Question

Why did thousands of protesters gather in Grant Park near the site of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

Answer 1

Answer:

to garner public support for ending the war in Vietnam.

Explanation:

In 1967, counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups had been promising to come to Chicago and disrupt the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. For eight days the protesters were met by the Chicago Police Department in the streets and parks of Chicago while the U.S. Democratic Party met at the convention in the International Amphitheater, with the protests climaxing in what a major report later said was a "police riot" on the night of August 28, 1968.