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G.I Bill
After the end of World War ll may veterans returned and struggled in fiting into their past lives. They could not find jobs, did not go back to school and faced economic issues. Having this conflict President Franklin Roosevelt made the G.I Bill right to benefit veterans. It offered free college tuition, one year of unemployment compensation and loans to buy a home or to start a business. This bill is very important because it is still present to this day for military service. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron curtain is used metaphorically to symbolize the division in political ideas in Europe.Europe was split into the west having a capitalist government. The East however, was communist that was being ruled over by the Soviet Union. The leader of the Soviet Union was Joseph Stalin. The iron curtain was not taken down until the end of the cold war. The significance of the iron curtain is the power gain of communism and one of the leading factors for the Cold War to occur. -
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Cold War
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Fair Deal
The Fair Deal was signed by president Harry S. Truman, after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. The policies greatly benefited the Civil Rights movement. It also included a removal of the Taft-Hartley Act, which was greatly negatively impacting the U.S economy. However this policy only made a few of the New Deal programs part of the Fair Deal as well. The significance in this is that it was leading to the Civil Rights and it was also lifting the U.S economy. -
38th Parallel established as border
The 38th parallel occurred right after world war ll which leads into the cold war. Korea was divided at a 38 degrees of Earth equatorial plane. Due to the Korean war this division would now be influenced by different countries under different governments. For example, South Korea was now under the control of the United states. North Korea is in control and influenced by Russia, having a communist government. The significance is the action the is being taken to limit the spread of communism . -
Duck and Cover
Once nuclear weapons were being obtained by the Soviet Union many feared of the U.S being attacked by an atomic bomb. To clam down the fear of the American people the U.S government created a drill in case they were attacked by nuclear weapons. The drill consisted in going to a corner or behind the desk, rolling into a ball and covering the top of the head with your hands. This was practiced in schools and highly encouraged by the people. The mascot was a turtle named "Bert". -
Rock 'n' Roll
Rock 'n' Roll mainly attracted teens in this time period. It was the revolution of music which had influences of rhythm and blues, white bluegrass and country music. At first Rock n Roll was known to have artist who were African American such as, The Coasters, Ray Charles and Ike Turner. However it quickly got attention of other demographics such whites. New artist started to rise in this era. For example, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and Bill Haley and the Comets. -
1950s TV shows
Television shows were an important factor in the 1950s. It was a fairly new technology that changed this era. Shows such as "I love Lucy", "Father knows best" and "The Honeymooners" were one of the top rated shows, but they all showed similarities in the structured they were being portrayed to the public. For example, in these shows the male dominance was very crucial as well as the typical house wives. They also tried to influence family bonding and good morals into the American people. -
1950 News
News television created a big impact on the American people as it created visual information having actually witness an event. For example in the late 1950s the Vietnam war was declared. As Americans saw footage of the war many became against the idea of American troops staying in Vietnam. Another example was entertainment television was broadcast. Protesting also took a major turn as many could see and witness discrimination. The power of News television is what leads to the chaotic 1960s -
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy was known to be a Republican Senator who claimed to know all the names of communist in the U.S. At first he started to accuse his Democrats and Hollywood stars of being communist. They were sent to be interrogated, causing a shock to the American public of an awareness that communism is taking over the U.S. However, his claim in having a list of all the communist in the U.S was false. He was removed from the Senate when he also attacked the U.S army. -
Beat Generation
Jack Kerouac and William S Burroughs are known to create the Beat movement. The beat generation can be considered as the "first hippies ideas". They were against living in the American culture. They did not like the lifestyle of the consumer culture, and living free. This also included in having open sexual relationships and the usage of drugs such as LSD. The significance in the Beats is that it challenged culture and it influenced the 70s being a new generation called counter culture. -
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Alger and Ethel Rosenberg
The Rosenberg's were married and were secretly part of the communist party in the U.S, who were also spies of the Soviet Union. They were accused of sending information over the building of the atomic bomb of the Soviet Union. They were both arrested and sentenced to death, being killed by the electric chair. The significance of this event is that it spread fear to the Americans over the power of communism, which was starting to create paranoia, -
Domino Theory
This theory consisted that if South Vietnam fell into Communism then the rest of Europe and Asia would also fall into a communist government. This was the main cause and urgency in the U.S being part of the Vietnam war and defeating the Vietcong(North). The result in the U.S involvement was the begging of hatred by their own American people. Television was a huge influence in broadcasting the war and showing the ugly truth of fighting in a war. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This was conflict of a girl named Linda Brown and the Topeka board of education. Brown's family did not agree hat it was fair for Linda to go to a far school were she can go to Topeka near her house. She was signed to the school but was rejected from attending the school near her house. This court case was made it to the Supreme Court. It was decided by Warren that public school would no longer be segregated. The outcome is that separate but equal is not in fact equal. -
Dr.Jonas Salk
Dr. Jonas Salk studied biology and physics. He was mainly known for creating a vaccine that could cure the Polio disease. For many years the disease caused paralysis on parts of the body that could result in the difficulty in even walking. Even though it greatly targeted children still some adults contain this disease such as President Franklin Roosevelt. Since Salk has created the polio vaccine this virus is very preventable and has caused a drop in the numbers of people who have polio. -
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Civil Rights
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Emmett Till Tragedy
Emmett Til was born in Chicago but decided to visit Mississippi over the Summer at age 14 with his cousins. The conflicts occurred when he went to a store owned by Roy Bryant. The story was told that he told the women cashier "Bye Baby" and whistle afterwards when he bough candy. Bryant and his bother in law looked for Emmett and killed him, tossing him in a lake. Till's body conditioned was sever and was sent back to Chicago. His mother had an open casket to alarm the injustice of Jim Crow. -
Elvis Presley
Rock 'n' Roll became the new movement in music attracting many young people in this time period. A famous Rock n Roll artist born in Memphis was Elvis Presley. He made his first appearance in television in Ed Sullivan were he performed "Hound Dog". Many parents were disgusted by his way of dancing by moving his hips. This caused a revolution in music and promoting sexual appearance for teens. Elvis Presley died in 1977 due to a heart attack, but his music is still well known to this day. -
Feminism in the 1960's
The feminist movement was rising in the 1960s were many events are still known till this day which has highly impact our society. For example, feminist protested and made a law suit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against equal pay in jobs. Many protested to legalize abortion and a much more greater access for birth control. These protest brought a lot of attention to the news media in television. This was also a factor that the U.S society was also changing. -
Sit-Ins
Sit-Ins in the 1960s occurred on places such as Greensboro North Carolina and Nashville Tennessee. This was a way of non-violent civil disobedience. Most young blacks being part of the SNCC and whites were the ones to most likely to participate on the Sit-Ins. It involved in demanding to be serve at a restaurant were white usually sit. Most black who participated would get beat, called racial slurs, thrown food, and arrested. This was significant because the media saw most blacks as victims. -
Politics (Nixon and Kennedy)
This debate was the first debate being televised in the U.S. The two candidates were John F Kennedy(Democrat) and Richard Nixon(Republican). The significance in this debate is that it showed the power and great influence TV can have to the american people. For example, people who saw the debate stated that Kennedy had one rather than the ones who heard the debate said that Nixon had one. John F Kennedy was liked due to his looks which takes a turn in the debate process. -
Counter Culture
The counter culture was mainly moved by the Baby Boomers generation. They were also very influenced by the Beats generation idealism in the rejection of the mainstream American culture. For example they were not materialistic, accepted open relationships, rejection of the Vietnam War and also consumed the LSD drug. The significance in this is that it caused an influence in the mistrust of the government and a new lifestyle in this time period spreading across the western world. -
Kennedy's speech at Rice University
President John F Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University to inform the American people about his plans in wanting to sent a man to the moon for the very first time. This was after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space and created a threat/ competition over the advancement of technology. Winning the space race meant domination over technology and dominance over the Soviet Union. Kennedy was very determine to have this goal meat soon as he said " done before the end of this decade". -
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1960s
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Albert Sabin
Due to the great discovery of the Polio vaccine created by Dr. Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin took his discovery a step further. Sabin was a medical researcher in the 1950's. HE made the discovery of creating an oral polio vaccine. This was a great advantage for children. The oral vaccine also gave complete extermination of the Polio virus. The importance of this person is that not only did he defeat the Polio Virus and saved many lives, but it also caused more development of many other vaccines. -
Peace Corp
This service program was created by President John F Kennedy in his domestic policy called the New Frontier. The purpose for this service was for the foreign countries to receive help from the U.S. Help provided would be improvement in their education system, development in labor, improvement in their health and etc. The significance in this was to portray a good image to foreign countries for the U.S. This was also showed most though liberals wantingn to provided help around the world. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Rides were supported mostly by young black and white as a way of protesting for desegregation in buses. The buses would head south to challenge the Jim Crow laws in states such as Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. A famous ride was by John Lewis who made the ride in order to honor the banned of segregation in schools. However, most of the people in the buses were arrested and attack by the south in their routes, being burned down. This caught attention to the media. -
New Frontier
The New Frontier was strongly supported by President John F Kennedy as he used the new frontier as a slogan of his. This included many promised programs that he assure he would provided if he won t he presidential election in the 1960's. He wanted to focus on programs such as health care, improving the economy, education and a major factor civil rights. The significance in the New Frontier are the outcome result in being highly supported by the people and winning the election. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis was due to the Cuban government being communist. Cuba being the only area of the West being communist wanted protection of the USSR. This caused tension between the U.S and the Soviet Union. Soon the U.S found out that the USSR had given nuclear weapons to Cuba. The U.S failed in the "Bay of the Pigs" in trying to stop this situation in Cuba. The agreement was taking the weapons out of Cuba and the U.S would not invade. Another one was to remove of troops in Turkey. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez experienced poverty during his childhood causing him to drop out of school in the 8th grade. He served in the military and then worked as a farm worker. He then created the United Farm Workers of America in hopes to create a union to end discrimination in farm labor. His union insisted in a better pay and improvement in work area. His biggest protest was to boycott table grapes due to the mistreatment in workers. This was a success and he is known to be a civil right activist. -
Assassination of JFK
President John F Kennedy was assassinated in November in Dallas, Texas. It was reported that he was in car with his wife attending the presidency election parade. As the public witness the president was shot reporting in being tow bullets. The shooter was called Lee Harvey Oswald. President was announced that he died in Parkland hospital and his death was announced in television. Soon Lyndon Johnson (Vice President) took hold of the presidency office after the death of John F Kennedy. -
Warren Commission
The Warren Commission was an investigation over the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. The chief for the warren commission was Justice Warren who wanted to investigate f the assassination had more than one person involved. However, they came to the conclusion that the murder was only done by Oswald and he was not paid to kill the president at that time. The significance is that the people still believed in the conspiracy theories despite the Gov's response. -
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater was a Republican Senator in Arizona. He was known in being against the New Deals programs and services that were supported by President Franklin. Services included were Social Security, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. He was also against the Civil Rights movement which he believed in the segregation in public and in public schools. Lastly he was also against the banning to test nuclear weapons. The significance in him is that it shows division in ideas that the 60s contained -
The Great Society
The Great Society was introduced after the death of John F Kennedy by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He used the term "Great Society" in the re election in the University of Michigan where he also promised programs that can benefit the American people. Programs that he supported were Medicare and Medicaid were he made it a federal law. He also did an education program called "Head Start" where it provided equal opportunity to the poor in receiving education. -
Daisy Girl Ad
The Daisy Girl Ad was a campaign ad for president Lyndon B Johnson. It was made to make the american people against the election vote of Lyndon B Johnson. The ad shows a girl in a flower filed, but suddenly she is hit by a nuclear weapon. At the end of the ad they claim that this will be the outcome if Goldwater wins in the election and becomes president. The election vote was won by Lyndon B Johnson and the ad was also known to be aired on television once. -
Freedom Summer
This event was also called the Mississippi Summer Project made ti register black voter in the South especially in Mississippi. There were three victims who were killed by participating in the Freedom Summer. Their names were Michael Schwerner (Jew), Andrew Goodman and James Chaney who was black. They were stopped by a cop arrested and released. The cop was later found to be part of the KKK and called other members in alarming them about the three men. The three men were killed due to the racism. -
Anti-War movement
Due to the media, and the unclear objectives of wanting to go to war in Vietnam caused the unpopularity of the war. Although this was not the majorities opinion, it mainly targeted the young generation at this time. Those were known as the counter culture, and college students who were against the Vietnam was. May protest occurred such as the protest in the Lincoln memorial and the burning of the draft cards. This caused a division of the American people. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a black Muslim were he served and became a minister in a Temple after he got released from prison. The X in his last name is to represent the rejection of his last name an in honoring his black ancestors. He was known to challenge the non-violent protest during the Civil Rights and instead promoted militancy to gain equal rights and did not allow any support from the white community. This creates a division between how to fight for right being militancy vs peace. -
Selma March
The Selma March was a protest taken in Alabama to walking for 54 miles. It was made to register black in the south due to many obstacles that the Jim Crow laws caused to prevent blacks from voting. Many famous historic figures were taken part of the march such as Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and even Barney Sanders. The outcome was tragic as the police force used brutality to stop the march. This event is significant due to the attentionof the media and support gain after. -
Chicago Mural Movement
William Walker was one of the first person to start the Chicago Mural Movement. One of the famous walls in this time period is "The Wall Of Respect". Most murales represented the struggles and challenges of the Civil Rights. Most young artist some of them at their teen years were passionate in expanding their Hispanic culture in Chicago. Most represented the daily struggles of the Hispanic This is significant due to this era having another demographic wanting justice and equality as well. -
Orval Faubus
Orval Faubus was known to support segregation an was the a democratic senator in Arkansas. When Little Rock 9 occurred giving the chance to 9 black teenagers to attend a white high school he openly disproof. He made the National Guardsmen to create obstacles and prevent the Supreme Court form integrating public schools. He is important because it shows the lack of wanting change and reason why the Civil Rights faced many challenges to demand change that we now have. -
Earl Warren
At first Earl Warren wanted to be nominated for the Republican party presidency election. However he did not received the position he was put as the 14th chief justice in the Supreme Court. He was involved in many cases well known to this day, such as the Brown v Board of Education. The judges decided that school segregation was a violation of the U.S constitution. The significance in Warren is that he was a factor of the rise for equality reaching to protect minorities. -
Silent Majority
Despite the fact that the media and the young generation were against the United States government, according to Nixon it was only a small percentage. Even though no one showed support for the Vietnam war Nixon gave a speech calling the the "Silent Majority". This was made as a counter for the young generation and their college political protest and speeches. The significance in this is encouragement from Nixon to maintain patriotic and to not be against the government's decisions. -
OPEC
This organization stands for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. countries that are involved are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iraq, Kuwait to name a few. This was done to limit the supply of oil, causing an increase in oil in the Unites Sates. It was an outcome due to the Unites States providing military aid to Israel during the Yom Kippur War. This caused a huge shortage in gas. A secretary of State negotiated with OPEC causing the embargo to be lifted form obtaining oil. -
The New Right
The New Right was an increase in conservative ideas. They were against how society was changing. For example, society had been growing with wanting to legalized abortion, foreign policies and the affirmative action or against the Vietnam War. More issues rosed due to the uncontrolled of the Panama Canal, which is then later returned to the Panal Canal which the U.S had no importance in doing so.The significance is that it became a counter point for young liberal -
Rise of the N.R.A. to national politics
The N.R.A stands for the National Rifle Association. At first they were not related or part of politics, but instead it was made to teach the safeness of handling a gun. As more shooting crimes appear the was also a huge chance in regulations in gun handling. The N.R.A for this reason started to get involved in the Republican's side to get ride anti gun laws and it gained support of the conservative community. The significance is that due to the political involvement more are opposing gun laws -
Rise of Southern Industrial Capability
In the Midwest companies had fallen as many were moving out form their homes due to the economic insecurity. For instance, the economy was falling due to the lack of competition in steel and automobiles. Even though in the past the U.S had a high production of these items worldwide times had changed causing the North to migrate south. The Midwest was now known as the "Rust Belt" and then move to the south giving its new name the "Sun Belt". Many houses and companies were left abandoned. -
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1970's
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Watergate
The Watergate scandal was targeted to President Richard Nixon. He sent FBI and CIA members in to offices of Democrats were they wire taped their conversations and stoles important files. He gave the secrete agents name of being called "plumbers", but were caught and arrested. They investigate Nixon but he claimed several times he was not tied in the crime saying "I am not a crook". He was found guilty and resigned from the presidency. The significance is that people started to mistrust the gov. -
Endangered Species Act
Due to the economic growth in the U.S more land was being taken away to build and expand more corporations. The result was that many species were becoming endangered due to the destruction of their ecosystem. President Richard Nixon made an act to prioritize the environment and animals before business. This is significance because it would be the start of more laws to protect the environment. It also creates a project made by Legislation to protect all animals who are endangered of extinction. -
Beginning of the personal computer
Steve Jobs became famous in inventing a personal computer made in his garage. This became a revolution in technology due to the massive reduction in space in obtaining a computer. This also helped many business companies in how they are able to store their files and speeding up the work area and gave more job opportunities. This is significant because it gave the masses a chance to also obtain later personal computer in their homes. -
The Moral Majority
The moral majority represented the rise of the voices of American Christians. It was advertised in religious channels that were rising in television. They claimed that the U.S needs to go back to their old moral ways that they are now lacking. This was supported by Republicans in keeping their conservative laws and by minister Jerry Falwell. Despite the lack of success only being around shortly year it shows that the U.S is now questioning weather they re falling apart moral wise. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
During the presidency of Jimmy Carter a hostage occurred targeting Americans in Iran Embassy in Tehran., having 60 Americans kept as hostage. This was done to get the attention of the U.S in wanting Shah (their leader) back, since the U.S were giving him cancer treatment. President Carter made an attempt to retrieve the Americans who were begin mistreatment operation Eagle Claw. This however, failed as the airplanes were shoot down. The hostages were not released until the end of the election. -
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson was known to create a channel in television aimed for African Americans with the involvement and help of his wife Sheila Johnson called Black Entertainment Television (BET). At first the BET Channel only aired for two hours a day but then it quickly got the attention of many Americans across the U.S. The significance is that BET television was also the first black channel to be stock in New York exchange. Now it is declared to be popular till this day. -
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran Contra Affair begun in Nicaragua when the sandanistas who are pro communist overthrow their leader who put by the American government. Reagan responds in forming a counter group called the Contra who were their to stop communism. Congress finds out about the formation of the Contras by Reagan but still keep illegally founding them. The Reagan administration also keep providing weapons tot the Iran to fight with Iraq. Oliver North is then caught as a plane reveals the weapons. -
Election of 1980
The election of 1980 was between Ronald Reagan (Republican) and Jimmy Carter (Democrat). The American people were loosing faith on Carter due to major negative events that have occurred during his presidency. For example the hostage crisis and the stagflation in the United Sates economy. Ronald Reagan saw an opportunity in claiming many times to the public that carter was not doing enough in the hostage crisis. Reagan promised new solution in ways to improve the economy. This cause him win. -
Rap Music
Rap Music had an on set and flourished in the 1980's. Well known rap artist in the 80s were Kurtis Blow, Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane and LL Cool J. At first rap was only used in block parties as sort of a form of entertainment. Then once rap headed to record labels many started to use rap to get political messages across their audience. Many also talk about the violence in neighborhoods and the drug usage that it is also involve and worked as a source of activism and politics. -
Discount Retailing
Discount retails created a chain in many big discount stores. For example, Sam Walton (Walmart and Sams Club) was already considered to be the most successful in the discount retailing. More stores started to rise in the 80s such as the K-Mart, Home Depot and Best Buy. They also created a "just in time inventory", not needing large stock storage which saved money. This importance in this is that the prices for good were alot cheaper and became a greater facilitation to obtain -
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AIDS Crisis
The AIDS crisis occurred when many doctors started to discover and unknown virus but common on the gay community. The homosexual community became to rise their voices once the virus started to spread and many protest demanded that the federal government did research. President Reagan ignored this crisis due to only affecting one category. Many lives were lost due to not having a cure or medication.The gay community also want justice and to end the discrimination towards them. -
Sandra Day O’Connor
She was born in El Paso Texas and served in Arizona as state senate for two terms. She was then nominated by President Ronald Reagan during his presidency to be the fist female Supreme Court Justice. Her political views were moderate conservatives ideas. However, overtime she ends up working more with liberals and eventually sides with them. Her retirement was in 2006 due to the poor health condition her husband (John Jay )'Connor) was in, having Alzheimer. -
Music Television (MTV)
During the 1980s a new channel in television was introduced that would appeal to many teenagers at that time. called MTV. Shows in that channel appeared such as 120 minutes, MTV unplugged and Club MTV and the fist music video to be aired was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. Many young adults were influenced by MTV's pop culture around the U.S. It has also became a very promotional source in the top artist such as Madonna, Michael Jackson and Duran Duran. -
Space Shuttle Program
The Space Shuttle program was set to an investigation due to the incident of the explosion of challenger. It was marked that the shuttle exploded 73 second after the flight and exploded in the sky. Many people witness this tragedy in the ceremony of the flight and on television. The entire crew in the challenger had lost their lives. The cause was due to an external tank mixing gasses from other tank, causing it to explode. The purpose was to send a shuttle for tracking and datarelay satellites -
Reagonomics
This was an action that the President Ronald Reagan wanted to improve the economy. His idea was to cut income and tariffs from big companies such as corporations and industries. The outcome of this is that Reagan passes tax reforms which drops corporate taxes by a 42 percent. This was set to massively increase spending, but instead it tripled the debt of the country. Reagan also increased the income of the CEO 4 times the price. These factors brought the US in a stagnation in the late 80s -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
President Ronald Reagan, made an agreement to the Soviet Union's government (Gorbachev) in taking down the Berlin Wall. This occurred in in 1989 as it was being taken down by the ordinary people themselves. The significance in this event is the fall of communism and their spread. This event is also known to mark the end of the Cold War. Many families were separated from this wall and now they were reunited and the division of Europe became part of history. -
Lewinsky Affair
Monica Lewinsky an intern in the white house and Bill Clinton were accused of having an affair with each other. The age gap between them was Lewinsky being in her 30s and and Clinton in his 60s. It became a crime once Clinton denied the affair by oath calming that he never had any relationship with Lewinsky. However he proven to be lying when they found evidence in Lewinsky's dress. This lead for Bill Clinton to be impeached. Many people in America were tired of listening to scandals. -
Technology in the 1990s
American was known to have experienced a technology boom during the 1990's. During this time period a lot of technology became affordable to the common people which change the lifestyles and way of working. For example personal computers were in the 80 it did not become affordable until the 90's. The internet also became a revolution into society, as it created a narrow gap in communication such as emails and digital files. Gaming also moved to technology and became a new for of entertainment. -
Climate Change Findings Coming Out
IIASA(International Institute for Applied System Analysis) was a major factor for the awareness to the people that the climate was changing due to human activity. This gave a rise of the debates in how energy is being used. Some peoples ideas were to head and investment in renewable energy but some people still wanted to head to coal and oil energy. This also becomes a new topic for election that people also want to hear. The significance the care for the environment is still an issue today. -
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1990's
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Rodney King Incident
Rodney Glen King was known to be a victim of police brutality in Los Angeles. Evidence of video footage was taken by George Holliday, who recorded the beating. In the footage it shows L.A police officers hitting King with their batons and other officers watching the beating, making no attempt to stop the abuse. This incident made it to news television and even provided the video footage being taken. The ending result was that two cops were sent to jail while the other two were acquitted. -
Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf war was known to be the first Iraq war. This was due to the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. The United States intervene and provided military forces to Kuwait and set military bases to Saudi Arabia. Iraq's response was to burn down oil fields in Kuwait so that the U.S would not have any access in maintaining their oi which is known as the desert storm. The outcome of this result is that it increased the anger of the people in Iraq rose more rebellion to take place. -
Election of 1992
This election was between Bill Clinton (Democrat), George H.W Bush (Republican) and Ross Perot (Independent party). Ross Perot despite his Independence of the political parties it received 19.7 million votes. However the election was won by President Clinton even though he had record of affairs and drugs he beat Bush by 370 to 168 electoral votes. Many Americans claimed this was not a fair election. Both the house and senate became majority of democrats. -
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey was involve into the Television and radio at age 17. She did not own her on broadcasting show until later on. She is known to be the first black women to own and make her own talk-show and later on she would also be known to be the first rich black women. She was also involved and produced two movies in the 90s being "There are no Children Here" and "Before Women Had Wings". She is also the image of an activist and known to be involved in many charity foundations. -
Health Care Reform
During the presidency of Bill Clinton he made a package for health care. Hillary Clinton (first lady), was very involved with this reform. It was an attempt to make make universal health care as it become a topic everyone wanted a solution. Bill Clinton gave a speech in promising to improve health care that all American can qualify. However this reform received many counter healthcare plans that made it difficult to be passed and even called it a socialist gov, which it succeeds till 2009. -
NAFTA
NAFTA stands for North American Free Trade Agreement that was made in the early 90's and was signed by Clinton. Involve countries were Canada, The United States and Mexico to create a system that provided equal trade and benefits for all three countries. It was also to create more job opportunities in the U.S, but it also increased the property value of all three countries and caused jobs to be moved to Mexico. NAFTA is considered to be one of the largest trade agreements ever to be made. -
Election of 2000
In the election of 2000 the candidates were Al Gore who was a democrat. Gore was set to have Clinton as his Vice president. He was also an activist in the environment that he wanted to improve. Lastly he promised the American people in providing a retirement plan for the baby boomers generation. George W Bush who was a Republican was a governor in Texas and had ownership in society. Ralph Nader was independent and was also an environmentalist and consumer right advocate. -
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Contemporary
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9/11 attacks
This was a terrorist attack that occurred in the world trade center in New York City. Four planes that were part of the American airlines were invaded by terrorist who attack the pilots in the planes. Two planes struck the twin towers and the other two were taken down. A total of 2,996 lives were lost and the result was that it caused a reason to invade Iraq and take over their government. Many Americans were paranoid and the hatred of Muslims started to rise as they were found as a threat. -
No Child Left Behind Education Act
The education system in the United States was declining in comparison of other countries around the world. George W Bush made an act that guaranteed qualified teaches well planned lessons in all public schools in the nation. This also made a requirement to have standardized testing scoring in order to measure the performance of student. Many criticizes this act in making the education program worst and a draw back instead of an improvement as it can makes students fall behind. -
Election of 2008
The election was won by President Barack Obama as he was the former Illinois of Senators. His opponent was MCCain who ran as a republican. The election votes were 332 by 206 electoral votes. The significance in this election is that the 44th president was the first African American president in the United States history. Obama ends up winning his second term as well. He made the promise in rescuing the U.S's economy in getting out of the Great Recession by financing bankrupt companies . -
First Hispanic SCOTUS judge - Sonya Sotomayor
When President Barack Obama won the election of 2008 he selected Sonia SotoMayor as the Supreme Court of Justice. This made an impact in history as it made her the first Hispanic women to be put in the at a high position of the Supreme Court. She is also considered to be the third women to work in the Supreme Court. She went to Princeton University having the highest academic honor in her class. She show many successful event she has accomplished.
