THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Robert Kennedy was assassinated after narrowly losing the party’s nomination
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Hubert Humphrey was guaranteed the party’s nomination before the national convention took place.
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Eugene McCarthy voluntarily dropped out of the race before the national convention took place.
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Lyndon Johnson announced at the national convention that he would not seek the party’s nomination
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Republican nominee, former vice president and perennial candidate Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace. Presidential election results map.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protest activities against the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the end, Richard Nixon won. 1968 Democratic candidate for President who ran to succeed incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson on an anti-war platform. A little known Democratic Senator from Minnesota, he represented the Democratic party in the 1968 presidential election.