Which of the following is true of the presidential election of 1964?

A) The election marked the first time since the Civil War that a Democratic presidential candidate did not carry the states of the Deep South.
B) The election temporarily turned relations between the United States and the Soviet Union into a minor issue in American politics.
C) The election gave Johnson a landslide victory, but it also gave him the most conservative Congress in history.
D) The election featured the most peaceful party conventions in twenty-five years.

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Prisca Mensah · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The election marked the first time since the Civil War that a Democratic presidential candidate did not carry the states of the Deep South. This was due to Johnson's support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which alienated many white Southern Democrats.

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