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TV age
In the late 1940s in the U.S. is when TVs started becoming a thing. In 1948 there were fewer than 17,000 and in the 1950s there were over 50 mill TVs in the U.S. The amount of violence and some people would stay in their homes. The impact was that it created a new way of entertainment and it was a way to advertise. IT impacted society because of thats what a lot of people do in their free time. -
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NATO and Warsaw pact
This was for them by the North Atlantic and the Soviets. The NATO was if u got attacked that u have to jump in and help one another and the Warsaw Pact is set up against the NATO. The NATO is still around and the Warsaw Pact was gone in 1991. It is important because it happened for 40 years and it ended but NATO is still around today. It affected the political because it was 2 treaties that were against each other. -
Joe McCarthy
He was the governor of Wisconsin and he was speaking badly about the gov. He said he had a list of communist that was in the gov when he didn't. He got many people fired and he made Wisconsin look bad. It is important because he -
Rosa Parks
Rosa parks and a white male. The colored people were supposed to sit in the back of the bus and give up there seat when they are asked. A man asked her to move and she didn't so she got arrested. It was on a bus in Alabama and it was in 1959. It started a bus boy cot and non of the colored people rode the bus and they lost a lot of money so they could now ride were ever they could. It impacted economy because now they could ride were ever they wanted to. It showed them how much they matter. -
JFK Assassination
The people that were in valved were JFK and his killer Lee Harvey Oswald. He was shot on the day he was going threw Dallas and he was shot from the window in a text book weir house . When he was shot he slumped back in his seat from a gunshot wound to the head and He died at 2 p.m. at the parkland hospital. This was important to history because he was are president and it changed how protected the president was. This affected the political party because he died and vice pres had taken over. -
Kent State massacre
It was the students of the Kent massacre and the coast guard. They started to protest and when they started throwing rocks the men shot 61 bullets into the crowed and they hit 13 people. 4 people died and 9 people where injured. The cost guard was not blamed but the people that were protesting where. It took place in a campuses and it was important because it showed what was going on in the protested. It affected the community because it made them mad at the army and gov for doing these things. -
Ronald Reagon
Ronald Reagan was are the 40th president. He became president in 1980 to 1986 and he was a Republican. He cut taxes and spent 100 billion on defense. The U.S.S.R summited and came out of communism and he helped reduce nuclear weapons. There was a failed assassination on him and he played football in college. It is important because he did good things for the country and he was the 40th president. I think he expected all three because he changed taxes and lowered the number of nuclear weapons. -
Persian gulf war
it was between the united nations and Iraqi. in 1991 the united nations launched an attack on Iraq and in 24 hours their defence missiles were useless. The war lasted weeks and it cost billions to clean and 11 million barrels of oil were spilled into the gulf. 700 million to clean the oil up. it is important because so much oil and damage were caused in this war. it affected the economy because of all the oil and casualties that were in this war. -
Social Network Revolution
Americans were the ones who were involved in it. This event is the creation of my space, facebook, the internet, and more. It was a way of communication and 150 mill people used Facebook. The impact was that it was a communication for friends and loved ones and it was a good way to meet new people. The social network has become more mobile with phones. These sites have changed the way we communicate and learn. -
Barack Obama inauguration
Barack Obama was inaugurated in 2009 and was our first African American president.
