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The US Election of 1968 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 64 times
- The average score is 12 of 15
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| For which party did the winning candidate run for? | Republican | 98%
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| Who was the winning candidate? | Richard Nixon | 98%
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| Which controversial war was raging at the time? | Vietnam War | 92%
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| Who was the incumbent that withdrew early in the primaries? | Lyndon B. Johnson | 91%
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| Who was the conservative challenger to the winning president in the primaries, who later became president himself? | Ronald Reagan | 91%
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| Which party did the main opposing candidate run for? | Democratic | 89%
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| Who was the main opposing party's candidate? | Hubert Humphrey | 87%
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| Who became vice president? | Spiro Agnew | 83%
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| Where was the location of one party's National Convention, where anti war protests turned into riots that may have contributed to the party's loss in the election? | Chicago | 81%
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| Who was the third party's candidate? | George Wallace | 81%
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| What did the winning candidate promise to restore? (Perhaps in response to the riots above) | Law and Order | 70%
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| What was the winning candidate's home state? | New York | 70%
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| Who was the opposing vice presidential candidate? | Edmund Muskie | 49%
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| What was the newly formed third party in this election? | American Independent | 45%
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| What was the closest state? | Missouri (1.15%) | 30%
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