POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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LBJ did not run for re-election because he was ruined by Vietnam
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John F. Kennedy was elected president
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Hubert Humphrey ran on a platform of support for North Vietnam
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The New Left organization sparked a Free Speech Movement
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the war in Vietnam affect the presidential election of 1968? The war in Vietnam affected the presidential election of 1968 not as much as expected. Nixon won the election in 1968. Senator Kennedy was shot and killed by a young Arab immigrant who was against Kennedy’s pro-Israel views.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. had stationed advisory military personnel in South Vietnam since the 1950s, but Johnson presided over a major escalation of the U.S. role in the Vietnam War. After the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, he obtained congressional approval to use military force to repel future attacks by North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -THE END OF THE GREAT SOCIETY Perhaps the greatest casualty of the nation’s war in Vietnam was the Great Society. As the war escalated, the money spent to fund it also increased, leaving less to pay for the many social programs Johnson had created to lift Americans out of poverty.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace.