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Child Abuse
southern U.S culture got lots of parents into bad conditions, resulting in child abuse. Cases like this is what got the temperance movement to start. -
Elvis Presley " Hound Dog"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is.
It was simultaneously number one on the US pop, country, and R&B charts in 1956. Presley's 1956 RCA recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988, and it is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's-500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. -
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Desegregation of the University of Alabama.
Brown v. Board of Education ruled that laws relating to segregated facilities were unconstitutional. The University of Alabama had to initiate desegregation causing a lot of uproar between whites and governor George Wallace. Exhibits how America was moving to a land of opportunity. -
JFK Assassination.
negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress. He helped minorities a lot and started to draft the civil rights act of 1964. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FCqjClIxuU -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Advocated by Lyndon B. Johnson is honor of JFK. Gave civil rights to many minorities, especially African Americans. outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Enters Vietnam war
There is trouble at home and away. US fought to contain communism. The war lasted long and was costly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9PNAUjDnGU -
Space RACE
There was a race of who will get to the moon first. Russia beat the US to the moon and US went second. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxpC-8f--xo -
Hippies
A big influence in soldiers getting out of the war. Wanted peace.
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All American Tennis/ Ping Pong Team
An effort by US government to start better diplomatic relations with communist China. Nixon termed it as Ping- Pong Diplomacy" where a mutual sport can achieve mutual respect. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/connie-sweeris-ping-pong-diplomat-1094661/ -
Watergate scandal
Led to Nixon's resignation, the presidency of Gerald Ford, and the changing ideals of executive privileges. The scandal also brought hate to the Republican party, most probably causing the election of Jimmy Carter about 5 years later.
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Apple Computers
Changing times of the 70s where the soon to be popular apple macintosh was made. The making of this computer further lead to today's computer technology such as the internet, video, pictures, and video games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH-g9SyX4S0
