
May 1972 Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to visit Moscow;
he signs a nuclear arms treaty. (Start of the end to the Cold
War)

September 1972 Palestinian terrorists kill two Israeli athletes and
kidnap nine at Olympic in Munich.

August 1974 President Nixon resigns after impeachment
proceedings brought on by the cover up of the Watergate
break-in. (Only President forced to resign in US History)

April 1975 President Ford orders total evacuation of South
Vietnam – (ending US involvement & mandatory draft.)

April 1975 Unemployment rate at its highest (8.7%) since the
Depression – Do you know what it is today??? (10.3%)

July 1978 First Test Tube baby was born in England.

August 1978 House of Representatives extends the
deadline for ratification of Equal Rights Amendment
(women’s rights) until 1982.

School Integration – Although the civil rights amendment
made it illegal to segregate school by race, most schools
in the early 1970’s were still racially divided. Since most
school districts were laid out by neighborhoods, it was
determined that there should be cross town bussing to fully
integrate the urban schools. (Difficulties that arose from
the forced bussing was revealed in the movie Remember
the Titans- 2000)

THE VIETNAM LOTTERIES

A lottery drawing - the first since 1942 - was held on December 1, 1969, at
Selective Service National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. This event
determined the order of call for induction during calendar year 1970; that is, for
registrants born between January 1, 1944, and December 31, 1950. Reinstitution
of the lottery was a change from the "draft the oldest man first" method, which
had been the determining method for deciding order of call.

There were 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth dates placed in a large glass
container and drawn by hand to assign order-of-call numbers to all men within
the 18-26 age range specified in Selective Service law.

With radio, film, and TV coverage, the capsules were drawn from the container,
opened, and the dates inside posted in order. The first capsule - drawn by
Congressman Alexander Pirnie (R-NY) of the House Armed Services Committee contained the date September 14, so all men born on September 14 in any year
between 1944 and 1950 were assigned lottery number 1. The drawing continued
until all days of the year had been paired with sequence numbers.












LOTTERY DRAWINGS - Vietnam Era
Table Date of Drawing Applied to Year of Birth
Administrative Processing Number
1970 December 1
1971 July 1
1972 August 5
1973 February 2
1974 March 8
1975 March 20
1976 March 12
Would you have been drafted if it was held today? Did you know
anyone who was drafted? How would a mandatory draft affect
your outlook on life as you graduate from high school??

Fashion – Bell bottoms, leisure suites, flowered & patterned
clothes, bright colors, gold & shiny fabrics


Movies:
Saturday Night Live – Featured much of the
fashion/dancing linked to the Disco Music. (video)
› Watch closely & you can see many of the fashions of the day!

Easy Rider, Star Wars, Jaws, The Godfather
Television shows included:
 Mary Tyler Moore, Welcome Back Kotter, The Jeffersons,
Sanford & Son, Charlie’s Angels, Shaft, Swat, All in the
Family, Saturday Night Live.


The 1970s created a perfect musical bridge from the
rebelliousness of the 1960s and the happy songs that
are characteristic of the 1980s. Following the
counterculture of the 60s, the 70s created a trend of
relaxing music as well as dance music. People may
have grown tired of the fighting that happened the
previous decade and many of them sought a refuge in
dance clubs and other places to enjoy a good time.
Out of this idea emerged the Disco movement.




Bee Gees - Stayin’alive
Abba - “Dancing Queen” mp3
Donna Summer- “McArthur Park”
Gloria Gaynor- “I will survive”

Singer –Songwriters/folk rock continue to
flourish including mixtures of folk, protest and
country music

Simon & Garfunkel – “Bridge over troubled
water”
Creedance Clearwater Revival- “Rollin on the
River”mp3
Don McLean-” American Pie”mp3
John Denver- “I’m a Country Boy”
Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia”





Hard Rock/Heavy Metal – began in the late 60’s and
gained acceptance in the 1970’s
› Pink Floyd – “Another Brick in the Wall”mp3
› Led Zeppelin
› Black Sabbath

Funk Music –
› God father of Soul - James Brown- “Livin in America”, “I
Feel Good”mp3
› Tower of Power

Punk Music
› Ramones, Sex Pistols, David Bowie(who moved into Glam
rock)
 Rock
Music – ranged from soft rock
to heavy metal and Punk Music

Soft Rock/Dance Music
›
›
›
›
›
›
The Village People- “YMCA”mp3
Chicago- “25 or 6 to 4” mp3
The Eagles- “Desperado”
Earth, Wind & Fire – “Lets Groove”
Hall & Oates- “Private Eyes”
Fleetwood Mac- “Landslide”