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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where Eugene McCarthy defeated Richard Nixon is a shocking upset
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where protesters and police violently clashed in streets because of anger over the war and the affects of assassinations of important figures
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where Johnson announced he was changing his mind and was going to run for president again
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where Robert Kennedy was assassinated after winning the Democratic party nomination.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In August, the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was disrupted by five days of street demonstrations by thousands of protesters. Chicago’s mayor, Richard J. Daley, escalated the riots with excessive police presence and by ordering up the National Guard and the army to suppress the protests.
Detailed explanation-2: -Surrounded by reporters on August 23, 1968, Yippie leader Rubin, folk singer Phil Ochs, and other activists held their own presidential nominating convention with their candidate Pigasus, an actual pig. When the Yippies paraded Pigasus at the Civic Center, ten policemen arrested Ochs, Rubin, Pigasus, and six others.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Answer: b. Anti-war Democrats had no candidate, so they protested at the convention.