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| What is Tet and how did the Vietcong agents take advantage of the holiday? | Tet is a holiday; there was a week long truce declared for people to celebrate; Vietcong launched an attack by loading coffins with weapons |
| Describe the size and scope of the Tet Offensive | 100 towns, 12 US air bases, US embassy, lasted 1 month |
| Athough a military defeat, how is Tet a psychological victory for the Vietcong | shook the American public, credibility gap widened |
| How did Tet change American public opinion | Public opinion became more doves (from 28% to 40%) and less hawks ( from 56% to 40%) |
| How did the media change its reporting of the war? | now openly criticized the war, influenced public opinion |
| Describe Clark Clifford's opinion of the war | (Defense Secretary) concluded that it was unwinnable |
| How did the Tet Offensive change President Johnson's popularity? | fell considerable 60% of population disapproved of his handling of the war |
| Who was the first candidate to challenge Johnson for the Democratic nomination and what was his platform? | Eugene McCarthy- sen. from MN, said he would end the war |
| What prompted Robert Kennedy to enter the race for president? | he saw Johnson's weakness at the polls and the NH primary against McCarthy |
| WHy did President Johnson decide not to seek re-election? | He didn't want to be involved in party divisions? |
| WHat was the reaction to the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy | shock and upset |
| Why would you characterize 1968 as a year of "lost control" in the US? | 2 assassinations, college riots, urban riots, Johnson doesn't run for second term |
| Who became the favorite to win the Democratic nomination and the death of Kennedy and Johnson stepping down? | Hubert Humphrey (Johnson's VP) |
| What were the reasons protestors demonstrated in Chicago? | pressure Dem into adopting anti-war platform, displeasure with Humphrey nomination, Yippies (provoke violence to discredit Dem. Party) |
| What was happening inside the convention hall that further etched a picture of chaos in American's minds? | delegates shouted and argued with each other and the Mayor Daley |
| Why was Nixon's election considered one of the great political combacks of all time? | his career was almost dead, but he campaigned for congressional elections and gained 47 house seats and 3 sentate seats |
| What did Nixon promise if elected? | restore law and order; end war in Vietnam |
| How did George Wallage affect the outcome of the 1968 election? | 3rd party candidate; took 5 southern states= less votes for Democrats; Nixon won |
