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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley also known as the king of rock n roll was born in tupelo,mississippi. He began to be rocognize in the mid 50s for his singing and acting. He is know much for his crazy dance,good looks, and his hair. -
Little Rock Nine
On chapter 29 ,Society after world war 2 section 3 voices of dissent, I learned about the little rock nine. this was a group of 9 african american teens going to central high school where it was all white. the kids went through a lot of discrimination. In the beggining they would not let the kids in the school. these kids did this to try to desegregate schools in the south -
Assasination of JFK
President at the time, jfk went to dallas texas for a campain apperance, when he got shot in the head. his assassin was lee harvey oswald. People are still sceptical about the whole situation. -
Sesame Street
Sesame Street is a TV show that was introduced in 1966. This show was mostly for young viewers. Sesame streets would try to educate kids while also be entertained with the show. -
The Black Panther Party
In chapter 31 The civil rights movement in section 3 challenges for the movement I learned about the black panther party. the black panther party was a group of people mostly african american who would fight to be free and equal. the black panther party and mlk had different views on how to get freedom. -
Counter Culture of the HIppy Movement
hippies where known for their psycadelic colors and their drugs. hippies had different views of life then others. they were against the vietnam war. hippies came out from the mid 60s to the mid 70s I got this in chapter 32 Struggles for change section 4 A cultural revolution. -
Assasination of RFK
Robert F Kennedy was brother with John F kennedy. Robert was killed in california after givng a speech. he got his presidency but didnt even get to start his term . -
Ping Pong and China
President nixon went to china with some Americans. In order to calm the tension we had a friendly match of ping pong with the chinese people. two months after nixon went to china,china came to the U.S to play ping pong. We named this the Ping Pong Deplomacy. -
Hurricane Carmen
Hurricane Carmen was a storm that began on August 29 and ended September 11 of 1974. this hurricane became category 4 and when it hit the south of alabama it became a cyclone. This affected many places in and out of the USA. -
Disco
Disco was a Genre of music that was heard a lot in the 80s. movies like saturday night fever with john travolta was based on disco. Club studio 54 was known for having a lot of disco. Disco was the type of the music in that era -
Apple Computer Investment
Apple is a very known company that sells electronics. their electonic is top notch.In the 80s apple decided that they wanted to open a stock market. many people joined the stock market. The stock was and still is very succesful till this day. -
HIV/Aids
It has been said that aids originated in Africa before the 70s. The reason I say it was in the 80s is because it is the time period when it affected America the most.A lot of people where infected with the virus and it has been reported that 1,000 people have died due to the virus that year.
