A Political Turning Point

Question 1

Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968?

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James Earl Ray

Question 2

What did protestors do at the Democratic National Convention in 1968?

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They chanted and threw objects at the police outside the hall.

Question 3

Which occurred in the wake of King’s assassination in 1968?

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Riots broke out in more than one hundred cities across the United States as people grieved.

Question 4

In April of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. had come to Memphis to speak in support of

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a labor strike.

Question 5

best

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Kennedy opposed the Vietnam War.

Question 6

Who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968?

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Sirhan Sirhan

Question 7

Martin Luther King Jr. not only worked for civil rights, but he also spoke out

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against poverty in the United States.

Question 8

What was one reason Richard Nixon won the presidential election of 1968?

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Nixon promised to end the Vietnam War.

Question 9

The crisis at the Democratic National Convention marked a breakdown in

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law and order.

Question 10

Richard Nixon was a president who

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inherited overwhelming national challenges.

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