1950s/1960s culture
1970s-2009 Events
Mrs. Newman

-Rock and pop band from
Liverpool, England that formed in 1960
-John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George
Harrison, Ringo Starr
-musical style was rooted in
1950s rock and roll
-Their clothes, style and statements made them trend-setters
-After the band broke up in
1970, all four members embarked upon successful solo careers.

• rejection of mainstream American values, experimentation with drugs and alternate forms of sexuality, and an interest in Eastern spirituality

• group has led protests
• Worked on issues regarding Native
Americans
– Culture
– Reservations
– Relationship with the U.S. govt.

• A Mexican American farm worker
• Labor leader
• Civil rights activist
• w/ Dolores Huertafounded the National
Farm Workers
Association
(United Farm Workers)
“We are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause."

• Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter
• She is known for her best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system called objectivism
(reality exists independent of consciousness)
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.”

• American painter, printmaker, and
filmmaker
• leading figure in the visual art mvmt. known as pop art

• Helped launch the environmental movement
• Documented the effect of pesticides on the environment, especially birds
• Discussed pollution

*Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries*
• Cartel of 12 countries: Algeria,
Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and
Venezuela.
• Basically control how much oil costs
(a barrel) = high prices at the pump

http://www.history.com/videos/waterga te-forces-nixon-to-resign#watergateforces-nixon-to-resign
• Political scandal during Nixon’s presidency
(men sent by Nixon broke into the
Democratic National Committee headquarters)
• resulted in the indictment & conviction of several of Nixon's closest advisors, and ultimately his resignation on August 9, 1974.
“People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.”- Nixon

• On September 8, 1974, Ford gave
Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he may have committed against the United States while President.
I pardon you!
Yes!!!!

• b/w Iran & the U.S.
• group of Islamist students took over the
American embassy in support of the Iranian revolution
• 52 U.S. diplomats held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981

• Political scandal in the U.S. during the Reagan administration
• arms-for-hostages deal with Iran and funding for the Nicaraguan Contras
(rebel group)

• proposal by President Reagan (Mar.
1983) to use ground and space-based systems to protect the U.S. from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.

1. reduce the growth of government spending
2. reduce income and capital gains marginal tax rates
3. reduce government regulation of the economy
4. control the money supply to reduce inflation

• “We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
» Pres. Reagan

• 2 August 1990 – 28
February 1991)
• between Iraq & a coalition force (34 countries)
• expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait after
Iraq’s occupation & annexation of Kuwait in
August 1990.

• a trilateral trade bloc in North
America created by the governments of the United States, Canada, and
Mexico.

• The charges- perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power arose from the
Lewinsky scandal & the Paula Jones lawsuit.
• It was only the second impeachment of a
President in American history, following the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in
1868.
Billy C. Not
Guilty! Woohoo!

• series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-
Qaeda upon the
U.S. on September
11, 2001.
• 2,998 dead
– including Flight 93
Pentagon deaths, & the 2 Towers

• President Bush's first
State of the Union address vows to expand the fight on terrorism and labels
Iran, Iraq, and North
Korea "an axis of evil"
(Jan. 29).
• Boston archbishop
Cardinal Bernard Law resigns as a result of the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals and cover-up of priest-child molestation. (Dec. 13).

• Space shuttle
Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts
(Feb. 1).
• President Bush signs $87.5 billion emergency package for postwar Iraq reconstruction; this supplements
$79 billion approved in April.
(Nov. 5).

photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
Images spark outrage around the world (April
30).
• Gay marriages begin in
Massachusetts, the first state in the country to legalize such unions (May
17).
• U.S.’s final report on
Iraq’s weapons finds no
WMDs (Sept. 16).
reelected president, defeats John Kerry (Nov.
2).

catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless.
Americans are shaken not simply by the magnitude of the disaster but by how ill-prepared all levels of government are in its aftermath. (Aug. 25-30).
• Another major hurricane, Rita, ravages the Gulf coast (Sept.
23).
Bush signed a presidential order to allow the National Security
Agency to spy on Americans suspected of being connected to terrorist activity without warrants. (Dec. 15).

• President Bush signs a law renewing the Patriot Act, including a signing statement stating that he does not consider himself bound by its requirement to tell Congress how the law is being used (Mar.
9).
• President Bush uses his veto power for the first time, striking down legislation that would have expanded the number of stem cell lines available for embryonic research using federal financing.
(July 19).

Pelosi becomes the first woman speaker of the House and will preside over the 100th
Congress. (Jan. 4).
$5.85, up from $5.15. It's the first increase in 10 years.
The wage will increase 70 cents each year through 2009, when it will be $7.25 an hour
(July 24).
• President Bush signs law that legalizes government eavesdropping of telephone conversations and emails of
American citizens and people overseas without a warrant as long as there is a "reasonable belief" that one party is not in the United States (Aug. 5).

• Barack Obama prevailed over John McCain and will become the nation's first
African-American president
• The 2008 congressional races featured several headline-making scandals and upsets
• The grim financial situation hit many aspects of the
U.S. economy and our pocketbooks

• Obama, Biden Sworn into
Office (Jan. 20)
• Secret Prisons and
Detention Camps at
Guantanamo Ordered
Closed (Jan. 22)
• Obama Signs Equal-Pay
Legislation (Jan. 29)
• Obama Announces Date to End Iraq War (Feb.
27): withdraw most
American troops out of
Iraq by August 31,
2010.