COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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Richard M. Nixon
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John F. Kennedy
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Robert Kennedy
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On June 5, 1968, shortly after midnight, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. PDT the following day.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kennedy’s campaign was especially active in Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, California, and Washington, D.C. Kennedy’s campaign ended on June 6, 1968 when he was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, following his victory in the California Primary.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the midst of all these trials and tribulations, Nixon-in a reversal of the 1960 election results-won a close election over Humphrey in the Electoral College – 301 to 191.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kennedy, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey was nominated the 1968 Democratic National Convention held from August 26 to August 29, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois.