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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley is a well known singer/musician. He combined many different types of music together. He sung and played very uniquely for his time. -
Charlie
Charlie was what people called Viet Cong. It referred to communist forces in general. -
Segregated Busses
Segregated Buses was a main thing at this time. The 1948 executive order and this are decently similar. The order was to make it to where any race could serve in the military. In Forrest Gump that is where we see the segregated buses going to the military. They are similar because not every race would be able to go if it wasn't for the executive order. -
Vietnam War
The U.S. entered the Vietnam War because they wanted to stop the spread of Communism. It was a war many people were drafted into. -
Napalm
Napalm was so controversial because many photos got leaked showing that it commonly burned people and was burning children. -
SDS
The SDS was a socialist group who had a direct challenge. It mainly stood for Students for a Democratic Society. -
George Wallace
George Wallace was pro segregation he was not the best man. He is known for many things to do with segregation and had a very negative impact. He did not believe in Desegregation. -
Anti-War protests
It could have affected the American people watching the even. Watching these people protest could have changed others views. They could have seen everything else going on and didnt believe in it. -
Black Panthers
The black panthers was a very aggressive group. They were people who did not believe in sending people to war. They were socialists who founded the group for self defense. -
The Space Race
The space race was when America had the first people on the moon. They wanted to beat the Russians hence the name race, They did in fact beat the Russians as Aldrin and Armstrong were the first people on the moon. -
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
The Ping-Pong Diplomacy was when Americans went to China to play ping pong. They were the first Americans to be there in a while and it established a Diplomatic relationship. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate scandal was a break in to the democratic headquarters. This forced Nixon to resign from his presidency. -
Apple Computers
Apple was a technological company. Some of its very first inventions was computers etc. In the movie it talks about how Forrest invested into it and made quite a bit of money. It has rose even higher and higher in its time it has been active and is one of the biggest technology company to this day.
