Describe the turmoil within the democratic party in 1968. how did richard nixon and george wallace exploit this turmoil and the general national mood in the 1968 presidential election?

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.

it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939