-Notes+about+1968


 * No clear winner
 * Increase in American Troops
 * Viet Cong proved to be the guiding force in SV
 * US tries to pacify SV
 * 15,000 deaths so far
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 * Lyndon Johnson is President and determined
 * Optimistic reports
 * McNamara sees "a light at the end of the tunnel"
 * Overall, the public still supported America in Vietnam, therefore supporting LBJ
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 * The Tet Offensive- an attack on US strongholds and major towns throughout SV
 * Eventually developed into a U.S. victory
 * Shook public, who thought the enemy was close to defeat
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 * LBJ struggles- congress cuts his Great Society budget
 * Us involvement of war is openly criticized
 * new Defense Secretary says war was unwinnable
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 * the nation turns on Johnson
 * Johnson says he's done
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 * MLK assassinated
 * Violence all over the country
 * Bobby Kennedy pushes for peace
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 * Bobby Kennedy assassinated
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 * Democrats fell into chaos
 * Chicago is a mess
 * Outside democratic nomination convention there are huge protests
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 * Nixon wins presidency