Those who supported the Vietnam War were known as hawks.
Hawks felt that the United States needed to get involved in the Vietnam War in order to stop the communist regime of the North Vietnamese from spreading into South Vietnam.
Those who opposed the Viettnam War were known as doves.
These people usually felt that it was unecessary for the United States to continually get involved in foreign affairs when there were many problems that needed to be addressed in American society first.
The Ohio River formed the southern boundary and the Mississippi River formed the western boundary of the Northwest Territory.
