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Time Period: 1970 - 1980 U.S. History Unit 8 46

Unit 8 Directions No Notes  Total different format this unit All work will be done in the packet Listen to every YouTube clip. Everything on the test is from these clips

President Richard Nixon 1969 - 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilFvpC3mJXM Youtube 6:21

1972 Watergate burglars arrested at Democratic National Committee headquarters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHnmriyXYeg Munich Olympic massacre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGTFn25clr4 Youtube – 2:49 Youtube 5:52

1974 Nixon resigns Gerald Ford becomes the 38th president Ford pardons Nixon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAFnTM5qChQ Youtube – 5:51

1975 6. OPEC embargoes oil to all who support Israel Listen only to 3:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6sVYoj1bIE Tempers Flare in lines for gasoline Start at 1:00 and stop at 6:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7SnaMphvug Youtube – 1:25

1975 The War in Vietnam is over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AiyFF9qOls Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the Microsoft corporation. YouTube – 3:00

1976 11. Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak. The United States celebrates the Bicentennial marking 200 years as a nation. Jimmy Carter is elected the 39th President. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHgz3B70AOg Youtube =4:57 11. Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak.

1977 Youtube – 2:04 The movie Star Wars is released to great acclaim at the box office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxwGGZ1BXC0 Today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE

1977 Elvis Presley, age 42, is found dead. President Carter pardons Vietnam era draft evaders.

1978 15. Cult leader Jim Jones' followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. 297 of them are children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zI9ub9AgF0 1 min

1978 16. During the summer of 1978, the Love Canal came to international attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjobz14i8kM (Listen to the first 6 minutes) On August 7, 1978, United States President Jimmy Carter declared a federal emergency at the Love Canal, a former chemical landfill which had became a 15-acre neighborhood of the City of Niagara Falls, New York. Youtube - 11:02 (watch only 3:00 min

1979 At Three Mile Island, New York, a nuclear power plant comes close to melting down and releases some radiation into the atmosphere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsIy_qNAUhc Youtube = 1:49

1979 In November, Iranian militants seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran and hold hostages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGUI7kDLsQo Youtube -2:21

1970’s in review Write the title for each of the 10, then listen to each explanation and explain it in your own words in complete sentences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9abx_rd0XM Youtube – 2:45 Youtube – 5:25