a stand against the Vietnam War. They wanted universities to end their military recruitment programs, withdraw funding for research related to the war, and support peace initiatives. Additionally, students advocated for greater academic freedom and the inclusion of antiwar perspectives in curricula. Overall, they aimed to transform campuses into centers of political activism and dissent against U.S. foreign policy.
Many people were passionately opposed to the Vietnamese War in the 1960's, however despite all the protests, the war went on until 1975. In that sense, the anti-war movement was a failure, although a noble failure.
To stop war
peace movement was like the civil war . Martin Luther king said '' do most good dijd
It is an anti Iraq/Afganistan war movement.
To stop death and the horrors of the Vietnam war
The military draft was three fourths of the anti-war movement.
The all Volunteer military.
America was going to war with itself.
It indicated that the involved movement was not aligned against a particular war or hostile activity, but to the concept of war as a solution to World conflicts
The antiwar movement
The antiwar movement
The Tet Offensive in January of 1968 and the ever-increasing body count fueled the anti-war movement, bringing in people from all walks of life.
There wasn't enough time for the anti-war movement to take hold during WW1, it only lasted a year for the US.
It was The Vietnam War which sparked mass antiwar demonstrations in 1970.
Opposition to the war was no longer radical. (Apex)
The antiwar movement faced by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War was commonly referred to as the "Copperheads." This group consisted of Northern Democrats who opposed the war and advocated for an immediate peace settlement with the Confederacy. The nickname "Copperhead" suggested that they were treacherous and dangerous, similar to the venomous snake, reflecting the tensions and divisions within the North during that time.