<span>The collapse of Reconstruction ended African Americans' hopes of being granted their own land in the South. Instead, many returned to plantations owned by whites, where they either worked for wages or became tenant farmers, paying rent for the land which they farmed.</span>
<span>President
Johnson committed more troops to fight on the ground in Vietnam</span><span>
because he faced an overwhelming political pressure for a hard-line approach on
communism. Moreover, President Johnson was acting in response to the US
commitment to succeed in Vietnam. He also envisaged
countering the Domino effect through containment.</span>
