Vietnam War Turning Points

1.

Why was the Tet Offensive a turning

point? Explain your answer.

The Tet Offensive was a turning point because the Viet Congs thought that they were going to get South Vietnam to become communists but they didn't support them. Also this was when the Americans actually beat the Viet Congs.

2.

Are Sources 51 and 52 making the

same point about the My Lai Massacre?

No because source 52 says that they were killing for a reason which was to kill communism, and source 51 is saying that no one was there to kill those people and act like Nazis.

3. Why do you think it took 12 months for

anyone to do anything about the

massacre?

They probably didn't see anything wrong with it because it was their own country doing it so maybe they thought that it was alright.

4. Why was the massacre so shocking to

the American public?
The massacre was so shocking to the American public because everything that they finally got to see about the massacre going on in Vietnam was worse than they expected and they had said that the war went wrong.