1. CHAPTER 22 THE VIETNAM WAR
1968: A
TUMULTOUS
YEAR
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2. WHAT WAS THE TET OFFENSIVE ? WHAT HAPPENED AFTER “TET” ?
WHAT CAUSED AND WHAT WERE “THE DAYS OF RAGE” ?
WHAT WERE NIXON’S & WALLACE’S 1968 CAMPAIGN THEMES ?
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4. THE TET OFFENSIVE – BY N.V.
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5. FIGHTING IN SAIGON
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6. THE BATTLE FOR HUE
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7. EXECUTION OF A VIET CONG SUSPECT
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8. Pre-TET Post-TET Change 48% 36% 39% 26% 45% 49% 60% 41%
Indicator
Pre-TET
Post-TET
Change
 Approves Johnson's handling of job as president
48%
36%
-12
Approves Johnson's handling of Vietnam
39%
26%
-13
Regards war in Vietnam as a mistake
45%
49% +4
Proportion classifying themselves as "hawks"
60%
41%
-19
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9. LBJ TALKED ABOUT “THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL”
TET DESTROYED THAT IDEA
INCREASED “CREDIBILITY GAP”
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11. DR. KING KILLED IN MEMPHIS
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12. “THE DAYS OF RAGE”
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15. ROBERT F. KENNEDY KILLED AFTER CALIFORNIA PRIMARY 12/2/2018
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16. PROTEST AT THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
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18. HUMPHREY (DEM) Vs NIXON (REP) WALLACE (AM. IND.)
THE 1968 ELECTION
HUMPHREY (DEM) Vs
NIXON (REP)
WALLACE (AM. IND.)
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19. RICHARD NIXON WINS
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20. RICHARD NIXON PRESIDENT 1969-1974
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