Because the French tried to make peace with the Native Americans, while the British tried to push them out of their land.
It put it onto the policy agenda. Thanks to the media, the civil rights fight started getting supporters from all around america and form all classes and ethnicities. Without the media, we can't know when the civil rights would be won because the people wouldn't have known what was going on and to what degree.
Some Americans supported it because they believed it was our job to protect democracy around the world. Many people also took any attack such as pearl Harbor, very personal. Making them want revenge. The people that opposed the war were known as Isolationist. It was their belief that the United States shouldn't be involved in any issues regarding other countries
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