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Forest Gump Apush
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Elvis Presley's Hound Dog
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Key Concept 8.3 Elvis Presley's live performance of, "Hound Dog". Demonstrates how deeply rooted in American pop culture Elvis was at the time and how he was different from other stars at the time. His dancing and outlandish lyrics prove this. -
Little Rock 9
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Key Concept 8.2 A school in Arkansas with the support of the governor, Orval Faubus and the Arkansas national guard refuses to integrate and decides to close down. President Eisenhower is forced to act and mobilizes federal troops to enforce integration. This was a victory for Civil Rights in the South. -
Moon Landing
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Key Concept 8.3 The Apollo 11 Landing where the U.S. landed the first man on the moon and planted an American flag onto Lunar soil. The U.S. beat the USSR to the moon and propelled the space race further. -
JFK Assasination
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Key Concept 8 JFK gets shot in downtown Dallas by sniper in a parade. This was due to his steady support of the Civil Rights Movement led by many leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The sniper was supposedly a strong believer in discrimination and against Civil Rights. Note how this event occurred in the South where discrimination was most prominent and the Civil Rights Movement met the most resistance, even with federal support. -
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
https://infograph.venngage.com/p/38689/lyndon-b-johnson
Key Concept 8.2 Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn into the presidency after winning the election. He signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. He would soon launch his War on Poverty to combat the rising poverty rates in the U.S. with his Great Society programs. He would also escalate the Vietnam War from a small force of training personnel to near complete mobilization of the U.S. military into a full armed conflict. -
Vietnam War Draft
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Key Concept 8.1 The U.S. Military conducted a lottery of men born between 1964 to 1973. 2.2 million American men were chosen out of a total of 27 million were drafted. This was a result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident where supposedly the USS Maddox was shot by North Vietnamese guns while in neutral waters. This gave President Lyndon a plausible and seemingly just excuse to escalate the conflict in Vietnam. -
Vietnam War protests begin
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Key Concept 8.2 Protests of the Vietnam War begins supported by the younger generation, hippies, the Black Panthers and Abbie Hoffman and the Youth International Party(Yippies). They escalate after the Tet Offensive in 1968 where hundreds of thousands of American citizens would protest. These groups wanted peace and wanted their family members home. -
Sammy L Davis gets drafted into the Vietnam War
Sammy Lee Davis, the man Forest Gump was based off of is drafted into the Vietnam War. This was due to the Gulf of Tonkin incident where President LBJ was given a reason to retaliate against the Communist North Vietnamese and continue the U.S. policy of containment(Key Concept 8.1) and Domino theory. LBJ also wanted to open up trade with southeast Asia. -
Black Panther Party
http://blackpower.web.unc.edu/2017/04/the-black-panthers-10-point-program/
Key Concept 8.2 The Black Panther Party believes in providing protection against discrimination and self defense. Also provides daycare and education for lower income households. They also support the Anti-Vietnam War movement. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
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Key Concept 8 The exchange from the U.S. and Chinese Ping Pong team improved relations between the U.S. and China.This event paved the way for President Nixon's trip to China as the first president to ever visit China. -
Watergate Scandal
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Key Concept 8.2 Watergate Scandal where President Nixon knows of 5 burglars hired to break in to the Democratic National Committee's Watergate headquarters to steal top-secret documents on their next Presidential candidate. -
Apple is founded
Apple is started up by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in April 1, 1976, Cupertino, CA.
