Vietnam War/1968

The theory that if one country falls to communism, countries around it will also fall to communism

Domino Theory

How many people died in the vietnam war

3 million

The president chosen for south vietnam by America

Diem

Why did america not allow free elections in vietnam?

They feared the communists would win

Why was Diem a bad president for Vietnam

He was catholic, and hated buddhists in a predominantly buddhist country

Organization set on defeating Diem and America and uniting the country under communist Hanoi

Vietcong(VC)

Why was JFK dead set on keeping vietnam

After the bay of the pigs fiasco in cuba and the crisis in berlin, JFK wanted to show his strength in Asia. Vietnam seemed like the perfect place

What happened 3 weeks after Diem’s death

JFK was assasinated

A major offense by the vietcong where they attacked and destroyed over 100 buildings in south vietnam

TET Offensive

Despite his achievements, LBJ will forever be known for

The Vietnam War

What did LBJ do when the war became unpopular at home, leading to protests

He insisted that there was light at the end of the tunnel, and that the war would end soon

The TET offensive had failed to create a popular uprising, but it succeeded in

Sending the message that this war has no end

Ran for president against his own party(LBJ)

Eugene McCarthy

Who else was running for president in 1968

Richard Nixon and Bobby Kennedy(LBJ hates him)

How did MLK alienate his white supporters

He spoke out against the vietnam war

The black movement went from I have a dream to

White people are the problem

March 31st, 1968

LBJ quits

On March 16th, 1968

Charlie’s company stormed My Lai, and killed everyone in site. Women, children, and elderly. They were told that vietcong would be there, and to kill every living thing in site

The two big assassinations in 1968

Bobby Kennedy and MLK

Memphis Garbage collector strike

Two black garbage collectors were told to go hide at the back of the garbage truck, as people didn’t want black people handling their trash. The truck crushed them in a freak accident

Factors that lead up to My Lai

• Constantly loosing men to boobie traps

• Never seeing the enemy

• Given terrible, uninformed instructions