1968

1968: What was the legacy of Vietnam?

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 forces in South Vietnam
 * US tries to "pacify" South Vietnam

LBJ 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 U.S. strongholds throughout Southern Vietnam by the VC
 * Eventually developed into a U.S. victory .....
 * LBJ stuggels
 * Congress cuts his Great Society budget

Public Opinion Changes: 1968 Election:
 * US involvement in the war is openly criticized new Defense....
 * MLK (4 days later after LBJ speech) is assassinated
 * JFK brother decides to run for president (LBJ does not run for president again)
 * Robert Kennedy was assassinated
 * McCarthy vs. Humphrey
 * Democratic elected Humphrey and Republican elected Nixon (also George Wallace)
 * Nixon wins the 1968 election and is re-elected again in 1972