What Was Eugene McCarthy's Main Issue During His Challenge to Lyndon

question 31

Multiple Choice

What was Eugene McCarthy's main issue during his challenge to Lyndon Johnson for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination?

• A) presence of communists in the State Department
• B) war in Vietnam
• C) war on poverty
• D) an appeal to the "silent majority" of Americans
• E) the white backlash

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