1945-60's
End of WWII
1947
PLAN MARSHALL
Plan created by the U.S. to economically support those European countries that were devastated and did not have the resources to rebuild.
George Marshall (Created the plan) 2 blocks: Capitalism: U.S.A. NATO= Nort Atlantic Treat Organization Communism: Russia Warsaw Pact Cold war: 1945 to 1989-1990
1931
AMERICAN DREAM
Writer James Truslow Adams popularized the term "American Dream" ( but John Winthrop made the american dream) in his book The Epic of America, describing it as a vision of a better, richer, and fuller life for all people in the United States
1961
BERLIN WALL
Began abruptly on the night of August 12–13, 1961, when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began to seal off East Berlin with barbed wire and concrete barriers to prevent its citizens from fleeing to West Berlin. 1990 the wall was built and U.S.A. and Russia signed
1917 economical boomb After WWII baby boomer 1933 Roosevelt created job and women start work in Factory because men arrived in war. CONSUMERISM CAR: best option for consumerism and economy. SEGREGATION Discrimination of type of skin Ku Kux : hooded group that killed Klan people of African descent
1955
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Black people: lower place society White people: cultural eurocentrism Group of Little Rock students in AZ: Arkanzas only 9 finished the High School STORY ROSA PARKS Mongomery Alabama Civilar activims A regular woman South American descent 1963: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought attention to the racial inequalities that prevented many Americans from achieving the dream.
1950
Beat Generation
A group of writers and a cultural movement in the 1950s in the United States, led by figures such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, that rejected the conformism and materialistic values of postwar society. Its members explored sexual freedom, drug use, and Eastern spirituality, and were characterized by their innovative literary style and countercultural lifestyle, laying the groundwork for later movements such as the hippie movement.
1960
Hippies (motto)
"Make love, not war" emerged in the 1960s and symbolizes the movement's anti-war, nonviolent, and pro-love ideals. The term "hippie" itself originated in 1965 in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, evolving from the "beatnik" culture, and became synonymous with the wider counterculture movement that promoted free thought, peace, and spiritual exploration.
1974
PILL-POSTDAY
The morning-after pill, or Plan B, was approved by the FDA for prescription use as an emergency contraceptive in 1999, with over-the-counter access starting in 2006. The development of emergency contraception began much earlier, with the Yuzpe regimen, a combination of hormones that served as a precursor to modern levonorgestrel-based pills, first published by A. Albert Yuzpe in 1974.
1960-1970
SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Period of major social change, primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, that led to a significant shift in societal attitudes and behaviors surrounding sex and sexuality in North America and Western Europe. Driven by scientific advances like the Pill, burgeoning feminist and other social movements, and challenges to traditional norms, the revolution promoted sexual liberation, emphasizing pleasure over reproduction and advocating for individual choice in sexual practices, relationships, and family structures. This led to increased acceptance of premarital sex, more diverse forms of relationships, delayed marriages, and a greater focus on sexual fulfillment as a source of personal well-being.
1967
THE SUMMER OF LOVE
The Summer of Love refers to the phenomenon in the summer of 1967, particularly in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, where as many as 100,000 young people, or "flower children," converged to create a hippie counterculture centered on peace, love, music, and anti-establishment ideals. This period saw the explosion of psychedelic art and music, as epitomized by the Monterey Pop Festival, and the spread of hippie culture across the U.S. and Europe as its participants returned home.
1971
AVANDARO
On September 11 and 12, 1971, the Avándaro Festival took place. This historic rock event brought together more than 250,000 people and is considered the Mexican equivalent of the Woodstock Festival. The festival, which combined music, freedom, and counterculture, marked a turning point in the Mexican music scene, although it later generated severe repression and censorship of rock music..
1968
MATANZA DE TLATELOLCO
On October 2, 1968, in Mexico City, a terrible massacre occurred in Tlatelolco, in the Plaza of the Three Cultures, where more than 300 people were gunned down. This was the culmination of several crimes that could be considered crimes against humanity, perpetrated by the Mexican government against the student social movement.
The year 1968 was characterized by mass, arbitrary, and illegal arrests, as well as the detailed planning and high level of training of the repressive forces involved in the events. This is how the survivors of that movement have described it, demanding that those responsible be brought to justice for the act of genocide.
1960-1970
COUNTER CULTURE
A social movement or group whose values, ideas, and practices differ radically from those of the dominant society. These groups often seek to bring about cultural or social change by challenging established norms and promoting alternative lifestyles or ideologies. Historical examples include the hippie movement or the Amish community, which rejects the trends of modern society.
1963
John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, at approximately 12:30 p.m., local time, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife, Nelly Connally. Nellie Connally turned and commented to Kennedy, who was sitting behind her, "Mr. President, they can't make you believe now that there are not some in Dallas who love and appreciate you, can they?" Kennedy's reply – "No, they sure can't" – were his last words.
1954-1975
VIETNAM WAR
The Vietnam War (1954–1975) was a conflict between North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam (the Viet Cong) against the South Vietnamese government and its main ally, the United States. North Vietnam aimed to unify the country under a communist regime, while South Vietnam sought to align with the West. The U.S. supported South Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, a concept known as the domino theory.
1972
WATERGATE SCANDAL
During the night of June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. Investigation into the break-in exposed a trail of abuses that led to the highest levels of the Nixon administration and ultimately to the President himself. GARGANTA PROFUNDA was MARK FELT sub. director of fbi
Nixon resigns as president and General Ford succeeds.
1974
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1945-60's
End of WWII
1947
PLAN MARSHALL
Plan created by the U.S. to economically support those European countries that were devastated and did not have the resources to rebuild.
George Marshall (Created the plan) 2 blocks: Capitalism: U.S.A. NATO= Nort Atlantic Treat Organization Communism: Russia Warsaw Pact Cold war: 1945 to 1989-1990
1931
AMERICAN DREAM
Writer James Truslow Adams popularized the term "American Dream" ( but John Winthrop made the american dream) in his book The Epic of America, describing it as a vision of a better, richer, and fuller life for all people in the United States
1961
BERLIN WALL
Began abruptly on the night of August 12–13, 1961, when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began to seal off East Berlin with barbed wire and concrete barriers to prevent its citizens from fleeing to West Berlin. 1990 the wall was built and U.S.A. and Russia signed
1917 economical boomb After WWII baby boomer 1933 Roosevelt created job and women start work in Factory because men arrived in war. CONSUMERISM CAR: best option for consumerism and economy. SEGREGATION Discrimination of type of skin Ku Kux : hooded group that killed Klan people of African descent
1955
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Black people: lower place society White people: cultural eurocentrism Group of Little Rock students in AZ: Arkanzas only 9 finished the High School STORY ROSA PARKS Mongomery Alabama Civilar activims A regular woman South American descent 1963: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought attention to the racial inequalities that prevented many Americans from achieving the dream.
1950
Beat Generation
A group of writers and a cultural movement in the 1950s in the United States, led by figures such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, that rejected the conformism and materialistic values of postwar society. Its members explored sexual freedom, drug use, and Eastern spirituality, and were characterized by their innovative literary style and countercultural lifestyle, laying the groundwork for later movements such as the hippie movement.
1960
Hippies (motto)
"Make love, not war" emerged in the 1960s and symbolizes the movement's anti-war, nonviolent, and pro-love ideals. The term "hippie" itself originated in 1965 in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, evolving from the "beatnik" culture, and became synonymous with the wider counterculture movement that promoted free thought, peace, and spiritual exploration.
1974
PILL-POSTDAY
The morning-after pill, or Plan B, was approved by the FDA for prescription use as an emergency contraceptive in 1999, with over-the-counter access starting in 2006. The development of emergency contraception began much earlier, with the Yuzpe regimen, a combination of hormones that served as a precursor to modern levonorgestrel-based pills, first published by A. Albert Yuzpe in 1974.
1960-1970
SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Period of major social change, primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, that led to a significant shift in societal attitudes and behaviors surrounding sex and sexuality in North America and Western Europe. Driven by scientific advances like the Pill, burgeoning feminist and other social movements, and challenges to traditional norms, the revolution promoted sexual liberation, emphasizing pleasure over reproduction and advocating for individual choice in sexual practices, relationships, and family structures. This led to increased acceptance of premarital sex, more diverse forms of relationships, delayed marriages, and a greater focus on sexual fulfillment as a source of personal well-being.
1967
THE SUMMER OF LOVE
The Summer of Love refers to the phenomenon in the summer of 1967, particularly in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, where as many as 100,000 young people, or "flower children," converged to create a hippie counterculture centered on peace, love, music, and anti-establishment ideals. This period saw the explosion of psychedelic art and music, as epitomized by the Monterey Pop Festival, and the spread of hippie culture across the U.S. and Europe as its participants returned home.
1971
AVANDARO
On September 11 and 12, 1971, the Avándaro Festival took place. This historic rock event brought together more than 250,000 people and is considered the Mexican equivalent of the Woodstock Festival. The festival, which combined music, freedom, and counterculture, marked a turning point in the Mexican music scene, although it later generated severe repression and censorship of rock music..
1968
MATANZA DE TLATELOLCO
On October 2, 1968, in Mexico City, a terrible massacre occurred in Tlatelolco, in the Plaza of the Three Cultures, where more than 300 people were gunned down. This was the culmination of several crimes that could be considered crimes against humanity, perpetrated by the Mexican government against the student social movement. The year 1968 was characterized by mass, arbitrary, and illegal arrests, as well as the detailed planning and high level of training of the repressive forces involved in the events. This is how the survivors of that movement have described it, demanding that those responsible be brought to justice for the act of genocide.
1960-1970
COUNTER CULTURE
A social movement or group whose values, ideas, and practices differ radically from those of the dominant society. These groups often seek to bring about cultural or social change by challenging established norms and promoting alternative lifestyles or ideologies. Historical examples include the hippie movement or the Amish community, which rejects the trends of modern society.
1963
John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, at approximately 12:30 p.m., local time, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife, Nelly Connally. Nellie Connally turned and commented to Kennedy, who was sitting behind her, "Mr. President, they can't make you believe now that there are not some in Dallas who love and appreciate you, can they?" Kennedy's reply – "No, they sure can't" – were his last words.
1954-1975
VIETNAM WAR
The Vietnam War (1954–1975) was a conflict between North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam (the Viet Cong) against the South Vietnamese government and its main ally, the United States. North Vietnam aimed to unify the country under a communist regime, while South Vietnam sought to align with the West. The U.S. supported South Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, a concept known as the domino theory.
1972
WATERGATE SCANDAL
During the night of June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. Investigation into the break-in exposed a trail of abuses that led to the highest levels of the Nixon administration and ultimately to the President himself. GARGANTA PROFUNDA was MARK FELT sub. director of fbi
Nixon resigns as president and General Ford succeeds.
1974