Question

Why did many Americans turn against the war they had once supported between 1964 and 1969?

A: It had cost more money and more lives each year without any sign of victory.

B: President Johnson had refused to run for re-election because the war was such a failure.

C: Walter Cronkite had praised the war in an editorial on the nightly network news.

D: The counterculture had convinced them that the war was illegitimate and unwinnable.

Answer 1

Publicly, he was determined not to lose the war. As a result, in 1968 there were 500,000 American troops in South Vietnam and no end in sight to the conflict. After an extensive re-examination, President Johnson decided to disengage from a struggle lacking U.S. domestic support.

Step-by-step explanation:

In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.

Answer 2

A: It had cost more money and more lives each year without any sign of victory.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question was on a quiz I took and a study guide I'm using to prepare for the test and this was the correct answer. Hope this helps :)