The Summer Sweepstakes Election of 1968
RQ 1960s Part 3
1 Which Democratic Candidate in the Election of 1968 defeats the sitting President due to his Anti-War stance on Vietnam?
2 Four Days later who enters the race for the Democratic Parties nomination?
3 What does LBJ do in response?
The Summer Sweepstakes—election of 1968
4 Who is LBJs VP who begins to run for the Democratic nomination?
5 Who wins the Democratic Primary in California and is seen as the likely winner in 1968?
6 Who is killed April 4, 1968—where?
7 What is the name of the speech given the night before this person was shot and killed?
8 What happens immediately following this assassination in over 100 cities across America?
9 What happens to the person who spoke out against violence and proposed peace in Vietnam ---and was considered to be the next President easily winning in 1968---the night of his victory in the Democratic Primary in California?
The Crazy Democratic Convention in Chicago—1968
10 What happens outside the convention?
11 Who is responsible for attacking reporters and confiscating their cameras and film?
12 Who is the infamous 3rd Party candidate in 1968 who pledges an END TO INTEGRATION AND TO NUKE THE VIETNAMESE---YET WINS THE MOST POPULAR VOTES OF ANY 3RD PARTY CANDIDATE IN US HISTORY?
13 Who wins the Election of 1968?
14 How many total popular votes were cast for just Humphrey and Nixon---and what was the total difference?
15 To what group does Nixon credit his victory being due to their support?
16 What “strategy” does Nixon begin---that foreshadows a dramatic change in the dominance of Southern politics and which party will benefit coming especially later in 1980 and still today?
The obituary of Lyndon Johnson
17 What event kills Johnson?
18 What unique economic term associated with the 1970s in America is seen to be brought on by LBJs policies to spend so much Government $$$ on Social Programs and Fighting a War at the Same time?
The Cultural Upheaval of the 1960s
19 Which two groups dominate the Counter-culture of the 1960s –
the non-political group is called ______
the very political group is called______
20 What is the Greatest Legacy of the 1960s according to my notes?***huge***
21 Where does SDS begin and who authors the “Port Huron Statement?”
22 Which “thinker-critic” is the greatest influence on SDS?
23 What does SDS want the two major political parties to “focus” on in the future?
24 The “heart” of many of the coming revolutionary movements for change being in SDS name two?
25 What is the name of the “terrorist” organization that splits off from SDS in the late 1960s and is put on trial in Chicago?
The Struggles
26 What three (3) issues are seen as the flash points of struggle during the 1960s?
A
B
C
27 “A negative attitude towards ______took hold?”
28 Where does the 1st protest of “main stream” American youth occur and---who leads the protest and what is it called?
Where-
Who-
Name-
29 What 1950s movement is seen as the prime influence of the HIPPIES?
30 WHAT TWO (2) EVENTS ARE SEEN AS THE SYMBOLS OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT?
1967-
1969-
31 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE “RIOTS” WHICH BEGIN THE “COMING OUT” OF THE PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF THE LGBT movement in 1969 and where do they take place?
Name-
Place-
32 Where does the fight move –from the streets to the ______in the 1970s as more “movements copy the successful African-American Civil Rights movement?
33 What are the 3 Ps that are the supposed causes of so much of the upheaval of the 1960s?
34 What Group witnesses a breakdown of “law and order” and denounces the protesters in the 1960s?
35 What “great question” is posed here?
36 What is my answer?
37 Name three (3) pieces of evidence that I use to support my answer?
38 What do I claim is Our American Identity?
39 Name three (3) of the “Freedom Fighters” I mention from the 1960s?
39 What is the legacy of the 1960s according to my notes?