THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the first African-American was elected President.
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the Democrats had won a presidential election for the first time in 16 years.
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for the first time in American history there was no third party candidate.
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Hillary Clinton won the Democratic party nomination.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the 2008 Democratic National Convention on August 27, Barack Obama was formally selected as the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2008. He was the first African American in history to be nominated on a major party ticket.
Detailed explanation-2: -Obama became the first African American to be elected to the presidency, as well as being only the third sitting United States senator elected president, joining Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he became the first African American to hold the office. The framers of the Constitution always hoped that our leadership would not be limited to Americans of wealth or family connections.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why was the 2008 election a historic event? The election featured a nomination battle between a woman and an African American man. An African American leader was nominated by a major party. An African American leader was elected president for the first time.
Detailed explanation-5: -A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president of the United States. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and previously worked as a civil rights lawyer before entering politics.