The Vietnam War Ch 2

teach-in

1964

a group of faculty members and students at the University of Michigan joined together and discussed the issues surrounding the war

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

1966

the SFRC held “educational” hearings on Vietnam They called in policy makers and critics to discuss the administration’s military strategy

MLK publicly speaks about African Americans in the war

1967

they accounted for almost 20 percent of combat-related deaths. This skewed death rate angered African American leaders

McCarthy enters the race

1967

McCarthy declared that he would challenge Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination

Johnson would not run again

Mar 31, 1967

Johnson appeared on television and said I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President

Tet Offensive

Jan 30, 1968

the Vietcong and North Vietnamese launched a massive surprise attack during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year

MLK's assassination

Apr 4, 1968

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis by James Earl Ray.

Richard Nixon became the 37 president

Jan 20, 1969

Nixon defeated Humphrey by more than 100 electoral votes, although he only won the popular vote by a slim margin of 43 percent to 42 percent

the lottery system was instituted

Dec 1, 1969

because so many Americans refused to serve the lottery system was made so only those with low numbers were subject to the draft

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Jun 1, 1971

gave all citizens age 18 and older the right to vote after draftees argued that if they were old enough to fight, they were old enough to vote