Why did President Johnson decide not to run for reelection in 1968? Public opposition to the Vietnam War had made him unpopular. Public support for the Vietnam War had made him unpopular. He had already served two terms as US president. His speech at the Democratic National Convention had prompted violence.

Thomas jefferson was important in the revolutionary era because a) he wrote much of the declaration of independence. b) he was elected the president of the continental congress. c) his philosophies were used in the influential pamphlet common sense. reactivate d) his leadership and moral stand lead to the colonies to fight for the abolition of slavery.