Why was 1968 a year of tension and turmoil? List 10 events. 1 being the best and 10 the worst. Thank You in advance!

American History

1 Answer
Mar 26, 2018

The year 1968 was a year of tension and turmoil because of the following ways:

rArr North Korea captures the USS Pueblo,

rArrJ North Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive against the United States and South Vietnam,

rArr Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee,

rArr Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles,

rArr U.S. athletes take a stand at the Summer Olympics

rArr "Star Trek" airs American television's first interracial kiss,

rArr Apollo 8 is the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon

rArrThe Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.

rArr The semiconductor company Intel was founded.

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