1968+Notes+-+Hannah

__TURNING POINT NOTES - 1968__ = Hannah Koniar =

**__Leading Up To 1968...__**
==** __[|LBJ REMAINED DETERMINED...]__ **==
 * No clear Cut Winner
 * Increase in American Forces in SE Asia
 * Viet Cong proved to be the guiding force in South Vietnam
 * US Tries To “Pacify” South Vietnam
 * 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
 * Is the [|__Lunar New Year__]
 * Eventually Develops Into A U.S. Victory
 * 15 different cities attacked in A MONTH
 * [|__Viet Cong Guerrillas__]
 * [|__Including Saigon__]
 * LBJ Struggles - Congress cuts his Great Society budget
 * U.S. involvement in the war is openly criticized
 * New Defense Secretary states that the war seems un-winnable

** __[|LBK SAYS...Public Opinion Changes]__ **

 * We are gonna talk about peace
 * We will stop the bombing
 * I’m out! I will not serve or run for president again!
 * No one knew he would say that...Not even his co-workers
 * The nation turns because the see the body bags on tv and it is increasing quickly

** __[|April 4, 1968 - MLK Killed]__ **

 * Memphis, Tennessee
 * Assassination
 * “Bullet Exploded His Head”
 * Leader of Civil Rights Was Shot
 * Americans React With Riots - EVERY Major American City
 * No Big City Can Hide From These Riots
 * Robert F. Kennedy Comes and Steps Up To The Challenge

==** [|RFK] **==
 * Runs for Democratic Nomination
 * John F. Kennedy’s Younger Brother
 * Americans LOVE The Kennedy Family and Chain
 * Wins California Support “It’s onto Chicago”
 * Sir Han Sir Han Assassinates Robert F. Kennedy in California
 * [|__Buried in Arlington Next to JFK__]

__**DNC**__

 * Chicago Convention
 * Police are Sent crazily inside and outside the convention
 * [|__McCarthy__] or [|__Humbert H. Humphery__]

__**68’ Election**__

 * Humphery or McCarthy
 * Humphery gets Democratic Nomination
 * Nixon Goes For Votes
 * Wallace Runs as well
 * [|__Nixon__] wins by 500,000 Votes
 * Nixon: Peace With Vietnam