USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This man was running for president, but was assassinated before he ever got the chance to run.
A
John F. Kennedy
B
Robert F. Kennedy
C
MLK
D
FDR
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kennedy still faced two rival candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination: the leading challenger United States Senator Eugene McCarthy and Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

Detailed explanation-2: -He ultimately lost the general election to Republican candidate Richard Nixon by a narrow popular vote margin of 0.7 percent. Nixon won by a more decisive 301–191 margin in the electoral vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Elected President Eugene McCarthy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Humphrey emerged as the three major candidates in the Democratic primaries, until Kennedy was assassinated. His death after midnight on June 6 made a record of four assassinations in the 1960s.

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