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Question: Violent Events in 1968!?
What were some violent events that made 1968 a radical year in American history!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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1968 - Martin Luther King Jr!. assassinated
1968 - Presidential candidate Robert F!. Kennedy assassinated
1968 - The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive
1968 - Civil Rights Act of 1968
1968 - U!.S!. signs Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
1968 - United States presidential election, 1968
1969 - Richard Nixon becomes PresidentWww@QuestionHome@Com

Massive riots at the Democratic convention in Chicago were busted up by Chicago mayor Richard Daley!. Watching the coverage of that after the deaths of MLK and RFK, along with Vietnam, made a lot of people support a peace and order candidate, Richard Nixon!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Prison riots in 1968
Race riots in 1968
Vitenam WarWww@QuestionHome@Com

The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy, for starters!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Martin Luther King, Jr!. and Robert F!. Kennedy were both assassinated that year!.Www@QuestionHome@Com