1968+Zach



I could probabaly spend an entire week (or more) on 1968, and still leave out some important information about his key year in American history. Create a page on your notebook called "1968" and take some notes today focussing on this key question - Why was 1968 such a turning point in the Vietnam Era? As and after you take notes, make them powerful, engaging, interactive, and hyper by adding relative images, maps, and links. At the end of the notes, come up with some questions - both about the information discussed class and questions about what will happen in the next few years!

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 * __** Leading Up **__[[image:unit8josephwzacharyn12/010.jpg width="345" height="435" align="right" caption="The Tet Offensive"]]
 * No lear cut winner in the war
 * Increase in America forces in SE Asia
 * [|Viet Cong] proved to be the guiding force in South Vietnam
 * US tries to "pacify" South Vietnam
 * __** LBJ Remained Determined **__
 * Optimist Reports are send back
 * Light seen at the end of the tunnel by McNamara
 * Overall the public still supported
 * __** The Tet Offensive **__
 * An attack on U.S. strongholds through Southern Vietnam by the VC
 * Used T.V reports
 * This revolutionized how the U.S. saw the war
 * [|Walter Cronkite reported on the war]
 * Eventually developed into a U.S. victory
 * Shook the public who thought that U.S. was close to defeat
 * LBJ struggles and hist budget gets cut
 * The war is criticized
 * New Defense Secretary states that the war seems un-winnable
 * __**LBJ Says**__
 * He wants peace talks and to stop bombing
 * [|He will not run for re-election]
 * __**April 4**__
 * [|MLK assassinated]
 * Happen in urban areas in the North
 * Bobby Kennedy talks to the Nation to try to stop the riots
 * __**RFK**__
 * Frontrunner in nomination
 * Wins california
 * Get assassinated following winning California
 * __**DNC**__
 * huge riots in Chicago
 * Friction in the Convention itself
 * Violent happens in the conention itself
 * Humpfey, Nixon, Wallace
 * Nixon wins election[[image:220px-Richard_Nixon.jpg align="right"]]
 * Nixon wins election[[image:220px-Richard_Nixon.jpg align="right"]]