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Klu Klux Klan
Forrest Gump claims that his mother named him after the civil war hero Nathan Bedford Forrest. This man was the person who founded the Klu Klux Klan during the 1800's. the Klu Klux Klan was a group of American people that hated African Americans, Jews, immigrants, gays, lesbians, and recently Catholics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLtp7QjVYPo -
apple
Forrest Gump comes across the brand new company apple. him and lieutenant Dan decides to invest into the company because they didn't want to worry about money. Apple is an American multinational company that designs, develops and sells consumer electronics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNa4EMUWnAc -
Gump invents the famous Elvis Presley dance.
by dancing to his version of Hound dog while Elvis was playing the song to him. while Forrest was walking with his mom he saw Elvis on television doing his dance while Elvis was performing Hound Dog. Elvis Presley was an American Singer and actor, he was one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century.
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Forrest Gump joins the Vietnam war.
the Vietnam war was one of the Greatest wars of the 20th century. This war was a big deal to America because this was the first war the U.S lost and because the government was keeping secrets from the citizens of America. the Vietnam War was a conflict that occured in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia from November 1st 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30th 1975. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34sWazk-ZrU -
In southern states schools were slowly but surely getting desegregated
Forrest was there when George Wallace tried to stop a black couple from entering the university of Alabama. Also the movie shows the attempted murder on Wallace which got him paralyzed. George Wallace was a American Politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1tTCk2Kks -
president Kennedy
Forrest meets president Kennedy as an all american with the university of Alabama football team. A couple of days later Forrest was watching television when the news showed how President Kennedy got assassinated. president Kennedy was our 35th president of the United States from January 1961 to November 1963. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95UqgyJFX-I -
back from Vietnam Forrest as a war veteran.
Forrest meets the hippies that were counter culture and the black panthers group. hippies were people who support freedom and peace but while also be doing their own free thing like drugs and spiritual practices. the Black Panther group was a group of Black members who wanted to fight for self defense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMzk89bYjiQ -
First U.S moon landing
Forrest was watching television when the first U.S moon landing was shown on television. the U.S moon landing was a big victory for the U.S and NASA because they defeated USSR and showed them that the U.S was the best with new technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZb2mqId0A -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Forrest receives the Medal of Honor because of his courage for joining the Vietnam war he receives the reward from president Johnson. Johnson was our 36th president, he was president for 1963-1969 he served as a democrat. until he got murdered and then JFK took his place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWd3T1xjec -
smiley face
Forrest Gump ran for 3 years 2 months 14 days and 16 hours and while he was running a man asked him for a t-shirt logo and Forrest wiped his muddy face on the t-shirt and in time the t-shirt became a very famous shirt in the 70's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOHr85z9k64 -
John Lennon & The Beatles
In the movie Forrest Gump is asked to sit in on a television interview with John Lennon and Dick Carret. John Lennon was one of the founders of the Beatles. the Beatles was very famous in the pop culture in the 60's and the 70's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I118vDBRRk -
Forrest Gump stays at the Watergate complex.
which leads to Forrest watching the burglars breaking into one of the hotel rooms to steal reports for the presidential election. This Historical event was important because the was the first president to resign and because he lied under oath. The Watergate Scandal was a Major Political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970s, following a break-in by five men at the DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aZ8vNagvks -
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Jenny starts to do cocaine and heroin and she has the chance to catch HIV. Clubs were marked by the birth of the disco balls and the boom in drugs.
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Hurricane Carmen hits the southern USA including Bayou La Batre
This hurricane hit the Southern Region, and the people who sold fish, crabs, and crawfish had a decrease in sales because they suffered the ecological effects after the hurricane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9zcxt0oCGM -
Jenny and Forrest
Jenny and Forrest got married after Forrest found out that Jenny had his first and only son. A couple months later Jenny died from HIV/AIDS because the was the first outbreak and the doctors didn't know how to treat it at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y82XfJyXmw
