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Dan Watt
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1968 A Turbulent Year

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Multiple Choice
What is Tet?
a minority group in Vietnam
The leader of South Vietnam
The Vietnamese New Year
The last French stronghold in Vietnam
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Multiple Choice
The Tet offensive was important because it showed...
The US could win if they Vietcong came out to fight
The Vietcong were still launching attacks after 4 years of fighting against the US
the South Vietnamese Government really knew how to throw a party
America was close to winning the war
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Multiple Choice
After Lyndon Johnson dropped out
of the 1968 Presidential race,
who was the only "HAWK"?
Bobby Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
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Multiple Choice
Where was the 1968 Democratic Nation Convention held?
Cleveland, Ohio
New York City, New York
Greensboro Alabama
Chicago Illinois
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Multiple Choice
Bobby Kennedy did not win the 1968 election because ...
of his anti war stance
of his pro civil rights stance
he was seen as a spoiled rich kid
he was assassinated
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Multiple Choice
Why was the two African American athletes raising the Black Power symbol at the Olympics such a big deal?
They had won 1st & 3rd place
It was in Mexico
The whole world was watching
It was the summer Olympics.
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Multiple Choice
Which statement is correct
about the 1968 Presidential election?
Bobby Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey defeated Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon defeated Eugene McCarthy
Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey
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Multiple Choice
In the 1968 election,
who ran as an independent candidate
on a platform of States Rights and Pro Segregation,
winning 45 electoral votes?
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Bobby Kennedy
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Poll
Who would you have voted for in the 1968 election? (think about why?)
Bobby Kennedy
(D)
Eugene McCarthy
(D)
Hubert Humphrey
(D)
George Wallace
(I)
Richard Nixon (R)
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Poll
Consider this possiblility,
if Bobby Kennedy was not assassinated in June of 1968,
he could have been the Democratic candidate
versus Richard Nixon the Republican candidate.
JFK had narrowly beaten Nixon in 1960,
what if RFK had to go against Nixon in 1968?
Kennedy wins again!
Nixon has his revenge!
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