1968



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 in class and questions about what will happen in the next few years!

Your notes will be evaluated ...

Do you have complete and detailed information? Are your notes organized, with main topics identified and set apart from each other? Did you add relevant images and links to support the information? Did you pose some questions?

Leading up

 * No clear cut winner in the war
 * Increase in America forces in SE Asia
 * Viet Cong proved to be the guiding force in Vietnam
 * US tries to pacify south Vietnam
 * Optimistic reports sent back
 * McNamera sees " a light at the end of the tunnel"
 * Overall the public really supported Vietnams

Tet offensive
 * an attack on U.S. strongholds throughout southern Vietnam by the Viet Cong
 * Walter Cronkite, reports on wars
 * Surprise attacks
 * failed militarily
 * shattered Americans opulence
 * U.S. wins all of battle
 * North Vietnamese destroys US moral and faith in the government
 * LBJ struggles, congress cut his perfect society budget
 * envolvment in war openly criticized
 * New defense states that war seems unwinable

LBJ says
 * March 31st he calls for partial stoppage of bombing in Vietnam'
 * Not running again in 68
 * America asks who is there leader?

April 4
 * American fatalities go up
 * MLK assassinated
 * African Americans riot


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RFK DNC
 * JFK's brother
 * Odds on Bob Kennedy
 * Kenndy assaninate
 * Eugene Mccarthy
 * Hubert H. Humphrey

68 Election
 * Richard Nixon wins[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/ElectoralCollege1968.svg/350px-ElectoralCollege1968.svg.png caption="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/ElectoralCollege1968.svg/350px-ElectoralCollege1968.svg.png"]]