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G.I Bill
The G. I. Bill of Rights or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as GIs or G. I.s) as well as one-year of unemployment compensation.Also known as Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 gave money to veternas to study in colleges, universities, gave medical treatment, loans to buy a house or farm or start a new business -
38th parallel (established as border)
After Japan collapsed in 1945, so did the control of Korea and the communist Russians took over the north.The 38th Parallel became the dividing line between North and South Korea, across which the fighting between communists and United Nations forces ebbed and flowed during the Korean War.The dividing line was first established to separate Soviet and US occupation zones after Japan's defeat in 1945; the Korean War began in 1950 after North Korean communists crossed the parallel into South Korea. -
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Iron curtain
The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas in the post-WWII and Cold War era. The boundary lay vertically through the middle of Germany. On the west side was the Soviet Union, Poland, Finland, Hungary, Austria, Romania and West Germany, and on the east side was England, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and East Germany. -
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine of 1947 said that the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. This doctrine is often considered the start of the Cold War.In this doctrine, the president asked Congress in March 1947 for $400 million in economic military aid to assist the "free people" of Greece and Turkey against "totalitarian" regimes. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was a successful effort by the United States and Britain to ship by air 2.3 million tons of supplies to the residents of the Western-controlled sectors of Berlin from June 1948 to May 1949, in response to a Soviet blockade of all land and canal routes to the divided city. Truman ordered US planes to fly in supplies to the people of West Berlin, and also sent 60 bombers capable of carrying atomic bombs to bases in England. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was a European Recovery Program signed off by President Truman, to help restore what was destroyed in Western Europe from world war II. It was an initiative made by Americans' themselves. The U.S gave over $13 billion to assist the economy & rebuild what was ruined by the devastating war. In addition, this was to improve the economic situations. The Soviet's really had nothing to say about this being established. -
Fair Deal
Truman submitted this twenty one point domestic program to congress days after the Japanese surrender. It called for expansion of Social Security benefits, the raising of the legal minimum wage from 40 to 60 cents an hour, a program to ensure full employment through aggressive use of federal spending and investment, public housing and slum clearance, long-range environmental and public works planning, and government promotion of scientific research. -
2nd red scare
The issues and relations between the soviet union and the United states began to erupt intensely and there were rumors or saying stating that there had been a threat involving the spread of communism. This became known as the red scare because in this era communists were known as "reds". This was led by Joseph McCarthy and it was referred to as McCarthyism. This issue resulted in a "witch hunt" to find those who supported communism, also greatly affected the society and community. -
Rock N' Roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940's and early 1950's, from African American musical styles such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, along with country music. -
Television shows
The TV Shows during 1950's were considered at the golden age of television as "watching TV". Televisions had became a new form of entertainment along with radios and sport. The televisions were very well known because of the shows that were going on at the time and TV programming expanded. at the end of the decade most american families had their own televisions. Sitcoms and comedies were among the best show like I Love Lucy, Th Honeymooners and I married Joan had all earned very high ratings -
Ike Turner
Turner initially played a style of blues known as boogie woogie on the piano. He later learned to play guitar. In the late 1940s, Turner started a group called the Kings of Rhythm. In 1951, he and his band went to Memphis to record at the legendary Sun Studios run by recording legend Sam Phillips. Their song, "Rocket 88," is considered by many to be the first rock and rock recording. It was released under the name of Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats and became a number one hit on the R&B charts. -
Beat Generation
Beat Generation was a group of American writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they wrote about. Central elements of "Beat" culture include a rejection of mainstream American values, experimentation with drugs and alternate forms of sexuality, and an interest in Eastern spirituality.They were bohemian writers , who bemoaned bourgeois conformity and advocated free-form experimentation in life and literature. -
Brown v. Board of education
The Supreme Court ruling reversing the policy of segregation, declaring that separate can never be equal and a year later ordered the integration of all public schools with all deliberate speed society became less racist.This Supreme Court decision holding that school segregation in Topeka, Kansas, was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the 14th amendment's guarantee of equal protection. This case marked the end of legal segregation in the US . -
Little Richard
Little Richard was the third of 12 children. His father, Bud, was a stern man who made his living selling moonshine and didn’t do much to hide his disdain for his son’s early signs of homosexuality. At the age of 13 Richard was ordered to move out of the family home, and his relationship with his father was never repaired. In 1951 Richard caught his first major break when a performance at an Atlanta radio station yielded a record contract with RCA. From there then he hoped his fame would succeed -
Dr. Jonas Salk
Dr. Jonas Salk developed an effective vaccine against polio in the early 1950s, and the government-sponsored a free inoculation program for children.Polio crippled and killed millions worldwide, and the successful vaccine virtually eliminated the scourage. The vaccine was extremely effective. By 1974, thanks to his vaccine and a new oral vaccine developed by Dr. Albert Sabin, only seven new polio cases were reported in the country. Salk was also known as an American biologist and physician. -
Earl Warren (supreme court)
Chief Justice Earl Warren was a Republican politician. He led an activist Court during the 'rights revolution' of the 1950s and 1960s, assertively using the Court's power in support expanding civil rights. Brown v. Board of Education,various decisions expanding the rights of the accused.Known as a controversial Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he led the Court in far-reaching racial,social,and political rulings,including school desegregation and protecting rights of persons accused of crimes. -
The Polio Vaccine
Introduced by Jonas Salk in 1954 and given out to the public by 1955. The polio vaccine generated serum antibodies that neutralized the polio virus in the bloodstream. Polio would invade the central nervous system producing from a subclinical or mild febrile illness to aseptic meningitis, muscle weakness, and paralysis. The polio vaccine was a big step for the developing nation becuase it made us advance more than the other nations , helping us lead as a powerful , strong and healthy country. -
Bill Haley & the Comets
In 1954 bandleader Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “Rock Around the Clock,” a rock and roll anthem that stayed at Number One for eight weeks and sold an estimated twenty-five million copies worldwide. Haley has been called “the father of rock and roll". Haley broke into rock and roll via country and western music. He was a member of the Downhomers and musical director for the Saddlemen. The latter group had a regular radio show at a Chester, Pennsylvania, radio station -
Emmett Till tragedy
A 14 year old black who vacationed in Mississippi, allegedly whistled at a white woman (Carolyn Bryant) or spoke out of his place to her,and he was subsequently beaten, abused, and murdered then tied to a cotton gin and thrown into a river.His death ignited racial controversy in Mississippi regarding handling of court case. His death contributed to the motive of the American Civil Rights movement, with some saying Rosa Parks committed her actions in thought of this boy and his mother. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Park helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. The leaders of the local black community organized a bus boycott that began the day Parks was convicted of violating the segregation laws. Led by a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the boycott lasted more than a year during which Parks not coincidentally lost her job and ended only when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery bus boycott
This was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. This caused deficits in public transit profits because a large percentage of people who used the public transportation were now boycotting it. The ensuing struggle lasted from 12.1.1955 to 12.20.1956, and led to a SCOTUS decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses unconstitutional. -
Eisenhower Interstate system
The Interstate Highway System is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States created by President Eisenhower. The was created a 41,000-mile Highway that would eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of “speedy, safe transcontinental travel.” This improved America, as seen today, it is still used and a big part of transportation society. -
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy was born on November 14, 1908, near Appleton, Wisconsin. In 1946 he was elected to the U.S. Senate. Senator McCarthy spent almost five years trying in vain to expose communists and other left-wing “loyalty risks” in the U.S. government. In the hyper-suspicious atmosphere of the Cold War, insinuations of disloyalty were enough to convince many Americans that their government was packed with traitors and spies. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named after the Russian word for “satellite". Visible with binoculars before sunrise or after sunset, Sputnik transmitted radio signals back to Earth strong enough to be picked up by amateur radio operators. Those in the United States with access to such equipment tuned in and listened in awe as the beeping Soviet spacecraft passed over America several times a day. -
Civil rights act of 1957
This act passed into law at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement on September. This did not create new rights, but it prohibited attempts to prevent people from voting and laid the foundation for federal enforcement of civil rights law. The Act created the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice and gave it the power to seek court injunctions against anyone interfering with the right to vote. It created the Civil Rights Commission creating protection of voting rights. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their attendance at the school was a test of Brown v. Board of Education. Nine students registered to be the first African Americans to attend Central High School, like Elizabeth Eckford. NAACP carefully vetted the group of students and determined they all possessed the strength and determination to face the resistance they would encounter. -
Sit Ins
Thesed organized sit-ins at counters throughout the South, was a non-violence movement to gain civil rights was formed by the SNCC. Goes from schools to other public places, to show whites the struggle at even eateries. African Americans sat in white only seats, and remained until served, which hurt white businesses, this brought civil rights somewhere new. Although, Protesters thrown from seats & beaten, they couldn't fight back. By 1960, the Civil Rights Movement had gained strong momentum. -
Chicano Movement
The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, also called the Chicano civil rights movement or El Movimiento, was a civil rights movement extending the Mexican-American civil rights movement of the 1960s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. Similar to the Black Power movement, scholars have also written about the repression and police brutality experienced by members of this movement which some connect to larger government-organized activity such as COINTELPRO -
Kennedy and Nixon
During the 1960's John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon had squared off their first ever presidential debates and this was the first ever in history. The purpose of this followed the new era of crafting a public image and taking advantage of the media exposure. The country had been heavily engaged in the heated Cold War with the Soviet Union in which had first caused the beginning of the space race and the launching the Sputnik satellite. There was the need for a strong leader to help the country -
Feminism
Second-wave feminism is a period of feminist activity and thought that began in the U.S. in the early 1960s and lasted roughly two decades. It quickly spread across the Western world, with an aim to increase equality for women by gaining more than just enfranchisement. Issues addressed by the movement included rights regarding domestic issues such as clothing and employment. In the 1960s, women did not tend to seek employment due to their engagement with domestic and household duties -
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Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. Due to the violence and arrests continued to garner national and international attention, and drew hundreds of new Freedom Riders to the cause. -
Bay of pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion begins when a CIA trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to stop the communist government of Fidel Castro. The attack was a devastating failure. The United States felt like they needed to invade because they intended to provoke popularity for an uprising against Fidel Castro. This mission was led/ done by president John. F Kennedy. This event was also known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Peace Corps
In the year 1961, president John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State. The same day, he sent a message to Congress asking for permanent funding for the agency, which would send trained American men and women to foreign nations to assist in development efforts. The Peace Corps captured the imagination of the U.S. public, and during the week after its creation thousands of letters poured into Washington from young Americans hoping to volunteer. -
Malcom X
Malcom X was born May 19, 1925, was a natural orator, human rights activist and prominent black nationalist leader who was for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s. She thought Islam was for black people, and didn't let whites help to gain Civil Rights. He disagreed with King's strategy of non-violence and encouraged Black militancy for self-defense. After separating from Elijah Muhammed and the Nation of Islam, he realized non-violence was key and let whites help. Gunned down in 1965 -
Assassination of JFK!!!! ):
Sitting in a Lincoln convertible, the Kennedys and Connallys waved at the large and enthusiastic crowds gathered along the parade route. As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. He was 46. -
Anti-war movement
Though the first American protests against U.S. intervention in Vietnam took place in 1963, the antiwar movement did not begin in earnest until nearly two years later, when President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered massive U.S. military intervention and the sustained bombing of North Vietnam. Anti-war marches and other protests, such as the ones organized by SDS, attracted a widening base of support over the next three years. -
Birmingham March
The Birmingham Campaign was a movement led in early 1963 by the SCLC which sought to bring national attention of the efforts of local black leaders to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham, Alabama. The campaign was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverends James Bevel and Fred Shuttlesworth, among others. -
lee harvey oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was born on October 18, 63' in New Orleans, Louisiana, before the assassination, he joined the U.S. Marines and later defected to the Soviet Union for some time. On November 22, 1963, around the time of President John F. Kennedy’s approaching motorcade through Dallas, Oswald was seen on the sixth floor of his work building, holding a rifle. Three shots were fired, with the second and third hitting President Kennedy. On his way to jail he, he was murdered by Jack Ruby. -
Great Society
The Great Society was an ambitious series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs spearheaded by President Lyndon B. Johnson with the main goals of ending poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment. With his eye on re-election that year, Johnson set in motion his Great Society, the largest social reform plan in modern history -
Daisy girl Ad
"Daisy", sometimes known as "Daisy Girl" or "Peace, Little Girl", was a controversial political advertisement aired on television during the 1964 United States presidential election by incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. -
Hippies
Hippies felt alienated from middle-class society, which they saw as dominated by materialism and repression, and they developed their own distinctive lifestyle. They favoured long hair and casual, often unconventional, dress, sometimes in “psychedelic” colours. Many males grew beards, and both men and women wore sandals and beads. Long flowing granny dresses were popular with women, and rimless granny glasses with both men and women. This distinct group established the " counter culture ". -
LSD
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.” This created an entire counterculture of drug abuse and spread the drug from America to the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe. Even today, use of LSD in the United Kingdom is significantly higher than in other parts of the world. -
legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson
After Kennedy's murder, Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson had to take over his term. For the the election of 1964, Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson ran and wanted to continue the legacy of Kennedy & New Deal. Johnson wanted the U.S. to unite toward a common goal. Johnson launched programs, such as, Medicare,the Voting Rights Act, and the Civil Rights Act, had an impact in health, education and civil rights to help create this "Great Society" for all Americans -
The watts riot
The Watts riots started because Marquette Frye, a 21-year-old black man, was arrested for drunk driving in the Watts neighborhood in 1965. The riots were blamed principally on police racism. For six days, the aread burned with 1052 injured and 34 dead. Whites started changing their views on Civil Rights, saw militant black protesters, instead of not non-violent ones, and now support suppression of protesters. MLK tries to convince protesters to use nonviolence to gain civil rights. -
The black panther party
the Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 in Oakland, California for self-defense of black people. They patrolled African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality, as they were a paramilitary organization. They stoked racial pride and inner city renewal, as they appealed to young African Americans in inner cities. However, their leader Huey Newton was jailed for manslaughter killing a cop, in his absence the Black Panthers fell apart and destroyed themselves -
Environmental protection program
The Environmental Agency act was made to help control and to regulate the pollution that was happening at the time.They wanted to prevent illnesses from happening and recourse to get hurt. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) came with more Acts such as the Noise pollution act, nuclear waste policy act,resource conservation and recovery act,river and harbor act, safe drinking water act.They wanted to reduce air pollution and decrease the trash that was being dumped on oceans, it was helpful -
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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964. Though he largely pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida. He was also known as the first communist party secretary of the soviet union. -
Nixon's tapes...
The Nixon Tapes are known to be audio recordings of conversations between President Richard Nixon at the time and also included the Nixon administration officials that Nixon's family friends and the white house staff had produced. There was a taping system built in the Oval office and also in the Oval office desk. The purpose of the taped were to capture and record audio transmitted by telephone calls with telephone taps and concealed microphones. Taped were then deleted. -
endangered species act
The Endangered Species Act was established to protect and recover species that were being endangered in their ecosystem which animals depend on. Congress had passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973 and it was meant to recognize the natural and rich heritage and the value of the nature. In 1972 president Richard Nixon had declared that the conservative efforts in the United States aimed towards preventing extinction of species and the act was then signed and passed on December 28th for help -
Computers
The first personal computer was first introduces in 1975. The first computer were made by Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Steve Jobs. The personal computer business was doing really well and helped the economy a lot since the teenage population were amazed by the new creation that allowed them to have access. They are much different hat the laptops that are made today such as the size, the speed, the lay out, access to different things on the computer and many other things that are very helpful today -
Pres. Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon served as the 37th president of the United States and is known as the first president to ever resign in office. Nixon had resign in 1974 during his second term,he didn't want to face impeachment so he decided to choose the option and resign instead after the huge Watergate scandal.During Nixon presidency he had achieved many successful things such as forging diplomatic ties with china and the soviet union and withdrawing and withdrew U.S. troops from a very unpopular war in Vietnam -
VHS (video home system)
In the 80's, the VHS used to be just as big as DVDs are today. For the first time, people were able to record things. The idea of watching one show while recording another was a major, and a breakthrough in technology during that decade. The tapes were considered to be incredibly compact and small, leading to the long-lasting success of the VHS. Gradually, Hollywood stopped releasing movies on VHS -
Three mile island
The three mile island was the site of a nuclear power plant located in the south of Pennsylvania. At the three mile island the worst mechanical and human errors took place, the events that happened this day had caused many problems and issues. A commercial nuclear accident was caused and had released a very dangerous radioactive gasses into the atmosphere which later spread throughout . Because of the sad incident the United States was scared for something like this so they dont make any anymore -
Moral majority
The Moral Majority was an organization made for politics that had been founded in 1979 by Jerry Falwell. There are positive things that came from the organization such as helping to establish the religions right as a force in American politics. The organization first began when was response to the social and cultural transformation that had occurred in the United States in two different eras.Since it was established by Falwell he described is as a pro family and pro american and a strong policy -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was built to shorten the distance that ships had to travel to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It permits shippers of commercial goods, to save time and money by transporting cargo more quickly, located in the country of Panama. However, America decided to give Canal back to the Panamanians on December 31, 1999. In the Panama Canal Treaty, panama canal zone would cease to exist on October 1, 1977. These two treaties were signed on September 7, 1977. -
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The election of 1980
The Election of 980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election that took place on November 4th 1980. The republican nominee was Ronald Reagan who won the presidential election. The democrat running against Reagan was Jimmy Cater. There had been a lot of talk and conservativism towards Ronald Reagen's run and election, a lot of people and historians considered the election to be a realigning election, Jimmy carter did not win due to the unpopularity and poor relations with democratic leaders -
AIDS
Up until the 1980s, many people were infected with HIV developed AIDS without knowing. HIV was transmission was not accompanied by noticeable signs or symptoms. Although, in the 1980s a crisis happened where ear and ignorance towards AIDS was widespread, mainly because the transmission and nature of the disease was unknown. AIDs was labelled the “gay plague”, suggesting that it was spread among men who had sex with men. Many politicians, like Reagan refused to face the epidemic initially. -
mMTV
Before 1981, MTV did not have 24/7 access, as it is very different from today's MTV, however it became the first 24-hour video music, as music became a symbol of the 80s. In addition, the first video ever played was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. Then MTV introduced the very first MTV Video Music Awards and suddenly the new generation had its very own awards show. -
Strategic defensive initiative; or star wars
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), or Star Wars, was a program first initiated in 1983 under President Reagan. The purpose of this program was to develop an anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. They were space and earth based battle stations, which would direct their killing beams toward moving Soviet targets.Since the tension of the Cold War was happening the program, seemed to have no negative consequences. -
Ronald Reagan
Before Ronald Reagan's presidency, he was an American actor and Governor of California for two terms, he ran for President, as the republican candidate against Jimmy Carter. He won and became the 40th President of the United States serving from 1981 to 1989. His term saw a restoration of prosperity at home, with the goal of achieving “peace through strength” abroad. He is responsible to redefine the purpose of government and pressured the Soviet Union to end the Cold War -
Challenger explosion
The NASA space shuttle named the Challenger exploded and disintegrated on January 28, 1986, in Florida coast, just 73 seconds after liftoff . The disaster claimed the lives of all seven astronauts aboard, which consisted of five NASA astronauts and two specialists It was later discovered that two rubber O-rings had failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. It received extensive media coverage and temporarily NASA suspended all shuttle missions -
Fall on the Berlin Wall
Soviet Union was beginning to collapse. They were losing their hold on East Germany. In 1987, the U.S. President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in Berlin where he asked Mikhail Gorbachev, to "Tear down this Wall!". Finally, on November 9, 1989, the borders were open and people could freely move between Eastern and Western Germany. Much of the wall was torn down by people chipping away as they celebrated the end to a divided Germany. In1990 Germany was officially reunified into a single country. -
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Albert Sabin
The Sabin Vaccine Institute is founded on the legacy and global vision of one of the pre-eminent scientific figures in the history of medicine, Dr. Albert B. Sabin. Best known as the developer of the oral live virus polio vaccine, Dr. Sabin not only dedicated his entire professional career to the elimination of human suffering though his groundbreaking medical advances, he also waged a tireless campaign against poverty and ignorance throughout his lifetime. -
Persian gulf war
August of 1990, Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait. Saudi Arabia and Egypt were alarmed and called the U.S. and other Western nations. Hussein refused to not intervene from Kuwait by 1991, and from there the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S. led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. It led to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by alliance -
Election of 1992
In the U.S. election, it was between Republican President George H. W. Bush, Democrat Bill Clinton, and independent Ross Perot. Bush's campaigned to not raise taxes, foreign policy, which did not happen. It revolved around economic issues. The ending of the cold war, as Republicans succeeded. However, Clinton promised of change to an electorate clearly discontented with President Bush. And, Clinton won the popular vote, wide Electoral College margin, and became the 42nd President -
World trade center devastation
a terrorist attack took place at the World Trade Center, as a large nitrate-hydrogen gas enhanced bomb also stuffed with cyanide was located in the parking garage. Was planned by a group of terrorist and, it was meant to bring both towered down and kill ten of thousands of people, however, in reality killed six people and injured over a thousand. In March 1994, the four men were charged conspiracy, explosive destruction of property, and interstate transportation of explosives. -
Don't ask, don't tell policy
D.A.D.T was introduced by the Clinton Administration in 1994, and was the policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians in the United States. It allowed closeted members of the military to serve, while prohibiting those in the military who were openly gay to serve. Before this policy, gays were not allowed to serve in the military. It took last effect until September 20, 2001, military ended the 18-year ban on gays serving openly in the military. -
BET network
Black Entertainment Television, BET, was founded by Robert L. Johnson. As he recognized the enormous impact of television programming had, and designed for the African American public and created the channel to reach that demographic audience. It targeted the young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black American cultural and entertainment based programming. In the late 1990s it gain audience with several news programs including "Our Voices" and "Lead Story" -
Oprah FRICKIN' Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey was born in Mississippi on January 29, 1954, is one of the most wealthy and powerful people in America. She was the first black woman to host a nationally weekday talk show. Winfrey usually focused on aspects of lifestyle, such as the mind, body, and spirit. Her charity, "Oprah Winfrey Foundation" to offer aid to educate and support women. Winfrey has become one of the most influential women in the world, for her generous humanitarianism and influential self. -
Lewinsky Affair
A scandal that involved 49-year-old President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Between the year 1995-1997, the affair took place while he was in office, and in 1998 was confronted. Clinton added at the end a televised speech saying "did not have sexual relations" with Lewinsky. After the scandal, he was investigated and led to the impeachment of Clinton, and the suspension of his license to practice law was suspended in Arkansas for five years -
cell phones
Cell phones were bulky in size and not very practical, It wasn't until the 90's that they became smaller, which lead to gain popularity. Cell phones mainly functioned for business. However, when cell phone companies began to market their products toward the general public. By the end of the 90s you could purchase a cell phone with 2 gigabyte technology for about $200, This was the beginning of a significant change in consumerism within the telephone industry. -
election of 2000
The Election of 2000, was mostly between Republican George W. Bush, Democratic candidate Al Gore, but Ralph Nader was apart of it too with the Green Party. The election depended on the results of the state of Florida, as the votes between the two candidates votes were very close together. However, the outcome of the election was ultimately decided by the US Supreme Court. And George W. Bush served as the 43rd President of the United States -
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George W. Bush Presidency
George W. Bush served in office from 2001 to 2009. He was a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Bush worked in the Texas oil industry. He narrowly defeated the Democratic Party during the election of 2000. Bush’s time in office was mostly judged by the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. In response to the attacks, he declared a global “war on terrorism,” and established the Department of Homeland Security and went through with the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -
No child left behind act
The No Child Left Behind Act allows re authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. By law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8. A federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. The major focus is to close student achievement gaps by providing all children with a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education -
2nd iraq war
The United States, along with their forces mainly from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad. There began the Iraq War, also known as the second Persian Gulf War. Began in 2003 with combined forces of the Unites States and Great Britain. It was between the neighboring middle eastern countries resulted in at least half a million of deaths, and several billion dollars worth of damage. However, nothing was gained from both sides -
hurricane katrina devastation
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. The states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and others were greatly affected. When the storm begun it was a category 3 hurricane, it demolished a vast of the land, leading to $ 100 billion in damage. It stretched about 400 miles across. In addition, it caused deaths, and left a lot of trash and flooding. The gov. did not react immediately and took too long to meet the needs of people affected by the hurricane -
The great recession
The Great Recession had begun on December of 2007, begun as the bursting of an 8 trillion dollar housing bubble. The resulting loss of wealth led to sharp cutbacks in consumer spending. It intended to begin to attempt help the economy as it gained a lot of respect, however it sadly ended when the unemployment rose from 4.3 percent of 9.5 percent towards the end of the great recession. The financial effects on the great recession also affected the home prices and fell approximately 30 percent. -
there is way too many elections.. but election of 2008
The Election of 2008 was between Democratic Barack H. Obama vs. Republican John S. McCain. Obama received 365 electoral votes, and McCain 173. The election was the first in which an African American was elected President. It was also the first time two sitting senators ran against each other. the economy was the biggest issue and focal point of the Election, as the recession of 2008 was taking place. Barak Obama became the 43rd and first African-American president of the United States -
Obama Presidency
President Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States, and inherited a global economic recession, two ongoing foreign wars and the lowest-ever international favor ability rating of the U.S. He strived for an ambitious agenda of financial reform, alternative energy and reinventing education and health care. In addition, he succeeded and witnessed the capture of Osama bin Laden in the Whit White House on May 1, 2011. He brought healthcare to the disadvantage known as Obamacare -
Affordable care act / Obama care
The Patient Protection or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), mostly common known was Obamacare. Was introduced by President Barak Obama, to in goals to help low income family and help people who couldn't afford health care be able to do so with the help of the new act. It was a United States federal statue enacted by the state congress and signed into the law. Covered numerous of people, and increased the coverage was due and the medicaid eligibility and to major changed to health care
