what was the eventual outcome of the vietnam war?
The Vietnam 1. Running head: SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. The Vietnam War's Effects on American Society. Halley E. Moore. Metro High School- St. Louis. The Vietnam 2. Abstract. The Vietnam War had a profound effect on American society. It changed the way we viewed our government, the media, and our Constitutional rights. together in new and different ways. stretch the rights of free expression, and primarily against the violence of the war itself.
U.S. casualties in Vietnam during the era of direct U.S. involvement (1961â72) were more than 50,000 dead; South Vietnamese dead were estimated at more than 400,000, and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese at over 900,000. 1  2 million Vietnamese were killed, 2  3 million wounded.  hundreds of thousands of children orphaned.