2. The Election of 1968
Most Americans sympathized with the Police after the Democratic Convention
Most Blue-collar Americans thought the police were not tough enough
George Wallace and Richard Nixon campaigned for the support of these voters:
Wallace
Nixon
Message was anti- establishment
populism; people who were angry
about integration and about
protesters
Racist and anti-intellectual
movement
- “Liberals, intellectuals, and
long-hairs have run the
country for too long.”
Called for “Law and Order”
Campaigned for unity, but getting
tough against radical protesters and
criminals
Appealed to the “Forgotten Majority”
Those who valued patriotism and
stability
- His target was liberals who were soft on crime, protesters, and arrogant intellectuals.

3. Election of 1968
Democratic Candidate Vice President Hubert Humphrey emerged from the 1968 convention compromised
Both sides had something to blame him for:
- liberals blamed him for his support for LBJ and
his war policies
- Conservatives believed he sided with the
for his views against racism, nuclear weapons, and
for wanting to exit the Vietnam war.

5. Outcome: Nixon won by 3/10th of 1% of the popular vote
Wallace carried 5 states
Electorate came out believing consensus was damaged, Compromise did little to improve the lives of many Americans
Middle-Class college students grew angered by gap between American Ideals and Social Realities
Expectations outpaced possibility of change, producing disillusion and despair.

7. Fall of Saigon

8. Fall of Saigon
Over the course of his first term in office, Nixon held true to this doctrine by withdrawing a substantial portion of America’s fighting forces from Vietnam.
In 1973, the United States and North Vietnam signed a peace treaty formally bringing the Vietnam War to a conclusion.
Nixon called for the “Vietnamization” of the war, demanding the South take a commanding lead in their defense.
In late April 1975, the outskirts of Saigon were reached by the North Vietnamese Army 
On April 28, the airport came under fire; President Gerald Ford made the decision to launch Operation Frequent Wind, the emergency evacuation of all Americans.
On the morning of April 30, 1975—the last U.S. helicopter lifted off and South’s President Minh surrendered unconditionally. Saigon was liberated, and Saigon was no more. It would be known as Ho Chi Minh city, and it was theirs.
Time Magazine-