The Attempt to Nominate an Anti-War Democratic Candidate for President

question 84

Multiple Choice

The attempt to nominate an anti-war Democratic candidate for president in 1968 suffered a crippling blow when

• A) Senator Eugene McCarthy withdrew from the race before the Democratic convention.
• B) Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated after winning the California primary.
• C) pro-war vice president Hubert Humphrey won the Oregon and California primaries.
• D) militant leftist demonstrators at the Chicago convention caused a backlash in favor of Humphrey.
• E) public opinion turned back in favor of the war after the Tet offensive.

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Period of Stress

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