Oral+history+notes

Apollo 17, the last manned air craft to the moon brought back 250 samples of rock and soil. In medicine the MRI was developed to help diagnose. Intel introduced the first microprocessor, a computer on a chip, in 1971 and also that year email came out.

A vie president and then a president resigned under threat of impeachment. Women and other minorities started to demand full equality. The number of women in state legislatures tripled and women surpassed men in college enrollment in 1979. The mideast oil crisis of 73' worried many americans.

The 70s was the comeback of the movies. George lucas's star wars came out and became one of the highest grossing films ever. Rocky also came out reaffirming the american dream and portraying the Soviet Union as the bad guys. Happy days which followed the life of 50s era teens was all the rage and the brady bunch presented the contemporary family.

The Vietnam war was an attempt for the DRV and the Viet Cong to unite and impose a communist state over all of vietnam. South vietnam opposed and was backed by the US. It occurred during the cold war and is viewed as an indirect conflict between US and SU for they were both supporting their allies. It began in 1959 after the division with communism in the north and a democratic state in the south. Congress padded the southeast Asia resolution where pres. Johnson could conduct military operations without declaring war. Tet shook the confidence of the US people and media who thought the war was going smoothly. in 1974 a peace accord was signed in paris ending the conflict. By march US troops left.

in 1975 on the grounds of the California state capital Lynette "squeaky" Fromme pulls out a gun, but there was not a bullet in the chamber so a agent took her down, She was sentenced to life in prison, but got out 3 years after fords death.

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