Tet+Offensive+Guided+Q's

Name _________________________________________ Due Date ______________________________ The Vietnam Conflict 1968 The Turning Point: Tet Offensive Pg. 954   Why had North and South Vietnamese forces declared a week long truce in January 1968? What had Communist Vietcong villagers smuggled into the coffins that were not seen as suspicious because of the other funerals taking place at that time? What happened on the evening of January 30, 1968? What happened at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon? How long did it take for American and South Vietnamese forces to regain control of the cities? Why did General Westmoreland declare the Tet Offensive to be a failure for the Vietcong? How did the Tet Offensive change the American perception of the war? Why is this event considered to be the turning point in the conflict? How did support of the war shift after the Tet Offensive? What was journalist Walter Cronkite’s perspective of the war? Did that reflect the general opinion of America? During a televised address on March 31, 1968, how did President Johnson change his policy towards Vietnam? How did President Johnson shock the nation at the end of the televised speech?