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Earth Day & the Enviromental Movement
April 22 in 1970 was the first Earth day to combat Earth's rapid depletion in the phase of nuclear deflation and resource shortages. -
Pentagon Papers & the Fall of Saigon
Pentagon Papers reveled president Nixon and he's hidden agenda, he secretly approved military movement and was publicly denying any involvement. Then later the Saigon fell into Vietnam, which was just the start. -
Opening the Door to China
Nixon agreed to visit china, later being an important trade partner to the United States. It convinced the Soviet Union to welcome more us interaction. -
Watergate sacndal
The watergate scandal was a major political scandal, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquaters at the Watergate office complex. -
Roe VS. Wade
Roe vs. Wade was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. Women were now able to abort if the baby was three months or younger. -
Computer Revolution
The founding of Microsoft and Apple were between 1975 and 1976. Paul Allen and Bill Gates are co founders of Microsoft and Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne are founders of Apple. -
Civil Rights Spills Into Sports
In the 70's racial barriers were broken by players like Jackie Robinson, the 70's was a decade where African-Americans regularly were super-star players. -
Star Wars
There were many good films in the 70's like Jaws and The Godfather but the movie that made a huge impact was Star Wars. -
Disco Peaks
In the 70's people loved disco's, singers like Led Zepplin and Bee Gees were popular. The best soundtrack at the time was the "Saturday Night Fever." -
The Energy Crisis
A period in which the econimies of the major industrail countries of the world, particularly the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, Australiaand New Zealand were heavily affected.
