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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Cause: ____ Effect:Election of Richard Nixon to the Presidency in 1968
A
Break-in at the Watergate Hotel
B
Publication of the Pentagon Papers
C
Nixon’s plan to end the Vietnam War
D
A divided Democratic Party
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Richard Nixon also became the first non-incumbent vice president to be elected president, a feat that was not repeated until 2020, when Joe Biden was elected president. This also remains the most recent election in which the incumbent president was eligible to run again but was not the eventual nominee of their party.

Detailed explanation-2: -What were Nixon’s keys to victory in the 1968 presidential election? Nixon promises peace with honor in Vietnam and law and order at home. He also promised a more streamlined government and a return to more traditional values. Describe the major events on the Watergate Scandal in order.

Detailed explanation-3: -Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon handily defeated Democratic Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, receiving all but 18 of 538 electoral votes (one of which was pledged to Nixon but given to Libertarian party nominee John Hospers by a faithless elector in Virginia).

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