1. + 1970’s By: Ryan Spencer. Tori Tabke. Emily Mattson, Mereiza Garcia

2. + Government Vietnam War continued to divide the country even after the Paris Peace Accords, January 1973, put an end to U.S. military participation in the war Crime increased despite Nixon’s pledge to make law and order a top priority of his presidency Immigration followed passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, which reformed an earlier policy that favored western Europeans People from Third World countries came to the U.S in search of a better economy African-Americans also made their presence felt as the number of black members in congress increased, and cities such as Los Angeles, Detroit and Atlanta elected their first African-American mayors 1975=The Indian Self-Determination Act encouraged Indians to take control of their own education and promote their tribal customs Richard Nixon 1969-1974 Gerald Ford 1974-1977 Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

3. + Government Cont. Houston’s U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan gained national prominence with her eloquence during the Watergate investigation and hearings which resulted in impeachment proceedings against Nixon April 24, 1971, anti-war march in Washington, D.C. 1974=Daniel Ellsberg leaks the Pentagon Papers, a massive collection of top- secret government documents whose publication helps to discredit the Vietnam War policies of the Nixon administration May 17, 1972, Republican agents burglarize Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. May 29, 1972, Arms Limitation Treaty signed by U.S. and Soviets December 6, 1973, Gerald Ford, congressman from Michigan, becomes the new vice president August 9, 1974, Ford becomes the thirty-eighth president after Richard Nixon faces impeachment charges and is forced to resign

4. + Government Cont. April 30, 1975, South Vietnam falls to Communist forces of North Vietnam Shirley Chisholm is the first African-American woman elected for the House of Representatives and runs for office of President of the U.S. Jesse Jackson is a leader of the civil rights movement George Wallace, governor of Alabama, is shot, paralyzed from his waist, while campaigning for the presidency in 1972, on an anti-bussing law-and-order platform Andrew Young is first African-American voted into the U.S. House of Representatives Shirley Chisholm Andrew Young

5. + Technology The 1970’s saw the advent of small cars. Development of cars which were light in weight, fuel-efficient and also environment friendly. The microwave oven became popular. Computers developed to the first microprocessor which made video games more popular. One of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity: the arcade game “Pong.” Martin Cooper invented the cell phone in 1973 when working for Motorola. Pong Martin Cooper

6. + Art Performance arts: Chris Burden, during the performance of his 1974 piece called Trans- fixed, was nailed to the back of a Volkswagen In the 1971s painting Shoot, Chris Burden was shot in his left arm from a 5-meter distance. Vito Accona also gave a radical performance in his art installation Seedbed, which was interactive with the audience. There was a book called Expanded Cinema that was written by Gene Youngblood. It discussed a shift in the types of media used by artists, and introduces the idea that video is an art medium.

7. + Art cont. Poetry: “La nuit de la poesie” which brings together poets from French Canada to recite before an audience of more than 2,000 people in the Theatre du Gesu In the United Kingdom “My Enemies Have Sweet Voices” by Pete Morgan. Novels: In the 1970’s it was known as an old-fashioned storytelling. The horror genre was mostly made by Stephen King The fiction genre was mostly made by Kurt Vonnegut like his book called “Breakfast of Champions” Stephen King Kurt Vonnegut

8. + Art cont. New ideas: The 1970’s opened with 3 momentous occurrences: the announcement of the breakup of the Beatles in April, the Kent State shootings in May, and the hijacking of 5 planes by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in September. Fashion of the 70’s

9. + TV Happy days, Goodtimes, The Brady Bunch, Mash, Hee-haw, Gunsmoke, Adam-12. Movies 1972 Godfather 1977 Star Wars 1975 Jaws 1978 Animal House 1974 Blazing Saddles 1979 Alien

10. + Music Stairway to Heaven Layla Logical Song Hotel California Dream On Crocodile Rock

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