SSUSH21e Social and Political Turmoil of 1968

Southeast

Southwest

Northeast

Northwest

Vietnam, China, and Laos

Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos

China, Vietnam, and Thailand

Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia

Korean War

The Berlin Wall

Vietnam War

Cuban Missile Crisis

the Vietnam War.

the failure of the War on Poverty.

the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

to turn the war over to the South Vietnamese by gradually withdrawing US troops but still sending financial support

to give financial support to the North Vietnamese if they would surrender

to threaten to use nuclear weapons on the North Vietnamese if they did not surrender

to force the South Vietnamese to surrender if the North Vietnamese would turn over all POW's

the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War.

the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

the failure of the "Great Society" programs.

President Lyndon Johnson agreed to end the war in Vietnam.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by President John F. Kennedy.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Riots broke out in over 110 cities, including Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Chicago.

1964.

1968.

1970.

1972.

Harry S Truman

John F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy

He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas during a parade.

He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald because of his stance on civil rights.

He was assassinated while campaigning to be the Democratic candidate for the presidential election in 1968.

He was assassinated while working to end a worker's strike in Memphis, Tennessee.