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Cold War
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2nd Red Scare
the second read scare is the fear of communism that spreads into American politics, culture, and society from the late 1940s through the 1950s, it was during the stages of the cold war, which the fear really started to manifest big time with paranoia because of the u.s.a's cold war with the Soviet Union. it was the climate and the fear of repression it started to steam down durring the 1950s. -
Rock 'N' Roll
rock 'n' roll often written in different ways is a genre of very popular music that originated and evolved from African Americans to whites in the unites states during the late 1940s to the 1950s. with African Americans popular music styles LIKE GOSPEL, JUMPIN BLUES, BOOGIE WOOGIE, and RYTHUM AND BLUES ALONG with THE COUNTRY MUSIC. that was very popular to white teens. -
Atomic/Hydrogen Weapons
at 8:16 a.m. in the year 1945 at Japanese time an American B-29 bomber, also known as the Enola Gay had dropped the would first hydrogen bomb, over the city Hiroshima which had killed about 80,000 people JUST FROM THE BLASR and 35,000 were injured, there are two types of deadly bombs the nuclear bomb and the hydrogen. atomic and the hydrden. -
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1920s
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telivision
the television became a highly important role in changing the 20th century politically, geographically(powerlines) this help so many political and war event s be board cast on live television. besides the voice of the people, newspaper, the radio, it was the fastest way to give out information to the people and with the technological invention will change the world forever!!! musically[rock 'n' roll]/polticaly[it filmed elections and wars/ propaganda] etc... -
Iron Curtain
the iron curtain was an imaginary curtain or border that separates eastern more communist soviet-union to the free western side or in other words the Soviet bloc to the western for the decline of communism this followed many political events after. most of the events were after war world two till the end of the cold war in 1945 this was in an effort to block all communism coming to the west and all western values comming to the soviet union. -
Marshall Plan
the Marshall plan was officially called the European recovery act program, ERP the plan was an American development to aid western Europe, which the u.s.a gave over $13 billion almost $110 billion in American money 2016, was to give economic assistance and to help re-build the european economy after the end of the world war II. -
Truman Doctrine
the Trueman doctrine was an American foreign policy which whole stated purpose was to counter the soviet-union (COMMUNISM!!!) geopolitical expansion during the cold war. the was first announced on March 12, 1947, but went into /developed action on July 12, 1948, or 48' when he pledged to hold the treats to Greece and to the other country turkey. -
The Berlin Air-shift
the berlin blockades lasted from June 1948 - 1949 it was one of the 1st international crises of the cold war. the Germans would not allow the westerners to send supplies to the other side so they shut off the train and de-railed many train tracks. so the American came up with going by air and calling this the Berlin air-shift, many planes were shot down and some died trying, in the end, many got the food and othe sluppiles they needed. -
Korean War (The Forgotten War)
the Korean war was between 1950-1953, the war began when the north-Korean became a communist party. the communist army crossed what is now called the 38th parallel and had invaded the non-communist South-Korea (they live separate). kim il-sung had his north- korean army armed with soviet tanks (they had help from the soviets) to quickly over run south-korea, which at he time they did untill amreca came to south-korea's aid. -
Polio Vaccine
polio is a really horrible and very deadly virus that can cause paralysis or death this is very preventable by using the polio vaccine and getting vaccinations. the vaccine has been created work between the years 1951 and 1955, the first one was created in 1955 as a vaccine and in 1961 as an oral vaccine. even Franklin D. Roosevelt had the virus it is getting to you by either food or water. this nearly stopped polio in its tracks. -
Bill Haley & The Comets
bill Hayle and the comments were also known as bill Hayle and the saddle men, the lifeguards, the Kingsmen, and B.H. sees combo were an American rock 'n' roll band, which was founded 1952 and continued until Hayley's death. they were especially known for doing many cover songs of black music and white-washing them plus, put them in there own name the songs were not as good as the originals. remember the song "rocket 88/69" -
Brown V. Board of Education.
[1952-1954] In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously strikes down segregation in public schools, sparking the Civil Rights movement. this is a Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. one of the sparks of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, in fact, equal at all. -
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Dr. Jonas Salk
dr. jonas salk in 1947 at the University of Pittsburgh, there at that place ehe began to start conducting research on polio, also known as the lesser known infantile paralysis. then by 1951, dr. salk had determined that there were exactly three very distinct types of polio-viruses later on with that research was able to develop a "kill virus" for the virus/disease, which helps stop many cases of polio around the world and calm down america's fears. -
Emmett Till Tragedy
While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. the white woman’s husband and her brother kidnapped fourteen-year-old Emmett till to Tallahatchie River and ordered him to take off his clothes. The two men then beat him nearly to death, gouged out his eye, shot him in the head and then threw his body, tied to the cotton-gin fan with barbed wire, into the river. -
Orval Faubus
Orval "Eugene" Faubus was a united states politician who, as governor of Arkansas who fought against the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. later on brought the Brown v. Board of Education, which called for desegregation of public schools, Faubus wanted to stop desegregation. he went against the federal court and ordered the Arkansas National Guard to block the access of nine black students to Little Rock Central High School causing the government to intervene. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a Civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus that sparked both the civil rights movement and he 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott that helped launch nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities. The city of Montgomery had no choice but to lift the law requiring segregation on public buses. also Rosa Parks received many accolades during the years, including the NAACP's highest award. -
Elvis
elvis was born Elvis Aaron Presley was an American born singer, song-writer, and actor who was regarded as one of the most significant cultural phenomenon icons of the 20th century from in the 1950s. he was and is often referred as the king of rock n roll or just simply the king. because of his provocative dancing, he has known as Elvis the pelvis and was popular among both teenage boys an girls. because of his music reflecting African Americans rock 'n' roll. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, all and sparked the American Civil Rights movement. startingThe Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating this is the first large scale U.S. demonstration against segregation because of Rosa Parks, an African American woman arrested and fined for refusing to give her seat to a white man. -
Eisenhower intervention
The 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Topeka made segregation in public schools illegal, Governor Faubus did not believe in this so he defied this decision.Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. Central High was an all-white school. AFTER! seeing the mayor pull out the national guard. President Eisenhower placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers. -
Space Race
the 20th-century space race is a competition between the two cold wars the u.s.a vs. the USSR we were rivals to get a man up into space and for dominance of space-flight capabilities. they really had an had a long rival and weird one being the read scare was going on at the time, so it was very very VERY!!! dramatic especially when the USSR had put the satellites up is space putting them ahead by one later the USA came back and put the first man up in space. -
Little Rock 9
the little rock 9 incident was when nine brave Arkansas teenagers broke through racial barriers to become the first black students to attend Little Rock High School. the school was a formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock. the court case Brown v. Board of Education brings up that Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional later Faubus called in National Guard to block the students entry into the high school the govn. intervined -
Little Richard
little Richard also was known as Richard Wayne Penniman was an American song-writer, singer, and actor of the fifties. he was known as they call him the "architect" of rock and roll for blowing the lid off the fifties and starting the foundation I mean the most important base of the rock 'n' roll genre. with his explosive music and powerful stage act. people like pat boone covered his music remember the song 'tuttie fruttie' -
New Frontier
the expression the new frontier was uses the former president John F. Kennedy was a liberal Democratic presidential candidate and in his 1960 united states acceptance speech at the unites states presidential election to the democratic national convention at the Los anjoulos memorial coliseum he uses this as the Democratic slogan to inspire every American in the unites states to support him and to support him. -
Sit-Ins
in 1960, the Civil Rights Movement had gained strong momentum.the non-violent protests influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. helped African American activists win supporters across the country and throughout the world by using media. the black protesters will sit-in the white section and wait to get ordered equally, they faced a lot of backlash. Students from across the country came together to form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) -
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1960's
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Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South and protest segregated bus terminals. Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations in most of the racist parts of the states. The groups were confronted by arresting police officers, as well as horrific violence from white protestors(KKK related people) they were treated violently by them. -
Peace Corps
The peace core was an organization created by President John F. Kennedy for young youths(college students) in hope to better the world after Kennedy signed the congressional legislation it permanently created the corps. the peace corps was to help people interest countries that are in need of trained men and women live for schools, food, and other needed resources, but to most of all gain better understanding of Americans. this last until today and is well-known around the world. -
Assassination of JFK
john F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the united state of America, he believed in black civil rights and for the new frontier for the people. on November 22, 1963, at the Dayley plaza at 12:30 p.m. the president and his wife with the company with the secret service during a riding event called a motorcade the president John F. Kennedy and a secret service by the name o J.D. Tippit was assassinated on Friday by a gun assassin. -
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was born on October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana, after growing up there he, later on, joined the U.S. Marines and sometime later defected there to the soviet union for a little time a few years. after realizing the soviet union was not as it seemed to him he returned to America with his family, later on. got some firearms. and he allegedly assassinated the president, it was believed that he as framed, but the evidence hasn't been found to prove that theroy. -
Barry Goldwater
barry "Morris" Goldwater, was an American politician, businessman, and an author who was a/the five-term Republican party united states senator from Arizona between the years 1953-1965, 1969-1987 and the Republican party's nominee for the presendent of the unites states of America in 1964. during the campaign against gold- water produced the "daisy girl Ad" one of the most famous political advertisements in American history, which presented a new far of nuclear war. -
Daisy Girl Ad
this shows just how much television changed us, on September 7th, 1964 a 60 sec TV advertisement has changed American politics forever and even half a century later, we the new generation live in a world of negative politics and political advertisements the at the daisy girl Ad pioneered, to others there are some curious aspects of the story. to start off first, though it is famous advertising the daisy girl is really known for being the thing the fuel Americas fear of nuclear weapons. -
Hippies
the hippies are a major part of the counterculture movement, the hippie movement being in the unites states of America the hippie movement began as a youth movement because of most of the hippie movement was mostly composed of white teenagers and white adult's and very young adults that were between the ages of fith-teen and twenty-five years old, the hippies inherited traditional cultural dissent from bohemians and the beatniks of the beat generation of the late 1950s. -
LSD
Albert Hofmann, a chemist working for Sandoz Pharmaceutical, synthesized LSD for the first time in 1938, in Basel, Switzerland, looking for a blood stimulant. It was later found that an oral dose of as little as 25 micrograms capable of producing vivid hallucinations.LSD was popularized in the 1960s by individuals such as psychologist Timothy Leary, who encouraged American students to “turn on, tune in, and drop out" created an entire counterculture of drug abuse and spread -
Ike Turner
lke turners birth name is izaar "ike" Turner, jr he was an American musician, band-leader, songwriter, arranger, a talent scout and a record producer, but most of all an early pioneer of the fifties rock 'n' roll phenomenon that took o America by night. he was very popular and mostly known for his band and singing with his wife tina-turner, they brought provocative music, which may be covered by young white teenagers. -
Death of MLK
on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated (was shot) while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. he was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed his spinal cord. King was pronounced dead after his arrival at a Memphis hospital. He was 39 years old. their was alot of riots after this his work wasn not in vain. -
Tv Shows
the six major shows in the 1950s were like, I love Lucy, Gunsmoke, father knows best, wagon train, bonanza, and some you know and love already and grew-up on sesame street were the most memorable children show and sitcoms that were most of the time family friendly. the tv show of the 1950s started trends and was a past time to either forget the 2nd red scare or scare people more with communism and propaganda. -
Earl Warren Supreme
earl warren was born in Los Angeles, California he was an American district attorney, politician, and jurist who had served as the 30th governor of California and then later on the chief justice of the united states. most of the story of his life was advancing many peoples lives and civilrights alos libertile of the peaple he was known then for the sweping changes he brought. -
Feminism
In 1960, the world of American women was limited in almost every respect, from family life to the workplace. A woman was expected to follow suit as there mothers before them by marrying early early, stating a family quickly and devote the rest of there life to homemaking female doesn't really expect a lot from life. She's here as someone's keepeR, her husband's or her children's. As such, wives bore a full load of housekeeping and childcare. WOMEN GOT TIRED OF THAT AND WANTED MORE!!! -
Race to Space/Moon
the space race and the race to space/ the moon are very intertwined with each other since the events were both occurring at the same time they are the same thing. the soviet union at the time had achieved an early lead in the space race bt landing t the first ever satellite called the Sputnik 1 in 1957. after this, the united states led an even bigger project during the moon race by landing neil armstronf and buzz aldrin on the moon butting them in the lead. -
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1970s
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Roe v. Wade
Roe, a Texas resident, sought to terminate her pregnancy by abortion, but the Texas law prohibited abortions except to save the pregnant woman's life. ruled that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. In a majority opinion, the court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalizing abortion, violated a woman’s constitutional right of privacy, which it found to be implicit in the liberty guarantee of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal began when several burglars have arRested in the office of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate hotel a Complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. it was found that the robbers were connected to President Richard Nixon and his reelection campaign. they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents. Nixon took aggressive steps to cover up the crime. after his role in the conspiracy was revealed, Nixon resigned -
Watergate Hotel
the Watergate hotel also known as the Watergate complex is a group of six buildings and around covering a total of 10 acres in the Foggy climate neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. n 1972, the HQ of the Democratic National Committee, WAS located on the sixth floor of the Watergate, the Watergate hotel is known particularly for the very famous 1972 burglary of the Democratic National Committee, which ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. -
Tittle IX
title IX of the education amendments, Title IX prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex, As a result of Title IX, any school that receives any federal money from the elementary to university level–in short, nearly all schools–must provide fair and equal treatment of the sexes in all areas, including athletics. Title IX, few opportunities existed for female athletes. -
Plumbers
The White House Plumbers, also known as Washington Plumbers or plumbers for short, were formed by President Nixon after sensitive military information was leaked during his first term in office. president Nixon would use the term for them to "fix leaks." was there to stop leaking information at the Watergate hotel as they tried to rob the democrat's HEADQUARTERS they were caught in the act and all evidence lead to Nixion in the end. -
Executive Privilege
the dictionary definition of executive privilege is the privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest. and a great example of one of the American presidents using this is Richard Nixon and the plumber's Watergate scandal when Nixon refused to give up the tapes he said it was an executive privilege stalling time for him to cover some of it. -
Nixon's Tapes
the Nixon tapes or also called The Nixon White House tapes are audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff during the years 1971 and 1973. the tapes were a sound-activated taping system and installed in the Oval Office, including in Nixon's Oval Office desk, the system became knowledge when the Watergate scandal was released. -
Nixon's Resignation
president Nixon resignation was in late 1973, because of the Watergate scandal. the scandal started to escalate and was costing president nation a lot of the political support the public did not trust him!!! On August 9, 1974, he resigned because he faced in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. After his resignation, he was issued a controversial pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. -
The Moral Majority
Moral Majority, American political organization that was founded in 1979 by Jerry Falwell who was a religious leader and televangelist. Moral Majority was formed in response to the social and cultural transformations that occurred in the United States in the 1960s and 70s. the moral majority group wanted to advance conservative social values were Christian fundamentalists. moral majority is now disbanded, they helped to establish the religious right as a force in American politics. -
Beginning of The Personal Computer
Steve Wozniak AND jobs Became the Genius Who Invented the Personal Computer, but really it was designed and invented by John Blankenbaker of Kenbak Corporation in 1970 and was first sold in early 1971 A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, but became a mass-market consumer electronic device and over half a million microcomputers were sold and the youth of the day had a new concept of the personal computer. -
Election of 1980
the election of 1980 was an American presidential election held on Nov. 4, 1980, where Republican Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic Pres. Jimmy Carter. Governor Reagan ran in all the Republican primaries winning against Howard Baker, John Connally, and Robert Dole, and finally George Bush.There were very clear issues dividing the candidates in the campaign of 1980. he wanted to challenge the soviet union and Carter lost trust when he nogotiated the realease of the hostages late. -
A.I.D.S Crisis
It is widely believed that HIV originated in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo around 1920 when HIV crossed species from chimpanzees to humans. Up until the 1980s, we do not know how many people were infected with HIV or developed AIDS. HIV was unknown and transmission was not accompanied by noticeable signs or symptoms. it was believed that it mostly was in gays across America, but later found out it was FALSE, MOST rumors spread by the moral majority. -
Satellite Entertainment
the satellite industry has evolved from one man’s idea to its current status as a major home entertainment provider and a pivotal information delivery technology. The inception and growth of the satellite industry was made possible by a variety of factors, from major technological developments such as the advent of the space program, advances in digital technology and successive generations of more powerful hardware, to the efforts of a select group of pioneering individuals. -
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
The network first aired on January 25, 1980. Its founder, Robert L. Johnson, was a former lobbyist for the cable television industry in the late 1970s. Black Entertainment Television (BET) is a cable network IN, D.C. The cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black American cultural and entertainment based programming. -
Robert Johnson
Robert Louis Johnson, founder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black Entertainment Television (BET), is the first African American billionaire. johnson became the vice president of governmental relations for the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), johnson’s work with NCTA inspired him to develop television programming that was dedicated to African American viewers who at that time were unrecognized as a target audience group. -
Entertainment
the 1980s has become one of the biggest inspirations for entertainment today because There is no doubting the fact that due to the free and eccentric nature of the 80s!!! many shows are reimagined, in very different ways today since many know the 80s-set shows are very successful. there was news media, sports, soap operas etc... for people to pass time this decade this was a success and would be amazed at how popular this was! -
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1980s
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was Born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, and had his education done at Georgia Southwestern College, US Naval Academy, Georgia Institute of Technology. also, he was a peanut farmer!!! but mostly known as the 39th president of the United States between 1977-81 during a time of serious problems at home and abroad and served as the nation's chief executive and later was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, he was Raised in small-town Illinois, he became a Hollywood actor in his 20s and later served as the Republican governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and was Dubbed the Great Communicator he was mostly known for serving as the 40th U.S. president, during He cut taxes, increased defense spending, negotiated a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets and is credited with helping to bring a quicker end to the Cold War. -
Music Television (MTV)
MTV [Music Television ] CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK began as a 24-hour platform for music videos and MTV debuted just after midnight on August 1, 1981, with the broadcast of “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles and introduced videos and bantered about music news between clips. After an initial splash, the network struggled in its early years but remained a luxury that did not have the ok market. MTV expanded its programming to include rhythm and blues artists, the network took off -
Video Head Systems (VHS)
the Video Home System or VHS was used then to be just as big as DVDs are today! for the 1st time ever the people were able to record things. The idea of watching one show while recording another as A VERY BIG THING!!! a breakthrough in technology!!! the VHS seems old to the all the high-tech gadgets we have now, but the usage was discontinued only about a decade ago!!! instead of that today we have DVDs and Blu-rays and many luxuries similar to this. -
Home Video Game System
The first home video games didn't appear until the early 1970s and didn't become widely popular until 1975, Atari adapted its PONG game from the electronic arcade version, and video game mania swept the country. Like many technological advances, the idea for video games originated with the government; the mid-1960s military wanted some sort of device that would develop the reflexes of military personnel. little did they know this will expand for GENERATIONS AND EVOLVE!!! -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) "Star Wars"
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983, under President Ronald Reagan, The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries... SOVIET UNION!!! the tension of the Cold War looming overhead, the Strategic Defense Initiative was the United States’ response to possible nuclear attacks from afar. -
Rap Music
hip hop music was created in the late 1980s and early 1990s Because rock n roll was turning white, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area. the music genre was It is characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation, and influence on hip-hop after the genre's emergence and establishment in the previous decade hip-hop was during a time where Everything was still being discovered and everything was still innovative and new. -
oprah
-BREAD- Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. she was an American television host, actress, producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. being a Billionaire media giant and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is best known for hosting her own internationally popular talk show from 1986 to 2011, Which aired for 25 seasons called Oprah Winfrey Show. From there, she launched her own television network, OWN. -BREAD- -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
the fall of the Berlin wall was because as the cold war began to unfreeze across eastern Europe. a spokesman for the east berlin's communist party announced a change in his city's relationship to the west and starting at midnight of that same day he said (THIS WHOLE THING WAS ACCIDENT BY THE WAY) "citizens of the GDR were free to cross the countries borders." after that they all busted down the wall and hopped over the wall. -
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1990s
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Rodney King Incident.
Rodney King was born on April 2, 1965, in Sacramento, California. on March 3, 1991, Rodney King was caught by the Los Angeles police after a high-speed chase, The officers pulled him out of the car and beat him brutally and cameraman George Holliday caught it all on videotape. When a mostly white jury acquitted the police officers who were caught on video beating Rodney King, it set off the L.A. riots of 1992. -
Election of 1992
american presidential election held on Nov. 3, 1992, had Democrat Bill Clinton who had defeated incumbent Republican Pres. George Bush. and Independent candidate Ross Perot. the incumbent presidents face little opposition in securing renomination, Bush had alienated much of his conservative base by breaking his 1988 campaign pledges, but Clinton won a plurality in the popular vote, and a wide Electoral College margin. -
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton, better known as Bill Clinton, was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, the Arkansas native and Democrat was governor of his home state. During Clinton’s time in the White House, America enjoyed an era of peace and prosperity, marked by the low unemployment, declining crime rates, and a budget surplus. Remembered as the 42nd president of the United States, and the second to be impeached. He oversaw the country's longest peacetime economic expansion. -
Ross Perot
Ross Perot was born Henry "Ross" Perot, on June 27, 1930, in Texarkana, Texas, He was the son of a cotton broker. Perot attended Texarkana Junior College for two years later on he was an American businessman and philanthropist. and in the election of 1992 was the one who ran as an independent candidate for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996 Perot mounted an unsuccessful campaign to free American prisoners of war being held in North Vietnam he did not become president in the end!!! -
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) was a policy regarding the service of homosexuals in the military. The term was made after president bill clinton in 1993 signed a law directing that military personnel “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue, and don’t harass.” When it went into effect on October 1, 1993, the policy theoretically lifted a ban on homosexual service that had been instituted during World War II, though in effect it continued a statutory ban. -
Hillary clinton
Hillary Clinton was born Hillary Rodham Clinton on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, she is a Government Official, Activist, U.S. First Lady, Women's Rights Activist. When Hillary Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2001, she became the first American first lady to ever win a public office seat, She later became the 67th U.S. secretary of state and in n 2016, she became the first woman in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. -
George H.W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush or also known as George H.W. Bush born June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Phillips Academy, Yale University and late was The 41st president of the United States In his address, Bush campaign promise for a "kinder, gentler" nation, and also emphasizes the need to deal w/ the federal budget and served as vice president under Ronald Reagan as the vice president served two-terms. He is the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president. -
Internet
Unlike other technologies, the Internet has no single inventor, it has evolved over time. The Internet got its start in the United States more than 50 years ago as a gov. weapon in the Cold War. scientists and researchers used it to communicate and share with one another. we use the Internet for almost everything and for many people it would be impossible to imagine life without it. recently, social networking sites have become a popular way for people of all ages to stay connected. -
Lewinsky Affair
The Monica Lewinsky scandal began in the late 1990s a political sex scandal involving President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern in her early 20s. In 1995, the two began a sexual relationship that continued sporadically until 1997. The House of Representatives impeached the president for perjury and obstruction of justice, but he was acquitted by the Senate. America was rocked by a political sex scandal involving President. -
Bill Clinton Presidency
William Jefferson Blythe clition III, "bill" was the , 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001) whos presendency The Clinton administration got off to a shaky start and later on oversaw the country’s longest peacetime economic expansion also durring the presidenncy Hillary Rodham Clinton’s feminist views wer sparking all around america. after all this for a affair he lied on about 1998 he became the second U.S. president to be impeached; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. -
Election of 2000
United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush who served us between 1989–1993 and Democratic candidate Al Gore who was then-Vice President. The election was known for a controversy over the awarding of Florida's 25 electoral votes, in that state, and the unusual event of the winning candidate having received fewer popular votes than the runnerup SDD BILL MESS -
Al Gore
Al Gore was born Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. on March 31, 1948, in Washington, D.C., the U.S.He graduated from Harvard University in 1969 and he was the 45th vice president of the United States between years 1993–2001, In the 2000 presidential election, one of the most controversial elections in American history, Gore won the nationwide popular vote over George W. Bush by more than 500,000 votes but narrowly lost in the electoral college. -
Bush V. Gore (SCOTUS Case)
a divided Supreme Court ruled that the state of Florida's court-ordered manual recount of vote ballots in the 2000 presidential election was unconstitutional. the case proved to be the climax of the presidential race between VP Al Gore and George W. Bush. The recount resulted in a dramatic tightening of the race, leaving Bush w/ a bare 327-vote lead out of almost 6 million ballots cast. the race so close, Florida law allowed Gore the option of manual vote recounts -
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Contemporary
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George W, Bush
George W. Bush was the united states of America’s 43rd president, served in office from 2001 to 2009. Before entering the White House, Bush, the oldest son of George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. president. In 2000, he won the presidency after narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Al Gore, Bush’s time in office was shaped by September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against America and he declared a global “war on terrorism.” THIS MADE HIM REALLY POPULAR!!! -
PATRIOT ACT
Preserving Life and Liberty, it enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism, TERRORISM BIG THING AFTER 9/11!!! USA Patriot Act was the government's success in preventing another catastrophic attack on the American homeland since September 11, 2001, would have been much more difficult, if not impossible, without the USA Patriot Act. provided has enhanced our ability to prevent, investigate, and prosecute acts of terror. -
9/11 Attacks
September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the World Trade Center, 3rd plane hit the Pentagon, D.C., 4th plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which triggered major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defined the presidency of George W. Bush. -
No Child Left Behind Education Act
The No Child Left Behind law is the 2002 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. this act effectively scaled up the federal role in holding schools accountable for student outcomes. The No Child Left Behind Act authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states STILL the main goal providing all children with a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama was born Barack Hussein Obama II on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. brack Obama went on to become President of the Harvard Law Review and a U.S. senator representing Illinois and was the 44th president of the United States and the first African American to serve in the office. First elected to the presidency in 2008, he won a second term in 2012, so He served two terms as the 44th presidents of the United States. -
Election of 2008
On November 4, 2008, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Illinois senator Barack Obama their 44th president. The result was historic, as Obama, a first-term U.S. senator, became, when he was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, the country’s first African American president. He also was the first sitting U.S. senator to win election to the presidency since John F. Kennedy in 1960. With the highest voter turnout rate in four decades. -
Afordable Care Act (ACA) ""OBAMA CARE"
Affordable Care Act (ACA) also and mostly known as "OBAMA CARE", BCS OBAMA CARES!!! was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. This provision protects patients’ choice of doctors by allowing plan members to pick any participating primary care provider, prohibiting insurers from requiring prior authorization. required most individuals to secure health insurance or pay fines, made coverage easier and less costly to obtain, cracked down on abusive insurance practices.
