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1968: Taking a Turn for the Worst!

The Vietnam War era saw significant social and political turmoil in the United States. The draft, initiated in 1940 and intensified by the 1968 Tet Offensive, led to the first lottery drawing in 1969. Over 850,000 men were affected, prompting many to flee to Canada as "draft dodgers." The war's escalation, dissenting protests like the Kent State Massacre, and the publication of the Pentagon Papers transformed public opinion, leading to a crucial decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam by 1973, culminating in the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.

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1968: Taking a Turn for the Worst!

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  1. 1968: Taking a Turn for the Worst! Ch. 29, Section 3 &4

  2. In the 1969 Draft, the first 195 dates (1940-1955) drawn were called to service!Were You drafted? • http://www.landscaper.net/draft.htm

  3. 1940: FDR signs the selective training and service act-men were drafted for various reasons from 1948-1973-1969: First lottery drawing held!!

  4. - 1969-1972: Draft Lottery, based on Birthdates -in response to 1968 events -850K affected in 1969 -Approx. 70K men flee to Canada “Draft Dodgers” The draft

  5. -late January the start of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year -7 day party!! -cease-fire?? Tet

  6. -increased traffic on Ho Chi Minh trail; America expecting an attack -Siege of KheSanh -to throw Americans off guard! KheSanh

  7. -Tet Offensive begins Jan. 30th, 1968 -12 U.S. military bases & more than 100 S. Vietnam cities attacked by Vietminh & Vietcong No party in south vietnam!

  8. -45K Vietcong/N. Vietnamese troops die -1,500+ Americans die; 2,700+ ARVN troops die -major blow, no “safe” place in S. Vietnam -public support weakened -political bickering Effects of tet offensive

  9. -Johnson is done! -Nixon (Republican) -Democrats -Robert Kennedy -Hubert Humphrey -Independent: George Wallace Election of 1968

  10. -1969: 540K U.S. troops in S. Vietnam -1972: only 24K in S. Vietnam -still not good enough for some war not over! Vietnamization

  11. -College students -Kent State Massacre protestors

  12. -middle-class & vets join the protests My Lai Massacre Pentagon Papers Why did they protest?

  13. -incumbent Nixon vs. George McGovern (Dem) -26th Amendment -Jan., 1973: U.S. agrees to pull out, but what will happen to S. Vietnam?? Election of 1972

  14. -1975: North Vietnam invades South Vietnam -April, 1975: Saigon evacuated; South Vietnam surrenders -Vietnam is reunified, but under communist rule! Nearing the end

  15. -Domino Theory: Cambodia falls to communism in 1973; Vietnam invades Cambodia in 1975 -Lives lost -Environmental Effects/ Human Defects -Veterans -War Powers Act (1973) Effects of the war

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