Unit8 notes1
- 1. Unit 8- Modern America
- 2. 1970 Cesar Chavez A. Fought for the rights of farm workers to unionize B. Used civil disobedience like MLK C. Eventually won higher wages and benefits
- 3. 1971 26th Amendment- changed the voting age from 21 to 18 Main argument was that you could be drafted at 18 but not vote
- 4. Charles Manson A. Led a cult and convinced his followers to kill people B. Murdered actress Sharon Tate, her unborn baby, and 5 others C. He was in CA prison until his death (Nov. ‘17)
- 5. 1972 Munich Olympic Games A. Palestinian terrorists take 11 Israeli athletes hostage B. Police rush in, all hostages are killed, as well as 6 of 9 terrorists
- 6. 1973 Roe v. Wade- Supreme Court decides that no state can deny a woman to right to an abortion during her first trimester
- 7. 1974 Watergate Scandal A. 5 men are caught breaking into DNC headquarters B. Nixon tries to cover up what happened C. First president to resign the office
- 8. Hank Aaron Breaks the Major League Baseball home run record Hits #715, record previously held by Babe Ruth (714)
- 9. 1975 Cambodian Genocide A. Led by Pol Pot B. Over 1M Cambodians are enslaved and murdered C. Goal was to set up farming society, no signs of the West
- 10. Microsoft Founded (Bill Gates and Paul Allen)
- 11. 1976 First Apple Computer (Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak)
- 12. Gregg vs. Georgia Supreme Court rules the death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment- 8th Amendment
- 13. 1977 President Carter pardons all draft dodgers of the Vietnam War
- 14. Son of Sam David Berkowitz is arrested Claimed the spirit of a thousand year old dog named Sam ordered him to kill people
- 15. 1978 Jonestown Massacre Jim Jones led a cult from the US to Guyana The community committed a mass suicide 918 people drank cyanide laced Kool Aid
- 16. 1978 First test tube baby(in vitro fertilization)
- 17. 1978 California vs. Bakke Supreme Court ruled that racial quotas are unconstitutional Schools can still consider race as a factor for admission
- 18. Affirmative Action A policy that aims to increase the proportion of minorities in colleges and jobs
- 19. 1979 The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan - This will be their version of Vietnam
- 20. 1979 3 Mile Island- nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, PA Near melt down No deaths but increase of cancer rate in towns downwind of the plan
- 21. 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis A. 52 Americans taken hostage by Iranian revolutionaries They want their former leader (The Shah) returned in exchange for the hostages Hostages are freed 444 days later