1968

1. civil rights

1.1. MLK assassination

1.1.1. many moderate activists became more involved he became a martyr

1.2. civil rights act of 1968

1.2.1. equal housing rights for every one

2. national politics

2.1. kennedy assassination

2.1.1. caused widespread panic throughout the nation, lynden b. johnson was now in charge.

2.2. johnson refuses to run for second term

2.2.1. he tries to lessen the bombings before leaving the office. leaves with the nation split by the war

3. vietnam

3.1. attack of the khe sanh air base

3.1.1. media relates this event to the dein bein phu attack in the 50's

3.1.2. US begins droping bombs on the oppisite side becomes the heaviest bombardment of any small area in the history of warfare

3.2. tet offensive

3.2.1. filmed by media in color and sent back to america so that americans could see the atrocities committed by the vietcong, turning point of the war.