1968

Why was 1968 such a turning point in the Vietnam Era?


 * No clear cut winner.
 * Icreased Forces for the U.S
 * Try to stop the spread of the viet cong
 * Public still supported Vietnam


 * This changed the at the Tet offensive.
 * It was a Military victory, 50,000 VC to 2,000 Us
 * But it died in the Public Image.
 * South vietnam looked like a bad allie.


 * The nation turns of LBJ
 * he says he wil not take the nomitantion for the president, soon after MLK is killed.
 * Huge riots start across the nation, huge anger across the nation.
 * Robert Kennedy was now runing for president, Was soon killed.
 * 1968 was the first time antiwar prostest began.