HY 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Watergate Scandal, Tet Offensive, Hush Money
29 Aug 2016
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1968 is a turning point for our involvement in vietnam. People began to realize the president lied to them and they are not going to win the war. Tet vietnamese new year attack by ho chi minh; they attack the united states and. This attack was so unpredicted because it was a holiday. Beginning in 1968, people begin to question military leaders who are putting up body counts at night and johnson. Presidential election of 1968: american independent party: george wallace. Appealed to the people of the working class. Appeals to people who feel like they were left behind in the 60s: republicans: richard m. nixon. He is going to end the war in vietnam . Wins the election: law and order both run on a platform of law and order. Class gap: these men who have been drafted sit down at their tv set and see rich kids demolishing the cities.
