What was a major political consequence of the vietnam war?
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a. taxes were raised significantly to pay for the war.
b. the democratic party ran an anti-war candidate for president.
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c. anti-war violence broke out at the republican convention.
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d. johnson did not run for another term as president in 1968.

The correct answer is letter D.

Explanation: Despite Johnson's best efforts, the unrest in the black communities that was causing tension in the country, and the Vietnam War.

Controversy over the war became acute in late March 1968, when the president limited the bombing of North Vietnam to begin negotiations. At the same time, he surprised the world by abandoning his candidacy for his likely reelection so that he could devote himself entirely, without being hampered by politics, to the pursuit of peace.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”