what were some current events in the 1970's ? my mom doesnt really remember much and i need to compare high school now from high school then .. its an assignment .. also who was the president then
2006-08-20 09:05:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s
2006-08-20 09:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by redman9250 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 1970's the main current events were about Vietnam and the race riots here in the USA. The current events daily had to do with the death toll in Vietnam, the peace negotiations in Paris, the riots in Watts and the south, Martin Luther King Junior, Bobby Kennedy, etc. The fashions were mini-skirts, long hair, bell-bottoms, and hippie-clothes... The presidents were Johnson and Nixon Ford. I was in college then... the way it was different was that everyone was talking about the "Kent State Riots" and "Love-ins" and "Sit-ins" and being anti-establishment. We all felt we couldn't trust anyone over 30. We all wanted to do something important with our lives, and not just wear a tie and work for the same company forever and live in suburbia. Pot was new and exciting, and some people experimented with LSD, etc. Abortion had just be legalized so "free love" was "groovy" and there were very few STD's to be afraid of. Most guys wanted to go to college to avoid getting drafted to Viet-nam, because if you went to "Nam" you likely would not come back. Gas was less than 50 cents per gallon, and cars were big and fast. The beginnings of migrant worker unions were forming so there were people who would discourage you from buying lettuce or grapes or whatever they could to help the migrant worker's causes.
2006-08-20 09:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by Deb F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh- how about Three Mile Island? That was a big deal! Nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania? Google it! Richard Nixon (president) resigning another big one. The end of the Vietnam War. I graduated from college- Penn State- 1979! Had to mention THAT event!
2006-08-20 09:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by C. S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jimmy Carter was President in 1976.
Gerald Ford was prior to Carter.
Gas crisis... Vietnam... computers were beginning to appear in homes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s
2006-08-20 09:13:25 · answer #4 · answered by Jim I 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nixon and the Watergate scandal.
The Vietnam War.
Presidents in the 70's were Nixon, Ford, and Carter.
2006-08-20 09:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by synchronicity915 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋