Many in this era believed that the immigrants were stealing American jobs. While Irish and Italian immigrants were also discriminated upon, they often assimilated into US society. Chinese immigrants were of a different race and were more easily discriminated upon as a result.
"George Childress, the committee chairman, is generally accepted as the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence, with little help from the other committee members."
Reason they would support the Vietnam war is to support President Truman use of containment. Which was to limit the spread of communism throughout the world.
A reason not to go to war is the fear of being drafted which was common during the Vietnam War.
Well at first people named things for how they looked, for example, the heart has a heartlike shape. Eventually scientists started using Greek and Latin roots and such in names to prevent confusion.