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Kennedy was assassinated while riding in his car while riding with his wife. He was assassinated be Lee Harvey Oswald. The world was in shock
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north vietnamese patrol boat fires on the USS Maddox. They missed
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This was an operation where the U.S bombed north Vietnam. They used this strategy to try and reduce the communists leaders capacity to wage war against the U.S
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The tet offensive was a big part of the vietnam war. On the buddhist holiday of Tet, over 80,000 vietcong troops attacked nearly every major metropolitan center in south vietnam.
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MLK was assassinated by a lone gunman by the name of james earl ray. This sparked riots in over 100 cities.
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The 26th amendment gave voting rights to people the age of 18. Young men thought that if they were old enough to be drafted then they were old enough to vote
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The North captured siagon. The war had ended and it had created the war saw powers act which said that the president must inform congress within 48 hours of sending in forces into a hostile area without the declaration of war.