turning+point+of+vietnam+era

=__//**1968**//__=

(Why was 1968 such a turning pint in the Vietnam Era?)

**-leading up to 1968-**

 * no clear cut winner in the war
 * increase in American forces in SE Asia
 * Viet-Cong proved to be the guiding for in south Vietnam
 * US tries to "pacify" south Vietnam


 * LBJ remained determined**
 * optimistic reports are sent back
 * McNarmara sees "a light at the end of the tunnel"
 * overall, the public still supported American in Vietnam


 * The Tet Offensive**
 * attacks on a holiday
 * all on television
 * eventually developed into a U.S victory
 * shook the public, who thought the enemy was close to defeat
 * shook the public, who thought the enemy was close to defeat

LBJ struggles -congress cuts hist great society budget

PUBLIC OPINION CHANGES -US involvement in the war is openly critisized -new defense secretary states that the war seems unwinnable -the nation turns on Johnson -Johnson speaks out about bombing

Assasination leader of civil rights leader shot four days after lbj states he isnt going for the presidency

(violets, riots, lunies going on across the united states)

Kennedy helps unite the nation

goes to california in june and wins the california primary

Kennedy is assasinated!!!!!

THE 1968 election (kennedy would have on but he died) between Hubert humphhry and McCarthy Humphry gets the nomination Hichard nixon reinvents himself third party president George Wallace NIXON WINS