As the bus goes down the street you see protesters about the same age as you. The police have riot gear and are escorting the buses to the Induction Center. Cite evidence from the video to support your conclusion. At the Democratic Convention in Chicago in August 1968, the burning issue is the war in Vietnam. The candidates are Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who supports the war in Vietnam and Johnson's Great Society, and anti-war candidate Eugene McCarthy.
Demonstrators gather in Chicago's parks waiting to march on the convention hall.
Chicago's Mayor Daley orders police to control the anti-war protesters. Some demonstrators are beaten, many are arrested. Vice President Humphrey wins the Democratic nomination by a landslide but loses to Republican Richard Nixon in the 1968 election, by less than one percent of the vote. Describe the scene at the convention.