1968

= NOTES =
 * no clear winner now
 * increase in American forces
 * Viet Cong is the guiding force in South Vietnam
 * US tries to "pacify" South Vietnam
 * Lyndon B Johnson is president
 * trying to convince villagers to be democratic but just end u destroying the villages
 * LBJ is determined
 * optimistic reports are sent back
 * sees a "light at the end of the tunnel"
 * overall the public still supported America in Vietnam
 * Tet offensive is an attack of US strongholds throughout Southern Vietnam by the VC
 * plays out on nightly news with soldiers while they are fighting
 * also body count is created, estimates of dead bodies
 * after Tet offensive the support of the war declined
 * Tet was a US victory
 * public was told that there was a light but then thirteen major bases were attacked, shook the public
 * 1968 election, LBJ struggles, openly criticized in public. Defense secretary say the war is impossible to win
 * Congress cuts the Great Society budget
 * nation turns on him and he announces he's done and will not seek reelection
 * fatalities increase in 1968
 * right after this King is assassinated
 * marches and race riots took place
 * Robert Kennedy stood up to lead the nation
 * Robert Kennedy assassinated by a terrorist worried about what might happen in Pakistan, Israel, and Egypt
 * Democratic nominations are either McCarthy or Humphrey
 * In Chicago the Democratic conventions turned to riots but ended up nominating Hubert Humphrey the current vice president
 * Republicans nominate Nixon who had disappeared for ten years after being a vice president
 * Third party is Wallace, senator of Alabama who said segregation for now and segregation forever
 * Nixon barely wins and promises Peace and Honor and an end to Vietnam