The Tet Offensive
This surprise attack was launched by North Vietnamese forces during the Vietnamese lunar new year in January 1968?
What is the Tet Offensive?
On March 31, 1968, LBJ shocked the nation by announcing this decision.
What is he would not seek re-election?
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in this year and month.
What is April 1968?
Robert Kennedy was assassinated shortly after winning this state’s primary.
What is California?
After the Tet Offensive, President Johnson made this major decision about bombing.
What is he limited the bombing of North Vietnam?
Johnson decision to not run for president because of these two reasons?
What is partisan division and war opposition?
In his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, King linked the civil rights movement to this.
What is the peace movement?
RFK had proposed replacing U.S. and North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam with this.
What is an international force?
This number of additional troops was requested after the Tet Offensive, alarming many Americans?
What is over 200,000
Although remembered for Vietnam, Johnson’s domestic agenda was called this.
What is the Great Society?
King criticized the war for draining resources from this group.
Who are the poor, especially African Americans?
Kennedy’s assassin was reportedly angry over his support for this country.
What is Israel?
How many years did peace talk drag on for after the tet offensive?
What is another 5 years?
This senator and brother of a former president joined the 1968 race after LBJ’s announcement.
Who is Robert F. Kennedy?
Following King’s assassination, riots erupted in this many U.S. cities
What is over 100?
RFK was widely loved for his dedication to this movement.
What is the civil rights movement?
What were the North Vietnamese military forces hoping to achieve with the Tet Offensive?
What is to collapse the government and instigate rebellion in South Vietnam?
What policy was overshadowed by Johnson's foreign policy during his presidency?
What is his domestic policy?
Just days after King’s death, LBJ signed this civil rights law.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
Kennedy gave his final speech at a hotel in this U.S. city.
What is Los Angeles?