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How many people were killed during the democratic national convention?
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What plank divide democratic delegates during the 1968 national convention?
It was called the peace plank. The peace plank sought to bring the war in Vietnam to a negotiated end. It was supported by delegates pledged to Eugene McCarthy and delegates who had been pledged to Robert F. Kennedy who w killed less than three months prior to the convention. It was opposed by the delegates of Hubert H. Humphrey, who became the nominee.
Who did Kennedy choose as his running mate?
Robert Kennedy was killed on the night that he won the Democratic Party primary in California before the Democratic Convention took place. He was never that nominee of the Democratic Party and consequently had no running mate.
What happened to the Democratic Party durinng the 1968 election?
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a complete disaster. Robert F. Kennedy was also shot and killed, and that ruined the Democrats' chance of winning the election because he would have probably been nominated by the Party. Nixon won later on in November. 1968 wasn't really a good year for the U.S. ... Tet, MLK, RFK, Dem. Convention, LBJ doesn't go for re-election, and then Nixon.
What convention killed the federalist party?
The Hartford Convention
Are Democratic presidents the only presidents who are attempted to get assassinated?
No. Reagan, for example, was shot during his term in office, though he wasn't killed.
What event happened in1968?
Many things happened in 1968. In April MLK was killed, in June Robert Kennedy was killed, the democratic convention had riots, the largest draft for the Vietnam war took place, it was the summer of love, and riots took place in many cities.
Why were states upset with the constitutional convention?
because he killed his son
What happened during the antiwar protests at Kent state University?
national guardsmen shot and killed four students
Who was shot on April 4 1968?
MLK was shot that day. In June of 1968 Bobby Kennedy was also killed while running for president. That summer it seemed as if we had lost two of our greatest men and the world was on fire with Vietnam, riots, and demonstrations at the Democratic convention.
Why was Napoleon sent to command the French forces in Italy?
It was a reward for his defense of the Directory at the Tuileries Palace where he used cannons and grapeshot against the Royalists on 5 October 1795. A total of 1,400 were killed and the National Convention was preserved.
What did shay's rebellion do to usher the constitutional convention?
it killed men since there was no gov't to stop them
When did the United States military use force on civilians?
There have been many instances of U.S. Armed Forces being called out to keep peace within America's borders since President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard to Little Rock to protect the nine Black college students trying to attend classes from jeering white students, the Illinois Nat Guard assaulted protestors and delegates during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, from 1966-1992 multiple National Guard Units trying to control rampaging crowds during the summer race riots in Detroit, Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, and other cities, along with the infamous Kent State University shooting in 1970 when the Ohio Guard fired a volley into crowd of student demonstrators that killed 4, and wounded 9.
