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”I shall not seek, and I will not accept …”
”I shall not seek, and I will not accept …”
On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson stunned the nation by announcing he would not seek re-election. Watch his speech.
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”I shall not seek, and I will not accept …”
Watch Democrats campaigning in the 1960 U.S. presidential primaries
Did anyone in the U.S. government not support the Civil War?
Analyze the effects of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed under the Lyndon Johnson administration during the Vietnam War
Discover the truth about the Hessians, the German mercenary soldiers who assisted the British during the American Revolutionary War
Examine how demonstrations against the Vietnam War led President Lyndon Johnson to not seek reelection
Watch “I Like Ike” the animated 1952 U.S. presidential election campaign commercial for Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hear William Jennings Bryan deliver his “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention
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