1968

1968 NOTES: ** LBJ remained determined The Tet Offensive LBJ struggles Assassination The 1968 Election Richard Nixon Elected Antiwar Protest
 * Why was 1968 such a turning point in the Vietnam Era?
 * Leading up to 1968 **
 * No clear cut winner in the war
 * increase of American forces in SE Asia
 * Viet Cong proved to be the guiding force in South Vietnam
 * US tries to "pacify" South Vietnam
 * optimistic reports are sent back
 * McNamara sees "a light at the end of the tunnel"
 * Overall, the public still supported America in Vietnam
 * an attack on U.S. strongholds throughout Southern Vietnam by the VC
 * eventually developed into a U.S. victory
 * shook the public, who thought the enemy was close to defeat
 * congress cuts his great society program
 * Public opinion changes
 * US involvement in the war is openly changed
 * defense secretary says the war is not winnable
 * the US nation turns on Johnson
 * LBJ says he's done(1968-election year)
 * Martin Luther King was assassinated 5 days after LBJ says he's done
 * leads to riots and more turmoil in the United States
 * Race crisis throughout the United States
 * JFK's brother, Bobby Kennedy, tries to lead the nation
 * Bobby Kennedy was assassinated
 * Between McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey
 * democrats fell into chaos
 * Democrats- Humphrey Republicans-Nixon Independent- Wallace
 * Results- Nixon wins
 * promises Peace and Honor in Vietnam