APUSH Forrest Gump Timeline by Alexis Lakey

By Mystery7Link

  • Brown v Board of Ed.

    A case to desegregate the public.
    Key concepts 8.3
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    Vietnam War

    Forrest was sent to fight in the Vietnam war along with many other men his age like his friend Bubba.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4ETx-pgzc
    Key concepts 8.1

  • Elvis Presley-Hound Dog

    Elvis uses the dance moves that Forrest taught him in his music video for the song Hound Dog.

  • Desegregation of University of Alabama

    The University of Alabama allowed black students to attend school there.

  • JFK Assassination

    John F. Kennedy was Assassinated in Dallas, Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aDyxKy_WVw
    Key concepts
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    Black Panther Party

    Originally formed to protect African American neighborhoods from police brutality then ended up attempting to arm all African Americans

  • Anti-War Rally

    Over 100,000 gathered in Washington D.C. to protest to bring the soldiers back from war.
    Key concepts 8.3

  • Watergate Scandal

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaH8ssaCSfQ
    Key concepts 8.2

  • Oil Embargo

    During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-war peace negotiations
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    Hurricane Carmen

    Major Atlantic hurricane that made landfall on the US coast of the Gulf of Mexico in early September 1974.

  • Apple Founded

    Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

  • AIDs Epidemic

    AIDs started to spread due to the amount of unprotected sexual actions taken in this time.