60s
This music festival attracted an audience of more than 400,000 people(most of them being hippies) and included bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Woodstock
This movie took us to a galaxy far far away
Star Wars
This television system brought us the first 24 hour news channel, the first sports channel, and the first music channel with some of the most iconic music videos ever made.
Bonus:can you name all 3 of those channel
Cable
Bonus:Cnn,ESPN,MTV
this network was huge when it came out and it could connected computers all over the world and people could communicate and share information anywhere with connection
The Internet
This man made history by becoming the first black president of the united states.
Barack Obama
These two civil rights activists were both assassinated one was known as a non violent insider and killed in 1968 while the other one was known as a fiery supporter of black supremacy and killed in 1965
1965:Malcolm X and 1968:Martin Luther King Jr.
These two computer companies one being founded by Steve Jobs and the other being founded by Bill Gates became responsible with some of america's most innovative and popular technology.
Apple and Microsoft
this virus came out of nowhere mostly coming from the gay male society
Hiv/Aids
In 1992 a series of riots and civil disturbances occurred in los angeles county began in south central los angeles after a trial jury acquitted four officers the usage of excessive force in the beating of a man. What was his name
Rodney King
The act of 9/11 stunned people so President Bush signed an act which gave law enforcement broader authority to investigate and prosecute suspected terrorists
The Patriot Act
This spaceship landed on the moon in 1969
Apollo 11
This genre of dance music emerge from the popular soundtrack of the movie Saturday Night Fever with songs like Stayin’ Alive and Night Fever
Disco
this global campaign started in 1971 but became bigger when Crack cocaine came to America. Nancy Reagan started the ad campaign just say no and we got many popular PSA's like I learn it from you and this is your brain on drugs
The War On Drugs
Gays and Lesbians were finally able to fight for their country but Clinton made this policy where military applicants could not be asked about their orientation
Dont Ask Dont Tell
Many professional sports players like Lance Armstrong and Jose Canseco were either exposed or opened up about using this drug. It shattered many of the players achievements and reputations.
This was the largest military campaign of the vietnam war
The Tet Offensive
This holiday began in the year 1970 and started the environmental movement
Earth Day
IBM released a revolutionary type of computer that would have a substantial influence on the computer market
Bonus 100:this console released by a nintendo saved the videogame industry after the videogame crash and it introduced some of the most iconic games ever made.
Personal Computer
Bonus:Nintendo Entertainment System(NES
This Former white house intern had a very nice relationship with president Clinton But President Clinton said there was nothing between them
The Monica lewinsky scandal
This war has become one of longest wars America has ever had and around the 2000s we were all ready in a decade of war.
The Afghanistan War
This president was assassinated on November 22 1963
John F. Kennedy
Around 1972 there was a huge scandal that showed people couldn't trust Nixon and led to his resignation
Bonus: in 1972 with cold war tensions down, Nixon attempted to establish relations with another nation and opened the door for that nation
The Watergate Scandal
Bonus:China
in 1989 this president stopped the cold war it was also around that time when the berlin wall came down and borders were opened
Ronald Reagan
This football player was sent to trial for the murder of his wife and his proof was the glove didn't fit
OJ Simpson
This Terrorist attack surprised everyone when 2 planes crashed into the twin towers in New York it was a day we will never forget.