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"King of Rock and Roll" Elvis transitioned music into the age of rock n' roll, he made it more about performing and less about recording.
Music career began in Memphis, Tn in 1954 until his death in 1977. -
Truman's executive order ended military segregation on buses in 1946. The Montgomery Bus Boycott from 1955-1956 was a catalyst for the Civil Rights movement and ending Jim Crow Laws segregation. -
JFK's legacy includes a speech in Berlin, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and working toward Civil Rights legislation before his assassination on November 22,1963 -
Napalm and Agent Orange were both used to kill forests by burning and poisoning. Agent Orange is known to have lasting effects on people such as cancer, birth defects, etc. -
He famously said, "segregation now, tomorrow, & forever", He was willing to challenge JFK & keep Alabama segregated. He stood in front of the doors at the University of Alabama to block entry of two African American students. -
The Panthers were a militant socialist group established by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in 1965. Their goals were the overthrow of the government and separation of the races. -
Nixon's foreign policy is generally seen as positive. He improved relations with the Soviets and the Chinese while getting the U.S. out of Vietnam. -
Since the launching of Sputnik in 1958, the Soviets had beaten the Americans to many space-race milestones. The lunar landing was a huge victory for the Americans. -
In 1970 and 1971, NBC filmed live broadcasts from Vietnam of Bob Hope and others in front of U.S. troops. This was an effort to boost troop morale. -
Apple is a successful tech company. Apple I (1976), Apple II (1977), Apple III (1980) were all computers. Disk II (1978) was a computer drive. Apple Silentype (1979) was a printer. -
AIDS stands for Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS describes the symptoms of HIV, which is the virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) -
His legacy revolves around ending the Cold War and Reaganomics (trickle-down-economics) as a economic policy.
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