The vietnam war and the watergate scandal contributed to which of these trends?

a. increasing mistrust of the government
b. decreasing support for the republican party
c. decreasing popularity of counterculture values
d. increasing conformity among middle-class americans

The correct answer is A - increasing mistrust of the government.

The watergate scandal and the Vietnam War both caused many citizens to lost trust in the government.

The correct option is A

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that took place in the United States in the 1970s as a result of a theft of documents in the Watergate office complex in Washington DC, home of the National Committee of the United States Democratic Party, and the subsequent the Nixon administration's attempt to cover up those responsible. The war of Vietnam also called Second war of Indochina, was a warlike conflict freed between 1955 and 1975 to prevent the reunification of Vietnam under a socialist or communist government. In this war the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) participated, which was against the communists, with the support of the United States and other allied nations of the United States against the local guerrillas of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam ( Viet Cong) and the Army of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), backed by China and the Soviet Union. It is estimated that between 3.8 and 5.7 million people died in total.