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60s and 70s
Forrest gump once again participates in history by joining the armed forces and fighting off communistic force. The war in vietnam molded american foreign policy and set tone for 60s and 70s culture in america -
elvis dance
even as a youngster forrest gump made history by giving the signature dance move to elvis song hound dog. -
Movement
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desegregation
Desegregation of university of alabama in the supreme court case of Brown v board of education of topeka, kansas, it was ruled that laws relating to segregation facility were unconsitutional. -
Assisnation of Kenndy
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University of alabama
The university of alabama then had initate desegregation causing an uproar by thousands of whites and by george wallace. This event brought governor george wallace to the spotlight. -
War protest
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Hippies
The hippies were a big influence force in getting the soilders out of vietnam, a war that much of the people did not understand. Forrest gump ended up having superior knowledge over the war movement. -
Astronut
Forrest gump receives the medal of onor for his heroic feats at war. At the same year, america avheives the maincace of being the first nation to send astronuts to the moon. -
PIng Pong
forrest gump goes to china as part of the all american table ping pong team. He didn't only jolin the ping pong team because he was naturally good! It came in handy with oing pong diplomacy -
award
Forrest next visited the White House to receive the Medal of Honor. He is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics in returning to the front line to retrieve his fellow wounded soldiers during a battle in Vietnam. -
Water gate
The water gate scandal was figured out by gump. The scandal led to nixons registration, the presidency of gerald ford, and the changing ideas of executive privilede. The scandal also brought hate toward the republician party. -
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