Former Nixon speechwriter Pat Buchanan considers 1968 one of the most divisive years in American history because Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
The aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968 led to the enactment of the equal housing bill.
It also plummeted the trust and ability of the United States to play mediatory roles in international politics.
It ended the Civil Rights Movement and left African Americans without a charismatic leader like Martin Luther King.
Thus, the divisiveness was detrimental to the evolution of the United States as a world leader.
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The reason why Buchanan saw this year as the most divisive is because of the Vietnam war and the civil rights war in the United States.
From the onset of the Vietnam war, many Americans disagreed with their government's involvement in the war. They did not see it as their war.
Back in the country, the civil rights war was raging. People were been outspoken against segregation, discrimination, racism, and inequality.
The divisiveness at the time was necessary to build a stronger nation that would give rise to laws that would be more favorable to all of the people.
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