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Height of Hippie Era
Throughout the whole decade of the 1960's, hippies had a strong prescence in America. Hippies were composed of mostly white teenagers and young adults between the ages of 15 and 25 years-old. Hippies criticized middle class values and opposed the Vietnam War. They had long hair and generally wore tie dye and anyting with a peace sign on it. -
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Sexual revolution
As living together before marriage and getting divorced became more accepted in the 1960s, the divorce rate went up, as did the number of children living with a single parent. -
Berlin Wall Construction Started
On August 13, 1961, a concrete wall dividing communist East Berlin from noncommunist West Berlin was starting to be constructed. It was called the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall became a symbol of the deepening Cold War divide. -
March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, about 250,000 people marched and stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial as Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony. -
Miranda Trial
This was the day that the U.S. Supreme court decided that the arrest of Ernesto Mirrnada was unconstitutional. This decision was made becasue the athourities did not inform Miranda of his right to an attorney and self-incrimination. In a series of controversial decisions, the Warren Court expanded the rights of the accused. It ensured that people placed under arrest be informed of their rights before questioning. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
On April 4, 1968 at 6:01 P.M., Martin Luther King Jr., a major civil rights leader, was hit by a sniper's bullet. King was standing on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee outside of his room. The bullet from a .30-caliber rifle entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. King was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. -
First Woodstock Festival
This music festival was one of the first major rock festivals in America. Many young Americans and hippies attended the event. The festival included musicians such as Santana, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and The Who, to name just a few. Jimi Hendrix was the last musician to play at Woodstock. -
Vietnamization
During President Nixon's transition into presidency he had to make a big decision. He had to decide what to do about the Vietnam war. Many troops died and people were ready to pull them from the war and "avoid allowing Johnson's war to become Nixon's war". Nixon didn't remove all troops immediately. Nixon believed losing the war could make communist believe they won and make them more aggressive. Nixon knew like in previous Vietnamese invasions if south Vietnam lost, cities would be slaughtered. -
War Powers Resolution
Congress reacted to Nixon’s activities in Cambodia by passing the War Powers Resolution. This resolution limits a president’s ability to send armed forces into combat. "The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C. 1541-1548)[1] is a federal law intended to check the President's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution; this provides -
Gender equality
Women worked to gain greater equality in the workplace and politics. In growing numbers, women entered professions that had once been dominated by males. Female workers were more dominant than men in the early 70's and they continued to work more and go to school to go into business, law, and medicine. Job owners would change the job title of female employees to offer lower salaries. -
Three Mile Island Accident
On March 28, 1979, an event occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant that caused people to question nuclear power. Nuclear reactor number 2 had a meltdown causing some radioactive gas to be released into the air. None of the local residents in the Harrisburg PA area were affected. Although no one was hurt in the incident people did question the stability and safety of a nuclear power plant. -
Lowest Point of Baby Boom
As The years went on there was a lower number of births. These fewer births caused longer life expectancies led to an aging of the U.S. population. As the population aged people started moving south to escape harsh winters and enjoy the sun. -
Supply-side economics
Reagan’s economic plan was based on supply-side economics. He cut taxes to stimulate business activity, arguing that this would boost the economy and produce jobs. Tax cuts and increased defense spending, however, led to large budget deficits and a huge national debt. The tax cuts were supposed to help businesses out by allowing them to produce products without being charged. Doing this makes more products enter the market and the government still collects taxes fro -
Nuclear freeze movement
Rising tensions with the Soviet Union increased fears of nuclear war. Activists brought books and information about nuclear bombs before town meetings, city councils, and state legislatures. They also made petitions for a nuclear freeze and collected signatures. The number of nuclear weapons was eventually significantly lowered. -
Middle East policy
Reagan sent U.S. peacekeeping forces to Lebanon. These troops helped secure the withdrawal of the Palestine Liberation Organization. But terrorist attacks later forced Reagan to pull the soldiers out. The soldiers were successful and Reagan later launched a peace initiative to try and earn peace in the middle east. -
George H. W. Bush (1988)
Bush was the 41st president of the US. Former president Reagan left office with a big debt. In 1988, Bush appealed to Reagan Republicans with his campaign pledges to expand the economy, not raise taxes, and create a “kinder, gentler” America. After a costly bailout to deal with the savings and loans crisis, he broke his no-taxes pledge in an effort to balance the federal budget. -
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, reducing nuclear missiles in Europe. U.S. pressure, along with economic and political problems at home, eventually caused the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. "The INF Treaty is the first nuclear arms control agreement to actually reduce nuclear arms, rather than establish ceilings that could not be exceeded. Altogether it resulted in the elimination by May 1991 of 846 longer- -
Clinton Impeached
As a moderate New Democrat, Clinton breathed new life into the Democratic coalition. In his second term, Clinton was impeached but not removed from office. Requiring a two-thirds majority for a conviction, only 50 senators (out of 100) voted guilty on the obstruction charge and 45 on the perjury charge. The Senate was 17 votes short of removing Clinton from office. -
Bush V Gore election
In the 2000 election, Al Gore led George W. Bush in the popular vote by a very thin margin. The Supreme Court decided the outcome, denying Gore’s demand for a recount in Florida. -
Terrorists Attack Twin Towers
September 11, 2001 is a memorable day in American History. This is the day that 2 planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City.
