THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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because he promised to end the war
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because he had been a very involved vice president for LBJ and people trusted him
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because he had a lot of military experience and the people wanted a strong leader
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because he was a democrat and people were supporting democrats that year
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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: -The 1968 Presidential campaign occurred during one of the most tumultuous times in American history.
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).
Detailed explanation-4: -“The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” was signed in Paris on January 27, 1973, and is now known as the Paris Peace Accords. The joint agreement included a cease-fire, the return of American prisoners of war and the withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam.