HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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African Americans in the South
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Vietnam War doves
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The Chicano movement
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The silent majority
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nixon’s presidential campaign sought to appeal to what it deemed the “silent majority, ‘’ those middle-class white Americans who defended the status quo against radical social change.
Detailed explanation-2: -Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Detailed explanation-3: -The phrase is a variation on a campaign promise Nixon made in 1968: “I pledge to you that we shall have an honorable end to the war in Vietnam.” The Accords specified that a ceasefire would take place four days later.
Detailed explanation-4: -On the Republican side, Richard Nixon focused on issues such as law and order and won every primary he entered. He easily won the Republican nomination during a quiet convention in Miami, Florida. George Wallace, the former Governor of Alabama and a staunch segregationist, ran for President as an Independent.