The 1970's

  • Kent State Shooting

    Kent State Shooting
    National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of students on the campus of Kent State University.
  • Voting Age Lowered to 18

    Voting Age Lowered to 18
    Ratified the 26th amendement
  • Watergate Burglary

    Watergate Burglary
    Political scandal in the US resulting from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington DC
  • Roe v. Wade

    Roe v. Wade
    Abortion law decided by the Supreme Court
  • Nixon Resigns

    Nixon Resigns
    Nixon was somewhat connected to the Watergate scandal which led him to resign.
  • Fall Of Saigon

    Fall Of Saigon
    The end of the Vietnam war and the start of the formal reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.
  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam

    Socialist Republic of Vietnam
    North Vietnam&South Vietnam unite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter
    Jimmy Carter is elected as the 39th President of the United States
  • Jonestown Massacre

    Jonestown Massacre
    918 people died in the settlement as well as in a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown
  • Cambodian-Vietnamese War

    Cambodian-Vietnamese War
    The People’s Army of Vietnam achieved a rapid victory in two weeks, seizing the capital city, Phnom Penh.