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Yes. The 1968 Democratic Convention was in Chicago, Ill and it was a disaster for the Democrats. In 1968; the Rev. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kennedy were murdered in the spring. The Tet offensive in South Vietnam was an embarrassment for President Lydon Baines Johnson and he decided not to run again for reelection. His Vice President Hubert Humphrey looked like a wimp. There were massive demonstrations in the street, (mainly by men of draft age who might be sent to Vietnam to fight in the war), and Mayor Richard Daley's police offices used strong arm tactics which looked like a police state. The country watched it all on television with horror and shock. It was no surprise when Republican candidate Richard Nixon was elected in November. The failure of the Democrats in Chicago made them look terrible. It was probably the worst national convention of any political party in the history of the USA.
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In 1968 antiwar protesters and police clashed outside the?
Democratic National Convention in Chicago Illinois .
What major events happened between 1929 1968?
slavery
What did protesters demand at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
In 1968 in the United States there was a strong element of the population who wanted to end the War in Vietnam immediately. Left wing groups such as the Weathermen and other anti war groups blamed the Democrat Party for instigating this war. LBJ had withdrawn from running again. The demonstrators called for the Democrat candidate for president to end the war.
What were Anti war movements accomplishment?
The sixties War Movement changed the way citizens of the United States viewed their government. Small protests grew massive and events like the Kent State killings and the 1968 Democratic Convention caused many Americans to began to question the motives for why the US was even in southeast Asia. As a positive byproduct of the movement, 18-year olds who were old enough to go to Vietnam and die due to the draft but not old enough to vote, were given suffrage.
What happened in 1968 to change the date of Veterans Day?
In 1968, the Uniform Holiday Bill Act was passed so that several national holidays would be observed on a Monday. The date of Veterans Day was moved to October 25, in 1971 which did not sit well with some of the veterans. In 1975, the date was moved back to November 11.
