The 1970’s are a decade of finding your self. In this decade, there were scandals, sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll. The years between 1970 and 1979 were very crazy. In this paper are people that helped shape the 1970’s
Richard Milhous Nixon was born in 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. In 1946, Nixon was persuaded by the republicans to be their candidate, to challenge the democratic congressman, Jerry Voorhis. As a new member of the United States congress, Nixon gained valuable experience in international affairs, as well as serving on the committee that he committed, the “European Recovery Program”…aka the Marshal plan. As the president of the United States, Nixon led us into the Vietnam War. It was said to be one of the most important issues that Nixon faced in his term of office. The war had begun in 1959 when communists tried to overthrow the government of South Vietnam. While running for president, Nixon had campaigned against war, saying that he would bring U.S. soldiers back home. However
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The War only seemed to expand. In April of 1970, Nixon authorized the invasion of Cambodia, and the invasion on Laos in 1971. As the second half of the war came around, in 1972, Nixon traveled to Beijing and in May of 1972 he Visited Moscow. On both of these trips, he signed trade agreements with both countries, and a treaty with USSR to limit the deployment of the antiballistic missile systems. By the 1972 election, Nixon and Agnew were looking for re-election. The countries inflation had gone down, and the international position of the U.S. economy had improved greatly. The war was still raging in South Vietnam. At the beginning of Nixon’s second administration, the secret peace meetings resumed between Vietnam and the U.S. Nixon there declared a halt to all bombing, mining and artillery fire in North Vietnam. Nixon’s popularity would only increase with the public’s awareness of the Watergate scandal. By March of 1973, questions were aimed at Nixon about the trial of the burglars who had broken into the Democratic National Committee and the Watergate Complex in Washington D.C. These questions also raised questions about Nixon’s knowledge about the activities and his participation of the cover up of the Watergate Scandal.
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In early 1974, a report released by the IRS stated that Nixon owed $432,787 in back taxes for the years 1969 through 1972.
The 1960’s changed the world in an explosion of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, for the first time women and men where declaring freedom and free love. The sexual revolution of the 1960’s saw changes in the way the world saw its self, and the way we saw each other. It changed what we wanted to buy, how we bought it and how we sold it to each other. Artistic free thinkers began to push boundaries everywhere they could. This is reflected in the music of the times, the notable events and the fashion.
After taking office in 1969, President Richard Nixon developed a new strategy called Vietnamization. The primary purpose of the Vietnamization policy was to end American involvement in the Vietnam War by assigning all of the military responsibilities to South Vietnam. One of the reasons for the formation of this policy was because the war had generated severe breaks and divisions in American society. President Nixon strongly believed that his Vietnamization policy would
The Who, a band defined by their destructive stage performances and appeal to the rock ‘n’ roll scene of the 1960’s, revolutionized the music world with their hit “My Generation” in the fall of 1965 (Erlewine). The four band members, Pete Townshend, Rodger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon, took the world by storm with the song as it appealed to the younger population and defiantly projected hatred towards the old and wise (Greene, Simon, and Schuster). “My Generation” was a call to the conservative adults of the 1960’s that traditional principles were of the past, and the vibrant, young aged had arrived and were there to stay (Shmoop Editorial Team).
Within a few months, "Watergate" scandal which was a break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee during the 1972 campaign went beyond public humiliation of Nixon and his administration. The break-in was traced to officials of the Committee to re-elected president. Nixon denied any personal involvement, but secret tapes of White House conversations later revealed that the president had participated in efforts to cover up the criminal activity. The House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of impeachment: obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. Further discrediting Nixon was the news that he had authorized 3,500 secret bombing raids in Cambodia, a neutral country. Also when the U.S supported Israel, it caused worldwide oil shortage and long lines at gas station in the United States as the Arab members of OPEC placed an embargo on oil sold to Israel’s supporters. More than that, the impact on U.S economy was worse because the country now suffered from inflation, unemployment, and low living
Nixon was long associated with American politics before his fall from grace. He was along time senator before finally being elected president in 1968. During his first term, his United States went through the Vietnam War and a period of economic inflation. In 1972 he was easily re-elected over Democrat nominee George McGovern. Almost unnoticed during his campaign was the arrest of five men connected with Nixon’s re-election committee. They had broken into the Democrats national head quarters in the Watergate apartment complex, in Washington D.C. They attempted to steal documents and place wire taps on the telephones. By March of 1973, through a federal inquiry, it had been brought to light that the burglars had connections with high government officials and Nixon’s closest aids. Despite Nixon and his lawyers best efforts, it was shown that the president had participated in the Watergate cover-up. On August 8, 1974 Nixon announced, without admitting guilt, that he would resign. He left the Oval Office the next day: an obvious fall from grace.
Otzi the iceman was found 19th of november 1991 on a cold windy day in the alps
The counterculture of the late 60’s on up to 1980 is prevalent to the history of media. New social forms arose, including the pop music of the British band the Beatles and the simultaneous rise of hippie culture. As the era continued, a vibrant youth subculture which emphasized creativity, experimentation and new manifestations of nonconformist/mellow lifestyles emerged. This emerging era influenced the media industry heavily. This short time frame in history was a definite media revolution. This era commercialized rock music, along with disco funk among other genres, the game show and variety show era, as well as popularizing mass media through magazines.
Have you ever wondered what the 1970’s were like? I interviewed my grandma Mishell that was my age during the 1970’s. She lived in Sun Prairie with her mom, dad, and five other sisters. She explains her life growing up in the 1970’s pretty easy. Her life was very different from the life I have today. Her and her friends didn’t have technology to just sit around and play on, she went outside, rode bikes, or went to the swimming pool everyday. The topics I will be comparing and contrasting between now and the 1970’s are: school, fashion, and daily life. I learned many things I never knew from interviewing my grandma.
Throughout his first and second terms of his presidency, Richard Nixon implemented many domestic policies into action. The American military draft started in 1940 with World War II and ended in 1947. With the advent of the American intervention in the Vietnam War in 1969, the draft was started up again and lasted until January
In 1972, Republican President Richard M. Nixon was running for reelection. During the time, u.s. was involved in Vietnam war, and
Otzi shows us that life for early humans was based on a lot of human interaction. Some would think of early humans as these non-intellectual, gorilla-like species that liked to hit rocks together and make grunting noises. They were much more than that. The discovery of Otzi’s body shows us this. He shows us that early humans lived in groups, and like today, they communicated with each other. Maybe even a lot more than most think. They worked together in groups to create tools and other material objects in order to survive through communication. I doubt that Otzi alone would have been able to construct everything he had on him when he died. When he died, scientists found multiple objects and tools that proves this. On him he had a copper
As shown in my essay, those who grew up during the 1950s experienced one of the most dominant decades in American history. This is because of the many different types of media that were available to them. The people of the 1950s saw the development of rock and roll music, which helped them escape the seriousness of reality and let loose. Rock and roll music succeeded in appealing to teenagers because of its exciting back beat, its urgent call to dance, and the action of its lyrics. The people of the 1950s also saw the rise of new technology advancements. The introduction of the television was one of the most popular products during this period of time. The aspect of early television that can never be recaptured is the combined sense of astonishment
Thesis: The psychedelic 70’s were a great time for the muscle car until it hit its down fall. Politics and economy of the 1970’s were filled with scandals, economy, war and anti-wars protests that changed America.
President Richard Milhous Nixon apportioned the United States from January 20, 1969, until August 9, 1974. Before Nixon became president, he engaged in several political responsibilities as a Republican. In addition, this was an advantage that helped him win most of the votes when he decided to run for president. President Nixon influenced the United States with his strong leadership in admirable and incorrect ways. Although President Richard M. Nixon became selfish, he accomplished great achievements of the United States.
Nixon’s administration failed to see that the public’s opinion of the government was low form the lies from the war. Dennis Goldford said it best: "People disagreed over policy, but not over honesty. The myth of the president as always a great, trustful, moral leader ended. You went from taking what a politician said with a grain of salt to a huge block of salt. Every day was a new parade of horribles that had come in from the dark forest.” Many people did not want to trust a government that was corrupted and lied to the public. If the Watergate scandal never happened the public would still be a little more trusting of the government, instead of doubting everything that is said from that day