1968: A Turning Point 19.3. I. The Tet Offensive US Embassy Khe Sanh January 30, 1968 Changing of public opinion.

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1968: A Turning Point 19.3

I. The Tet Offensive US Embassy Khe Sanh January 30, 1968 Changing of public opinion

II. Effects of Tet Offensive Walter Cronkite Opposition to the war increased LBJ does not run in 1968

III. LBJ Seeks a Solution Westmoreland requested more troops after Tet LBJ seeks a peaceful resolution

IV. Election of 1968 Senator Robert Kennedy Democratic National Convention- McCarthy v. Humphrey

Richard Nixon George Wallace Campaigning Election Results (see map on page 619)