29.5 The Traumas of 1968
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Tet Offensive, effect of TV coverage:
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The Communists were slaughtering the US, and the event was broadcasted, halting war support. (REAL WAR)
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Democrats in the 1968 election -- Johnson's decision not to run for re-election, Eugene McCarthy, Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey
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Carthy is popular, Kennedy is representing the underrepresented peoples, and Humphrey seems to be winning. LBJ And Carthy are opponents: CARTHY IS ANTIWAR. SO IS KENNEDY.
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MLK's assassination [April 1968] and riots:
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43 people dead due to the riots from the blacks.
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Robert Kennedy's assassination [June 1968] and the \"Kennedy legacy\":
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Sirhan assassinated Kennedy! But Rob. got more support b/c of him supporting the underdogs!
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1968 Democratic National Convention [August 1968] - \"riots?\"
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Lots of riots, and support for Humphrey is declining b/c of the war. Infighting, civil war in the party.
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[review the 1968 Electoral College map on p.804] George Wallace and the American Independence Party
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Wallace is a pro-Conservative, far-right American Independent Party. Also, Nixon takes everywhere but the South & some east states.
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Richard Nixon - what did he stand for?; slogans: the \"silent majority\", \"law and order\" - a shift in priorities for the American electorate?
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Nixon: Stands for Midwest conservatives, stability, and law and order.
