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Election victory Flashcards

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why did bobby kennedy not want to join democratic presidential run and challenge johnson

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fear of splitting up the party
not having sufficient support

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when did bobby turn publically against the war and what was the impact of this

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may 1965 (probs during rolling thunder)
- led to him having a moral obligation to stop the war by running for president

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Why did Kennedy emerge as a stronger candidate?

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-Attacked both racial prejudice and riots, criticised rise of welfare and praised hard work
>Began win middle class support
-bobby stirred intense affection amongst crowds partly due glamour of K legacy

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two main factors for nixons 1968 win

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divisions in democrat party

silent majoritys growing hatred for changes and protests (that nixon appealed to !)

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who was McCarthy

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liberal convinced to run for 1968 democrat party
- favoured by those in college
- anti-war
- ran against johnson

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McCarthy vs Johnson - what were the votes - what did this mean

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johsnon - 49%
McCarthy - 42%
incredibly low for a current president - showed how weak he was to lib dems
tempted bobby to run !

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how did Kennedys death change bobby and his image

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developed unique empathy with poor and many saw this
- support of mexican-american farmworkers in California
- native Americans smitten when he investigated appalling poverty situation ‘we trusted him, we had faith in him’

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how did bobby describe America - two separate places

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‘a prosperous white one’ and the ‘dark hopeless place’ where they had been forgotten by johnson due to Vietnam

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how did McCarthy seem compared to bobby

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cold, distant, cruel
- failed to relate to minorities or
speak on kings assassination

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what did b Kennedy say about losing Oregon

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‘theres nothing for me to get hold of, lets face it, I appeal best to people who have problems’

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why did liberals dislike Kennedy joining race

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already asked McCarthy
would lead to split in liberal vote and open way for nomination of Vice President Humphrey who was loyal to Johnson and his policies

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12
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did Kennedy or McCarthy win

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Kennedy

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13
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who assassinated b Kennedy

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disturbed Palestinian who thought he was too pro Israel

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examples of how there was dissilussionment for political process

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  • ‘I won’t vote.they kill every good man we get’
  • yippies called for young ppl to come to Chicago to disrupt democratic national convention
  • below 60% turnout for election
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Nickname for middle America

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The silent majority

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pigasus

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yippies produced squealing pig and announced he was their presidential canididate and spread rumour they were putting LSD in water supply

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how did mayor Daley respond to the 10,000 yippies in Chicago

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mobilised force of 12,000 officers

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what happened in Chicago with the police

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yippies threw bags of urine at officers
they removed their badges and retaliated, shouting ‘kill, kill,kill’

protestors beaten

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what happened inside the convention hall

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johnson and Humphrey had control and manipulation of the convention so Humphrey won even tho he didn’t win any primaries

  • democrats infuriated and took to platform to nominate McGovern and one said with McGovern, they wouldn’t have gestapo tactics on streets of Chicago
  • Daley respond ‘fuck you, you jew son of a bitch’ - lipreader ensured

headlines features Daley and democrat divisions

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impact of the Chicago convention hall night in 1968 (3)

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  • reminded voters how much violence had grown in democratic Johnsons presidency - helped law and order Nixon
  • Nixon shot ahead in polls
  • many democrats weakened by Humphreys campaign (McCarthy refused to endorse him), many angry he wasn’t anti-war, continued to attack him and disrupt meeting because they hated him more than Nixon
21
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who ran independently for election

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former democrat governor Wallace (the guy who switched to racist when running in Alabama and called for segregation
appealed to Deep South due to racism and northern white wc

22
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why did Nixon win repub nomination

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  • won over party loyalists during his ‘retirement’ through fundraising and campaigning
  • knew party needed moderate candidate after Barry Goldwater in 1964 election
  • old guard repubs liked his communist views, liberals liked his domestic views
  • former vp for Eisenhower - associated with prosperity of those years
  • highly effective attacks on johnson throughout 1967-68
23
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nixons campaign slogan

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‘for these critical years, America needs new leadership’

24
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why did diff types of republicans like nixon

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‘old guard’ liked his strong anti-communist views
moderate and liberals liked his position on domestic views

25
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how ,much of the population was middle America

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55%

26
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2 factors for Nixon winning middle America

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  • promises and policies
  • southern strategy and sun belt

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27
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what were Nixons 3 promises and policies

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  • peace with honour in Vietnam
  • restore law and order in cities (reiterated facts like ppl get raped every 20 minutes etc)
  • less and cheaper govt (many hoped he would dismantle democrat welfare state)
28
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sun belt

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states in south/southeast and southwest with warm climates

29
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why were more ppl moving to sun belts

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  • air conditioning made it habitable
  • expansion of interstate highways made them more accessible
30
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why did Nixon want to appeal to sun belt voters

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knew its importance was growing
population had doubled in 20 years

high tech industries booming there

31
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how did Nixon appeal to sun belt voters

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  • after johnson ended segregation many whites didn’t feel at home - wooed by Nixon saying he wanted to stop Johnsons policy to cut off federal funds to school districts that refused to desegregate
  • new federalism
  • many disliked liberal intellectuals from north - Nixon social conservative and disliked elite
32
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southern strategy

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nixons plan to win southern voters from democrats

33
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new federalism

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redirect power from congress to federal bureaucracy , and back to states and local communities
- could then spend money how they wanted on education etc

34
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Did Nixon’s southern strategy work?

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Yes, in 1972 he won every southern state

35
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Why did Eisenhower now support Nixon in 1968

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Their grandchildren became engaged in 1967
nixons daughter Julie and his grandson David :)
- provided glamour that Nixon lacked

36
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What was the popular vote % In 1968

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Nixon 43.4%, Humphrey 42.7%

37
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what did Nixon promise to racist sun belters

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slow pace of degresgation

38
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how did nixons campaigning improve from 1960

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  • didn’t exhaust himself with too many appearances
  • everyone knew him so appeared as a statesman, very dignified and experienced with large audiences
  • campaign concentrated on edited televised footage of question sessions with ordinary voters who he could handle with ease
39
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who was’nixons nixon’

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Spiro Agnew
- used for dirty work the way Nixon was during IKE

40
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who was the vp for Nixon

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Spiro Agnew

41
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what was controversial about Spiro Agnew

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  • racist
  • when you’ve seen one slum you’ve seen them all
  • appealed to middle America and right wing repubs
42
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what was the turnout for 68 election

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under 60%

43
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who was national security advisor

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Kissinger

44
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who did Nixon work closely with on foreign policy matters

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Kissinger - national security advisor

45
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who did he make Secretary of State

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William Rodgers who knew little about foriegn policy but was his old friend and supporter

46
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who physically controlled access to Nixon

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Haldeman and Ehrilchman
Haldeman was chief of staff
E - domestic affairs advisor

47
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Who was John Mitchell

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headed CREEP and was the one who approved wire-taps and tried to block publication of pentagon papers - antagonistic towards press like Nixon

48
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CREEP

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committee to reelect the president

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