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Content: 3) How was the aftermath of the Vietnam War different for its veterans than postwar periods had been for veterans of earlier U.S. wars? Unlike the periods following other wars, many Americans just wanted to forget the Vietnam War. There was also no sense of having won the conflict, and so there were few welcome-home parades or other celebrations for the returning troops. 4) Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act? How did it reflect distrust of the executive branch of government? It wanted to limit executive power. There was a general sense that the presidents had misused the power granted to them in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,and it had been found through the Pentagon Papers and other sources that presidents had lied to the American public about the course of the war in Vietnam. 5) List 4 effects of the Vietnam War. 1) American cynicism toward government. 2) War dead and casualties.