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The war affected the American culture in many ways. It changed the attitudes of the Americans towards their government, military, constitution, media, and public institution. The impact of the war can be still felt in the United States today. During wartime or even when people are making peace, those in the waterfront as well as those they leave behind, need morale boosting. This is the reason behind the composition of folk songs during the Vietnam War (Alexander, 1980). War changes the society and people’s way of thinking, hence the change in the composition of folk songs in America and the rise of the new type of singing and songwriting during the 1960s (Prentice, 1979).
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It explains the issues of bilingual educations and other variations of the study. The author gives a detailed history of the stages of multicultural education and its importance in fostering the culture of Americans. The author outlines the songs that sung in the 1970s during the Vietnam War era. The author also describes that the war changed the society and people’s way of thinking and henced the change in the composition of folk songs in America and the rise of the new type of singing and songwriting during the 1960s. This anti-war rock and roll music bore the new kind of folk song, the American folk song. Rock music and folk music as the center of protest culture, and cultural protest merged with political demonstrations. The author emphasizes that in comparison to other wars, the vast majority of Vietnam War songs fell into the category of anti- rather than pro-war songs. Most of the songs express the negative attitude that the people had towards the war. Singers wrote songs inciting people to revolt and protest in the streets to demand the government to end the senseless war and get their sons back