Why did the Tet offensive shock Americans? Why did the Tet offensive shock Americans? What was the response to Martin Luther King's death in 100 cities across America? Who won the Democratic presidential primary in California? What do you think the speakers in the video mean when they say an era ended with the deaths of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy? Did the Democratic Party adopt the peace platform championed by Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy? How did an official investigation describe the behavior of the police on the streets of Chicago? Rioting—a violent eruption of rage and despair Robert Kennedy A police riot No Pat Brown Shattered illusion on American omnipotence and the illusion that the U.S. was winning the war It was the end of an era when people could have worked together for change; the country became fragmented; the generation became "might-have-beens"
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It was launched in January 1968, during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday. - The reason it shocked Americans was because it shattered the illusion of American omnipotence and the belief that the U.S. was winning the war. Despite being told by political Show more…
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