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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks sparked this boycott with her refusal to give up her seat for a white passenger on the bus.
Relates to Key Concept 8.2: I A
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Elvis Presley
This event is one of the most well known in Elvis's history as he also sang jail house rock one of his top albums. Elvis's career sky rocketed from this event onward. In the film Forrest Gump young Forrest dances to Ain't nothing but a hound dog with his leg braces on giving the artist the idea for his famous dance.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. In the film, Forrest was enlisted and sent to fight in Vietnam.
Relates to Key Concept 8.1:II B
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University of Alabama
Three black students wanted to attend the University of Alabama. The President ended the segregation of schools. The president had to order the national guard to force Wallace to step aside and allow the students to enter the school making them the first African American students to ever attend the university. In the film Forrest witnesses this event and ends up on national television.
Relates to Key Concept 8.2B
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Lyndon B. Johnson and The Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Forrest meets President Johnson and is awarded the Medal of Honor for his valiant effort in Vietnam. -
President Kennedy Assasination
The president was assassinated in Dallas Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. The assassination of the president was a tremendous disturbance to the American people as it was the first in many Americans life times, the man who assassinated him was killed by Jack Ruby before his trial. Both men claimed to be acting alone. In the film Forrest watches the assassination on TV.
Relates to Key Concept 8.3A
[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-assassinated] -
The Black Panther Party
This revolutionary group known as the Black Panther Party was a group that believed in equal rights for African Americans. The group expressed their desire for equal rights through a rhetoric military posture. The way that this came up in the movie is when Jenny takes Forrest to meet her friends or the crowd taht she is now hanging around with which turn out to be part of the Black panther organization.
Relates to Key Concept 8.2D
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Robert F Kennedy Assasination
This happened right after the brother of Robert Kennedy the president of the united states was assassinated. He was running for president and was killed shortly in his hotel room, during his campaign. In the film, Forrest mentions this event right after mentioning the death of president Kennedy. -
The Hippie Movement
The Hippie Movement was a very big deal in the 1960's they were against many things including war. This protest in Washington DC was strictly against the Vietnam War and pulling U.S troops out of Vietnam. Forrest makes a speech at this protest from his experience as a soldier that fought in the Vietnam war.
Relates Key Concept 8.1: II B
[http://allthatsinteresting.com/a-brief-history-of-hippies] -
Watergate Scandal
This scandal involved a break into the Democratic National Committees headquarters at the Washington Complex in Washington D.C. Nixon was found to have knowledge of the Scandal and of what was happening in the oval office. But there were gaps in the tapes, Nixon was found to be withholding evidence; after this event the president resigned to avoid impeachment. In the film, Forrest witnesses the break in at the Wingate Hotel.
Relates to Key Concept 8.2E
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Ping Pong Diplomacy
The term ping pong diplomacy comes from the event when and American table tennis table player named Glenn Cowan missed his bus and had to ride with the Chinese team and he talked with them. After this event the American government agreed to use the ping pong team for foreign affairs by playing against the Chinese team. In the film Forrest is on the American Ping Pong team and participates in games against China. -
Apple Computer Company
Apple Computer company was created in the year 1975 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. In this year, Apple computers were first invented in the form of video terminal that could log on to the minicomputers at Call Computer. In the film Forrest gets a letter in the mail from Apple inc, in regards to his share in stock in their company and how it began to take flight.
Relates to Key Concept 8.3A
[https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/history-of-apple-steve-jobs-mac-3606104/] -
John Lennon Interview
John Lennon is a famous beetles singer that was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman. Lennon's criticism was so harsh against the Nixon administration that they tried to have him deported back to England so that he wouldn't cause any more trouble. In the film, Forrest is interviewed along side Lennon in a TV interview before Lennon was killed.
