1970’s Introduction

History pt 1 22 April 1970 First "Earth Day" celebrated as environmental movement launched. 4 May 1970 Four students killed when National Guardsmen opened fire during anti-war demonstrations at Kent State University in Ohio. 24 April 1971 Huge anti-war march in Washington, D.C leaks the Pentagon Papers, massive collection of top-secret government documents, whose publication helps to discredit the Vietnam War policies of the Nixon administration. 17 May 1972 Republican agents burglarize Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. 29 May 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) signed by U.S. & Soviets. 5,6 September 1972 Nineteen killed in terrorist siege at Munich Olympic Games 1973 Arab oil embargo causes severe shortage and energy prices skyrocket 22

History pt 2 January 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizes abortion 10 October 1973 Amid charges of corruption and scandal, VP Spiro Agnew pleads no contest to income tax evasion and resigns from office. 6 December 1973 Gerald Ford, congressman from Michigan, becomes the new vice president Economy in worst recession in 40 years. 9 August 1974 Ford becomes the thirty-eighth president after Richard Nixon, facing impeachment charges, is forced to resign United Nations declares International Year of the Woman. 30 April 1975 South Vietnam falls to Communist forces of North Vietnam Residents of Love Canal, NY, evacuated due to dangerous toxic chemicals buried in the area. 19 November American religious cult leader Jim Jones and 900 People's Temple followers die in mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. 28 March 1979 Radioactive leak at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

Technology in the 70’s The floppy disc appeared in 1970, and the next year Intel introduced the microprocessor the "computer on a chip." floppy discIntel Atari produced the first low-priced integrated circuit TV games. Atari videocassette recorder (VCR) changed home entertainment forever. videocassette recorder Jumbo jets revolutionized commercial flight, doubling passenger capacity and increasing flight range to 6,000 miles. Jumbo jets The neutron bomb, which destroys living beings but leaves buildings intact, was developed.neutron bomb In medicine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology was developed to help in diagnosis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging The first test tube baby, Louise Brown, was born, developed from an artificially inseminated egg implanted in the mother's womb. first test tube babyLouise Brown (1971), first retail barcode scanned (1974),barcodescanned the laser printer (1971),laser printer and the first space lab (USA Skylab, 1973).Skylab

Fads & Fashion Mood rings lava lamps Rubik's cube Sea Monkeys smiley face stickers pet rocks Hippies are still in:  as men sported shoulder length hair  bellbottom pants  hip huggers,  colorful patches  hot pants  platform shoes  earth shoes  clogs With Disco came:  Leisure suits  and women were fashionable in everything from ankle-length grandmother dresses to hot pants and micro-miniskirts.

Presidents of the 70’s Richard M. Nixon ( ) Richard M. Nixon Gerald Ford ( ) Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter ( )Jimmy Carter

Music Basics By the 1970's, the term "rock & roll" had become nearly meaningless. This decade saw the breakup of the Beatles and the death of Elvis Presley,BeatlesElvis Presley Pop music splintered into a multitude of styles: soft rock, hard rock, country rock, folk rock, punk rock, shock rock -­ and the dance craze of the decade, disco! soft rock hard rockfolk rockpunk rockshock rockdisco "Easy listening" regained popularity with groups such as the Carpenters, and Bob Marley gained a huge core of fans in the U.S. performing Jamaican reggae music.CarpentersBob Marleyreggae Even though Michael Jackson was only 12 years old in 1970, his career as a solo performer skyrocketed during this decade.Michael Jacksonduring this decade

Artists and Bands Aerosmith the Bee Gees David Bowie Alice Cooper Eagles Emerson, Lake & Palmer Rod Stewart Three Dog Night The Who Fleetwood Mac Billy Joel Elton John Led Zeppelin John Lennon Pink Floyd Bob Seger Bruce Springsteen

Movies Star Wars made it one of the highest grossing films ever. Rocky The Godfather Jaws Exorcist American Graffiti Grease Saturday Night Fever

TV All in the Family Saturday Night Live Roots Happy Days The Brady Bunch Sesame Street