Timeline

Ada Valladares
 1960s, political issues
John F. Kennedy becoming president then
being assassinated
JFK was elected on January 20th 1961 then
assassinated November 22nd 1963
He was assassinated as he was riding in a
motorcade in Dealey Plaza in downtown
Dallas, Texas. He was a member of the
government this was a huge political matter
and a president being killed made huge
news.
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The US enters the Vietnam war
The US entered the Vietnam war August 5th
1964.
After two US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin
were destroyed, president Johnson got
approval from congress to join the war
against communist North Vietnam. Once
again this was government business, very
political.
 1960s, social issues
The civil rights movement
Throughout the 50’s and 60’s the civil rights
movement was a movement of African
Americans trying to find justice and more
human rights.
It was a non violent social movement that
caused the end of segregation and ended up
illegalized discrimination and ended jim
crow laws. It was a huge social issue seeing as
it regarded peoples human rights.
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Martin Luther King junior and his speech
On August 28th 1963 MLK spoke his speech
to a huge group of 250,000 civil rights
activists at the Lincoln memorial in
Washington D.C.
MLK’s speech impacted the US hugely and
and made the federal government realize it
needed to pay more attention to racial
equality. Once again this was a very social
issue seeing as it regarded human rights.
 1960s, economic issues
Aftermath of WW2 on the economy
After the war the economy declined from the
damage, but then rose again.
Because so many people died the labor forces
went down and after using so much money
to fight the war, it was hard to pay all the
damages from the war afterwards. Then the
economic boom happened, and it rose again
prospering for many years until the
recession in 1973
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Baby boom, and the continuous years of
expansion in the 60s
The baby boom refers to the aftermath of the
economy boom, meaning a huge amount of
babies were born after the war.
Because americans felt confident they could
care for children after the economy boomed
and became more secure a rise in babies
happened, leading the world to revolve
around children’s upbringing more than
before. More schools got built, and kids and
teens had targeted media.
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MLK and Coretta Scott King

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 1970s, political issues
Watergate scandal
The watergate scandal was came from
constant trying to cover up presidents
Nixon’s crime involvement in the robbery of
the Democratic National Committee
headquarters at the watergate office
building.
It lead to Nixon’s resignation after a few
years of trying to cover up the scandal
illegally. This was a huge political scandal
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US and Cambodia
During the Vietnam war US bombers were
told to bomb suspected communist bases in
cambodia instead.
President Nixon at the meeting of National
Security Council said this mission could
proceed and the bombing proceeded. This
was kept secret from the public in the US.
Then New York Times make it public, but
still there wasn’t much reaction.
 1970s, social issues
Women’s rights
THe women’s rights movement progressed in
the 70s and advocated for equal rights and
freedom for women.
This movement wanted gender equality in
jobs and school opportunities. This was and
very much is a social issue even now, it
regards human rights.
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Gay rights
The gay rights movement was a developing
movement to advocate for the rights of gays
and lesbians.
There were groups like the Dorian Society
and the Lesbian Resource Center that worked
to get gay people rights and making their
names known, trying to destigmatize being
gay. Once again, a social issue as it refers to
human rights.
 1970s, economic issues
Inflation/spotty economic growth
The 70s was full of inflation in the US after
all the money spent on Vietnam and the
economy just generally falling.
This happened because of lower interest
rates, the oil embargo and high budget
deficits. The inflation high then dropped in
1976 and the economy started to rise from
recession.
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Effect of Vietnam war on US economy
After the war ended, the economy declined
and the war generally had detrimental effect
on the US economy.
Because of the money used on the war,
inflation rose. The economy went through a
period of stagflation.
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Feminists in the 70s

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 1980s, political issues
Ronald Reagan elected as president
Ronald Reagan was elected on November 4th
1980.
Reagan completed 2 terms and during his
time he developed something called
“reaganomics” in which he cut taxes and
government spending. This was an attempt
to get out of stagflation.
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Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor was the first female
justice in the US.
It was a first to have a woman on any high
government job, she inspired many. She also
influenced Arizona into repealing the law
stating that women couldn’t work for more
than 8 hours in a day.
 1980s, social issues
Aids epidemic
The aids (acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome) epidemic started in the 1980s
when people were suddenly found getting
infections and rare problems.
Aids was predominantly found in Gay men
but drug users sharing needles, women with
infected partners and people getting blood
transfusions were at risk too. Aids essentially
kills your immune system making any
infection really severe or fatal.
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Drugs
The drug use problem became higher in the
80s because of a new form of cocaine being
formed.
The crack epidemic as its called sometimes
lasted throughout the 80s and some of the
90s. It was rampant because this crack was
cheap and widely available, also highly
addictive.
 1980s, economic issues
1981-82 recession
A huge recession hit when the 80s started
and affected the entire US.
The recession was caused by tight monetary
policy that was trying to stop high inflation.
Unemployment was incredibly high and
reached a huge 10.8 percent at the end of 82’
and before the 2007 recession this was
compared to the great depression as the
worst one since then.
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Recovery after recession
After the recession ended in 1982 the
economy started to rise quickly again.
Employment started to rise again, the
economy was growing and the rate of
inflation slowed. Expansion lasted until 1990
and it became a really strong economic
decade.
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Protestors advocating for

acceptance and research
of aids

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 1990s, political issues
Cold war ends
The cold war ended on December 26, 1991 as
a result of the Soviet Union breaking apart.
The end of the cold war happened after the
fall of the Berlin wall and after the
reunifying of Germany, which lead to the
slow collapse of the Soviet Union eventually
leading to it breaking and communism
stopping.
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William Clinton elected as president
William Clinton, or Bill Clinton was elected
January 20, 1992, he served for 8 years in
which he would help with economic growth
and achieve a few other milestones.
Those other milestones being that he
appointed more Black people, women, and
hispanics than any other president. That
may seem like more of a social issue topic but
it’s regarding political jobs still.
 1990s, social issues
Lgbtq+ rights
Internet gains popularity
The 90s was an important decade for lgbt people,
The world wide web was made in 1989 by Tim
a newer generation had risen and they realized
Berners-Lee but didn’t start being used until a
lgbt people deserved the same rights as everyone
bit later in the 90s, when the first websites were
else.
made.
Gay rights started to be taken more seriously, and
Progressively the internet got larger and
for the next few decades they would be a
websites got better designs and structure.
prominent problem that was actually paid
Alongside the personal computers now made
attention to. One milestone in the 90s was the
more common and affordable this made for a
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of the military that
new world of internet and technology more
allowed gay people to serve in the military. No
widely available.
homosexual activity was allowed but still, a
milestone nonetheless.

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 1990s, economic issues
90s economy boom
The economic boom in the 90s started in 1991
when all goods and services increased in
value.
Low oil prices as well as investment in newer
technology paved the way to a consistent
boom. It lasted a whole 10 years.
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Low oil prices affecting economy
Low oil prices in the 90s helped the economy
boom and flourish.
Because of the low prices, manufacturing
costs and transportation costs would have
lowered significantly. Causing the economy to
grow.
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Bill Clinton

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 2000s, political issues

9/11 Us invading Iraq

9/11 was the event of the September 11 2001 On March 2003 US invaded Iraq during the
attacks, where 19 suicide terrorists of the groupIraq war declaring they were going to
Al-Qaeda took over 4 planes and crashed them destroy iraqi weapons of mass destruction
into different locations. and put a stop to Saddam Hussein’s
The most significant crashes being into the twin dictatorial rule.
towers in New York, the other two in Saddam Hussein was taken and killed in
Washington and Virginia. Everyone on the 2006 but the war still went on until 2011.
planes died, added with the people who died When the US troops withdrew and the war
from the planes crashing into them, means 2,996 ended.
people died in 9/11.

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 2000s, social issues
War on Terror
After 9/11 the Global War on Terror was
started, or the GWOT.
GWOT was a plan made by president Bush
right after the 9/11 attacks. The plan being to
take financial, diplomatic and such actions to
stop the assets of terrorists, and to deny
things they needed to terrorize.
Global warming
Global warming became a more prominent
problem in 2000s as the world got progressively
hotter.
The 2000s were the hottest decade to be recorded
at the time. The earth keeps getting warmer and
warmer and the earth has heated about 2
fahrenheit since 1880. SInce that decade of heat, it
has gotten even hotter. The hottest year being
2016 and the top scored for hottest years all being
in the 2010s.
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 2000s, economic issues

The great recession

The great recession was a period of time between
2007 and 2009 where the economy collapsed into
the biggest recession we’ve since the great
depression.
It was marked by the collapsing housing market,
extremely unemployment, increased borrowing
and a few other factors. The recession went on
until 2009 and then slowly the economy started
to grow again, the progress was very slow though,
meaning unemployment remained decently high
for a while after the recession still.
Dot.com bubble stock market collapsed
The dot.com bubble was a period of time
between the mid 90s and 2000 when people
invested massively into the internet in hopes
it would benefit them one day, and then it
crashed.
People invested too much into a stock that
was overvalued. Dot.com bubble eventually
crashed in 2000 being a factor in the
recession years later.

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Twin towers after being crashed into

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 Image citations

https://time.com/3910062/civil-rights-photographs/

https://time.com/4008060/women-strike-equality-1970/

https://mashable.com/article/aids-epidemic-study

https://www.salon.com/2016/03/14/bill_clintons_odious_presidency_thomas_frank_on_th
e_real_history_of_the_90s/

https://time.com/3449480/911-the-photographs-that-moved-them-most/

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