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TV
TV really seemed to start to become more useful in the 1950’s they broadcasted the presidential stuff in the 50’s and other shows that became very popular for leisure. Other shows like I love Lucy, Lassie and the Andy Griffith Show cam on later in the years. -
Korean War
The Korean war took place against North Korea and South Korea along the 38th parallel. This war lasted till 1950, through 1953. Today they still are separated by the DMZ. -
Rock n' Roll
This was first used in 1951 by Alan Freed with the song called “My Baby Rocks” this kind of music involves strong rhythm used an electric guitar and involving different kinds of music. Like the Blues and the Jazz. -
Disneyland
Now an amusement park that had shown, movies, and is still is a very popular entertainment business today, has lasted for 50 years since the 1950’s The guy who created Disney started out with the Disney mouse as the first character. It all started out as a cartoon business and is now one of the main attractions in America. -
Sputnik
The first artificial Space engine this was made by the USSR to put something in space. This happened in 1957, size of a beach ball. This was occurred during the time of the cold war. Because the US and the USSR were race to see what they could get done first like the first thing in to space. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X-Human rights Activist who was assassinated near the end of his life. He is viewed as one of the most influential African Americans ever. He was also a Muslim Minister, and people accused him of preaching racism and other bad things. Malcolm wasn’t rich when he was growing up but, he worked with what he had. -
JFK
JFK was a president in the 1950’s one of the younger presidents in the election. But his 4 years was shortly denied when he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. He had a lot of potential and stopped world at War with the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This crisis was probably our closest encounter with world at war. The USSR put bomb in Cuba which is very close to us, closer than Russia so we put borders Naval Blockades and if Russia would of crossed that invisible line. We might have a completely different history than what we have. -
Lee Harvey Oswald
The man who assassinated JFK who had a pretty rough childhood. His dad died at two and went bad from there. He lived in New Orleans when he killed JFK with a Sniper shot to the neck then to the head. He was arrested by the Dallas police. -
First man on the moon
The first man on the moon was Lance Armstrong sent by America. After JFK promised to put a man on the moon because of the USSR and when they put the first thing in Space. “One small step for Man, One huge step for Mankind”(Lance Armstrong). -
Abortion
In the 1970’s Abortion started to become a big problem in the 70’s. They started to have trails in the Supreme Court on whether or not in were constitutional. They still argue today, even though it happens still. Both sides are very passionate about their sides and we still haven’t come to consensus yet. -
Kent State
In 1970 Students were protesting against the Vietnam War and the National Guard started firing bullets. Then suddenly a guard started shooting at students killing four of them and injuring several others. -
Nixon Resigns
In the 70’s Nixon lost a lot of political support. And on the verge of being impeached so he said he would resign for the good of this country. -
Jonestown Massacre
One of the worst massacres America has ever seen. Deep in Southern America a Healer and a Pastor Killed 900 people in one time. 33 people survived and they were the ones who didn’t want to go to church anymore. He killed all of those people in the village, and now there is really nothing there anymore just overgrown bushes. -
3 Mile Island
3 Mile Island was just a big accident. A nuclear meltdown that was a bit of a scare for a while. There was communication issue. This occurred in two of the United States. -
Mt. Saint Helen
Erupted in the 80’s one of the big eruptions, and the biggest volcano explosion. This eruption was devastating. It has a monument today for that volcano. They said it won’t usually have an eruption like that again. -
Rap Music
Is a favorite type of music in the 2010. One of the best songs were Golddigger by Kanye West. Other examples are; Rapper’s Delight by Sugar Hill Gang’s, Peter Piper by Run DMC’s, Ain’t Nutt’n But G Thang by Snoop dogg, My Name is (Slim Shady) by Eminem, Missy Eliot “work it”, Soulja Boy’s “Crank That (Soulja Boy), ect. -
Crack Cocaine
Drug that is illegal, and also that people still use a lot today. This drug makes you have supreme confidence, Euphoria, and Insomnia at times. Crack Cocaine is a more addictive form of crack -
Star Wars
One of the first monumental movies in the 80’s. Directed by George Lucas, one of the first space movies, or one of the movies that was fictional. Star wars was a big hit and has lasted into today. Star Wars has many byproducts from its original saga. But still is a great movies to watch. -
Chernobyl
A huge accident in the Ukraine, a nuclear reactor explosion which did a lot of damage. No one lives their today because of the radiation leaks that have happened there. It is truly unsafe to go there. This was a serious mistake by the plant operators. Soviets said that the workers were inadequetly trained. -
Berlin Wall
In the 80’s the Berlin Wall which divided the west side and the east side of the of Berlin. This wall was destroyed of course in the 80’s after the cold war was over. This wall also separated the communist side versus the other side that other people typically liked better. -
OJ Simpson
Was a great football player and after he retired he was a football broadcaster and a actor. In the 90’s he was convicted for murder of his wife. -
Y2K
This was a huge that all computers would turn off and they would have no working water no heat and have to go back to times when they had to make a fire and survive without it. Many people were worried that the computers were not going to translate from the 1999 to the 2000’s. So they had a meeting before this would happen. Many people would die if this would happen hospital would turn off and everything would panic at first. -
Gulf War
This was one of the most effective wars of the Americas with the amount of the people that died in this war this was the war in a Iraq. This war was pretty short ended quickly but still lead on in the 2000’s. -
Gay Marriage
Same-sex marriages were first made legal in the U.S. in Massachusetts in 2003, when the state’s highest court ruled that the Massachusetts Constitution gives gays and lesbians the right to marry. Legislatures in other states, including Illinois and Nevada, are in the midst of debates in 2013 over whether to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. In addition, the Supreme Court in 2013 will rule on two important same-sex marriage cases, opening the possibility of national change. -
Shoe Bomber
Two months after 9/11, Richard Reid attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his sneakers on an American Airlines flight from Paris, France to Miami, Florida. Passengers frustrated his plan, and the plane landed safely in Boston Massachusetts. On the flight carrying 197 people, the passengers and crew saw Reid trying to light a fuse and subdued him by tying him to his seat. A doctor on board administered a tranquilizer. Reid was a British citizen and converted to Islam. -
9/11
On September 11, 2001 a nineteen terrorist hijacked four US planes, crashing two of the planes into the Twin Towers and the Third plane into the Pentagon. When we learned about the attacks, passengers and crew members on the fourth plane attempted to commandeer control, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in Western Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people were killed on that day. It was the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American Soil. -
Tsunami in Asia
The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. The resulting tsunami was given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, South Asian tsunami, Indonesian tsunami, and the Boxing Day tsunami. The earthquake was caused by the Burma Plate was subducted by the Burma Plate and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coast and killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries. -
Japan Earthquake
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 has jolted northeastern Japan, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tokyo Electric Power Co’s two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no new irregularities after the quake, Kyodo news agency said. About 15,647 died and 3,006 were injured. -
Massacre at Theatre
James Holmes accused in a shooting rampage that killed 12 at a “Batman” movie in Colorado, have offered to enter a guilty plea and have their client spend the rest of his life in prison in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. Holmes, 25, is accused of 166 felony counts of murder, attempted murder and other felonies in the July 20 shootings at the crowded midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo. 70 others were wounded. -
Bin Laden Killed
Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Spt. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces and then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run. It is believed that he was hiding in caves. He was tracked down in a costly, custom-built hideout not far from a Pakistani military academy. -
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City’s Wall Street financial district. This date may be disputed with a likely trigger event as early as August 1, 2011, as a nude artist performance “Ocularpation: Wall Street” followed by arrests on Wall Street occurred while protesting American Financial. -
Massacre at Sandy Hook
Twenty-six, 20 students and 6 adults, were shot and killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14. Adam Lanza grabbed three guns from his house, a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle and pistols, and went to the elementary school wearing black fatigues and a military vest, according to a law enforcement official. Classes were under way at school. Approximately 700 students were present. He was planning going to kill his mother.
