1968+Notes

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 force in South Vietnam
 * US tries to "pacify" South Vietnam
 * Most Americans support war


 * LB Johnson remained determined
 * Optimistic reports are sent back
 * McNamara sees "a light at the end of the tunnel"
 * Overall, the public still supported America in Vietnam

The Tet Offensive - an attack on US strongholds throughout Southern Vietnam by the Viet Cong,
 * US wins every battle
 * Shook the public, who thought the enemy was close to defeat
 * LBJ sturggles - Congress cuts his Great Society buet
 * US inivolvement in the war is openly criticized
 * New Defense Secretary states that the war seems unwinnable
 * Public opinion changes
 * Nation turns on Johnson
 * Johnson speaks about halting bombing
 * Johnson says he will not go for a second term

MLK is assasinated

Robert Kennedy
 * Robert Kennedy mourns over Dr. King
 * Promises Civil Rights, becomes leading candidate for presidency
 * Assasinated

1968 Election Hubert Humphrey (Demo) vs Richard Nixon (Repub) vs George Wallace (Alabama governer that said "segregation now, segregation forever") Nixon wins