1968

What was the legacy in Vietnam?

LEADING UP TO 1968
 * No clear winner
 * Increase n US forces in SE Asia
 * Viet Cong proved to be the guiding force in Vietnam-- hard to fight
 * US tried to "pacify" Vietnam-- try to get people to like the US
 * LBJ was determined
 * Optimistic reports were being sent-- "light at the end of the tunnel"
 * The public supported the war
 * No big protests

CHANGES IN 1968
 * The TET offensive
 * Was a holiday for the Vietnam
 * Viet Cong took an attack on cities all over Vietnam that the US held
 * The US won, but not in publis opinion
 * Public saw body bags, shooting, and watched it on the nightly news
 * LBJ struggles, and Congress cuts the Great Society budget
 * People begin opposing Johnson
 * He speaks about a change in the war, stopping the bombing, starting peace talks, and he's not running for President
 * Casualties go up
 * MLK was assassinated, so rioting and violence goes up
 * Bobby Kennedy runs for the Democratic President
 * He wins many primaries, is successful, but is assassinated (Kennedy curse)
 * The nation is thrown into even more chaos
 * At the Chicago Convention, police are called to put out protesters, and political people are put in bad light
 * The Olympic Black Power salute brought more chaos
 * Richard Nixon is elected, and re-elected, (but has the Watergate scandal)
 * All leads to the ANTIWARMOVEMENT