The Vietnam War had a deep impact on the United States of
America. President Lyndon Johnson
escalated the war yet the South still fell to the North. It had a
huge political, social and economic impact on the country as it split
the Democratic Party and people were now more suspicious of government. Spending for the war drained the resources of
the American government that resulted to inflation. After exhausting all effort
into a losing war, Congress passed the War Powers Act that limited the
President’s power to send troops to war without the Congress’ approval.
