Outcomes and consequences of the conflict
A lot of Americans believed in the cause of the war, they thought the protesters were putting soldiers in danger by weakening support for them. Eventually president Johnson stopped sending more troops. He even refused to run for another term of being president because of vietnam. Richard Nixon became president in 1968 promising to end the war with honour but he didn't manage to make the peace until after his election. By the time the war was over 2 million northern southern vietnamese were dead and 50,000 american soldiers died in the conflict. Once the americans pulled out, the northern vietnamese invaded the south and unified the country under communist rules. The vietnam war divided the americans sharply and can still be a touchy subject to this day. The Vietnam war severely damaged the U.S economy. Unwillingly able to pay taxes for war, president Johnson unleashed a cycle of of inflation. During the 1970's and the 1980's the americans were very wary of getting themselves involved anywhere else in the country due to the fear or Vietnam. The war in Vietnam deeply split the Democratic party. As late as 1964, over 60 percent of those surveyed identified themselves in opinion polls as democrats. Other issues such as urban riots, affirmative action and inflation. Equally important the war undermined liberal reform and made many americans deeply suspicious of the government. The war also made Americans, especially the baby boomer generation more cynical and less trusting of the government and of authority. Today decades after the war ended, the American people remain deeply divided over the conflicts meaning. A Gallup Poll found that 53 percent of those surveyed believe that the war was a "well intentioned mistake," while 43 percent believe it was fundamentally wrong and immoral"