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In the picture shown below, people are standing outside the  White House holding Newspapers.  The year is 1974 and the headlines of this days paper are a first in American history.  The President of the United States, Richard Nixon has resigned from office following the Watergate scandal.  This was a first in American politics.  No one ever heard of a president resigning from office.  This made the public question their leaders and even think critically of the Presidency

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Seymour M. Hersh  a promising journalist , freelance reporter and former news aide to antiwar presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy. This photo shows Ronald Ridenhour a young GI who served in the Vietnam War. He played a central roll in the investigation of the My Lai Massacre. The My Lai Massacre was mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese citizens. Ronald L. Ridenhour wrote letters to the Pentagon, to the State Department, to the White House, and to twenty-four congressmen describing the murders at My Lai 4. This photo was taken when Seymour interviewed Ronald. Learning the history of this photo can help you learn and understand why the photo was taken and how impacts history.

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Both men were at the top in their careers at this point. As The Telegraph has pointed out, Presley was in the middle of a successful comeback, selling out shows in Las Vegas and had just been nominated as one of the country’s Ten Outstanding Young Men by the United States Junior Chamber, an award he was particularly proud to have received. Nixon, meanwhile, who had not yet been tainted by Watergate, was experiencing a wave of popularity for vowing to get America out of Vietnam and to desegregate schools.

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Hippies were people who rejected the status que of their time period and created their own counterculture. Hippies felt alienated from middle-class society, which they saw as dominated by materialism and repression, and they developed their own distinctive lifestyle. They usually kept their hair long, grew beards, wore sandals, clothing with beads or psychedelic patterns, which goies hand to hand with their drug use of Marijuana and LSD.Hippies were all about non violence and love, during the time period they commonly used the phrase make love not war.

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During the 1970's lesbians and gay males engaged in protest and a act of gay pride to change social shame. First known as "Gay Liberation" and later named as "Gay Pride Parades". It was said to be counterculture because they were trying to change the regular outlook of society and what is considered "right". It consisted of North/South America, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. This picture has a lot of meaning and had a major impact on society because the people that were so shamed upon were standing up and trying to change the way things were. This took a lot of courage from people and changed history to what we know today.

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John Paul Filo is a photographer whose picture of 14-year-old runaway Mary Ann Vecchio screaming while kneeling over the dead body of 20-year-old Jeffrey Miller. He  won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for photograph of the shootings at the Kent State massacre. President Nixon approved the mission for US bombers to attack suspected communist base camps and supply areas in Cambodia for the first time in the war. A protest broke up in Kent State University  where Anti- war protesters threw rocks and other object at  the Ohio National Guard who were station there. 4 university students were killed and nine injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire during a demonstration protesting the Vietnam War. The Kent State shootings symbolize  a great American tragedy which occurred at the height of the Vietnam War era. Learning about this can help learn of the truth and the mistakes of the past. This event help law enforcement officers issue caution to their troops when dealing with this confrontation. The Kent State shooting wasn't in vain, lessons can be learn for what happen from this event.

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The Beatles are known as one of the greatest bands of all time.  In the picture shown below show fans of the English band holding posters pleading for them not to leave.  The Beatles singer, John Lennon announced he left the band in secret in the year 1969.  But they officially split when Paul McCartney announced he was leaving in 1970.  People all around the world adored the insanely popular band.  And when they heard they were breaking up, many hearts were broken.  Music is universal and connects to everyone around

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The U.S has been trying to stop the spread of communism and when we found out about Vietnam, we didn't want it to keep spreading through south-east Asia. When North Vietnam was trying to overtake South Vietnam we couldn't allow that to happen which led to war. Not only did we have to deal with them, but it led to us having to deal with our own country and how our people felt about the whole situation. This picture has a impact on history because that was the reason we went to war  with them and created more problems for ourselves, when we could have avoided it.

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We were the first country to send a human to space and land on the moon. The Soviet Union was the first to have a man-made item to land on the moon. This was a major leap for us because this showed technological advancement and that we beat the Soviets to space with a human. We've been in a space race with the soviets for almost 20 years and doing this was a big accomplishment because it showed that we were technologically more advanced then the soviets and felt as a victory. And this photograph is shocking because it shows how developed we are and what the future could possibly hold.

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This photo is of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak when they create the first Apple computer in 1976. The computer didn't sell massive units, but it was the first modern personal computer. Because of the Apple-1 future model app computer were based from this model. As the Apple industry grew more models were made and later they would be successful. At first Apple could make laptops,desktops, phones, tablets, MP3 players that already existed. But Apple’s versions of them managed to change the world in large part because they made those things popular. Looking at the photo can let you understand how much progress and work Apple put into moving their technology and how Apple affect us today. For the Apple-1 to the iPhone and now Apple is the biggest and most profitable company ever.

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Space exploration has been on the minds of scientists for many years. In the picture shown below, the Venera 7, a space probe is shown. This space probe was launched into space and landed on the planet Venus, collecting and sending data back to Earth. Just a year before, the Apollo 11 mission, to land on the moon was accomplished. This was a huge technological accomplishment for the human race.

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On june 17, 1972 several burglars were caught breaking into  the office of the Democratic National Committee. They directly connected to Nixon and his reelection campaign. They were caught stealing documents and wire tapping phones. In 1974 Nixon tried to cover up the crime but when the information was released to the public he resigned before he was impeached. seeing their leader commit crimes and trying to cover them up caused Americans to question presidency and politics differently

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In 1970 Muhammad Ali won the two most important and lucrative fights in 1974. He outpointed Joe Frazier in January and then regained the heavyweight title by knocking out champion George Foreman. Ali and Frazier earned $2.6 million each for their fight, the highest payout in boxing history until Ali and Foreman earned $5 million each for their fight. Ali was the underdog and had Foreman 4-1 knocking him out in 8th round. It had been George Foremans first pro lost, Ali told reporters " I told you he was nothing, he punches like a sissy". Ali was known for his fighting but he also had some appeal outside of the arena. He spoke power to truth, he said confrontational things that america was not ready to hear from a young black man,Ali became the peoples champion.