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Outline
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1968
  • Worst Year in U.S. History?
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TET Offensive, January- February
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New Hampshire Primary:
“Clean for Gene”
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RFK Enters the Race
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LBJ Steps Down
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He had a dream
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April 4: James Earl Ray
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Riot Time
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Columbia University SDS Take Over
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California Primary, June
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1968 Democratic Convention
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Youth International Party:
Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey:
Johnson’s Stooge?
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1968 Candidates
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Issues
  • Vietnam
  • Civil Rights
  • Protests and Riots
  • “Law and Order”
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Nixon’s Resurrection
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Nixon’s Promises
  • Secret Plan
  • Peace With Honor
  • A Generation of Peace
  • Silent Majority
  • Bring Us Together
  • Law and Order
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George Corley Wallace:
Alabama Segregationist
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Stand Up for America!
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Wallace’s Gaffe:
General Curtis LeMay
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American Independent Party Ticket
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Nixon’s Ploy: 1968
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168 Election Results
  • Nixon 31,275,165 (43.3%) 302 electoral
  • Humphrey 31,266,006 (42.7%) 191
  • Wallace 9,906,473 (14%) 46
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1968?