THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the clash between police and protesters at the Democratic National Convention.
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the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment.
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the victory of U.S. forces in the Tet Offensive.
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President Johnson’s decision to seek reelection.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Yippies took a radical approach to the Democratic National Convention. They wrote articles, published fliers, made speeches and held rallies and demonstrations, to announce that they were coming to Chicago.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chicago Mayor Richard Daley deployed 12, 000 police officers and called in another 15, 000 state and federal officers to contain the protesters. The situation then rapidly spiraled out of control, with the policemen severely beating and gassing the demonstrators, as well as newsmen and doctors who had come to help.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 1968 Chicago riots, in the United States, were sparked in part by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rioting and looting followed, with people flooding out onto the streets of major cities. Soon riots began, primarily in black urban areas.