The 1970s saw significant cultural and political changes in the United States. Richard Nixon was president from 1969-1974 before resigning due to the Watergate scandal. Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon and became president. The Vietnam War officially ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords. Disco music became popular culture along with bell bottom pants and platform shoes.

1. 1970’s
By:
Jonathan Adelino,
Allen Link,
Ruth Castillo,
&
Brianna Lincks

2. Facts About the 1970’s
In the United States’s1970’s the
Population was 204,879,000.
The number of unemployed in 1970
was 4,088,000.
National Debt was $382 billion.
Average salary was around $7,564.
In the 1970’s the life expectancy for the
Males was 67.1 and the life expectancy
for the Females was 74.8.
A movie ticket cost about $1.50.
A quart of milk cost 33 cents and a loaf
of bread cost about 24 cents.

4. -
Richard Milhous Nixon was the United
States 37th president from 1969-to-1974. Richard
Nixon was the president to stop the war with
Vietnam. He was also the president behind the
whole Watergate scandal. He lost all of America’s
trust from the scandal. So in Nixon‘s second term
as our United States president about half way
through he resigned the office to Gerald Ford.

5. Arthur was the first black male to ever
win a Wimbledon Competition. He won three
Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best
tennis players from the United States. In the
ATP computer rankings, he peaked at No. 2 in
May 1976. In September 1970 Ashe turned
professional by signing a five-year contract
with Lamar Hunt 's World Championship
Tennis. He played for a few more years, but
after being slowed by heart surgery in 1979, he
retired.

6. Gerald Ford was the thirty eighth president serving from 1974
to 1977 . He also served as the vice president from 1973 to
1974. Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Milhous Nixon which had
saved our nation from many years of messy problems. Ford
made the choice of ordering a rescue team that came and
saved the nearly 40 American sailors that had been captured
during the First Indochina war. Ford is also known to have
ended the Vietnam War with the help of Richard Nixon.

7. John Mitchell was very important because he broke many
racial barriers. He was the first African American to
become co-captain and then become the assistant coach
for the Alabama Crimson Tide . John also became the first
black defensive coordinator in the Southern Conference.

8. Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan was a big
influence in the start of rock
music. His music ranged
from moving love songs to
songs with deeper
meanings. Dylan made a
comeback in 1974 with the
album "Blood on the
Tracks", which is thought to
be his best album although
"Desire" (1975 album) is his
bestseller.

9. Elvis Presley
Elvis was a world
wide legend. In 1970 he
was discovered and
instantly attracted hundreds
of fans with his deep
smooth voice. Elvis was the
first person allowed to
move their hips on national
television. He also recorded
his first record for Sun
Records in the 1970’s.

10. John Paul Getty
John had an oil
company with his
father in 1930, but
took over when his
dad died. Getty had
one of the biggest oil
companies in the
United States. When
John died in 1976 he
was the richest man in
America.

11. Mark Spitz
His powerful
swimming career
launched him into fame
and attracted fans world-
wide. During his
career, Mark’s remarkable
abilities set him apart
from the competition. He
was a world champion
swimmer, who just
happened to win 7 gold
medals in 1972 summer
Olympics for America.

12. Muhammad Ali
“Float like a butter fly
and sting like a bee”, was a
famous quote said by
Muhammad Ali himself. In
Boxing he changed the way
that people saw, practiced
and fought in that sport. He
took what was considered to
be a skittish way of
fighting, being evasive, and
made it his own personal art
form. That’s why Bruce Lee
quoted him and took from his
methods.

13. Patty Hearst
Patty Hearst was a wealthy
young girl, when she was
kidnapped in 1974 by the
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
a left-wing American terrorist
group founded in 1973. The
kidnapping itself fascinated
Americans, but Hearst's case grew
even stranger when she joined the
SLA during her captivity, taking the
name Tania and denouncing her
former life.

14. Events of the 1970’s
• Apollo 13 launch 1970 • Oil Spill 1973
• Marshall Air Plain • The Vietnam war
Crash 1970 ended in 1973
• Hurricane Leila 1970 • 1974 president Richard
• Kent State shooting M. Nixon resigned as
1970 president
• Nixon’s Foreign Policy • Alaska pipeline 1977
in 1972 • New York Blackout
1977

19. Nixon’s Foreign Policy
Nixon opened the
communist nation to
American trade and
reopened diplomatic
relations in 1972. This
isolated the Soviet
Union. As a result, the
Soviets began to bargain
with the United States.
Both sides entered into
a new era of agreement
and peaceful
coexistence.

20. Oil Spill A tanker
spewed 20,000
gallons of heavy
crude into Tampa
Bay on a Friday the
13th in 1979. At the
time, it was the
largest oil spill ever
in Florida, causing
$10-million in
damage. People
began talking about
energy conservation

21. The Paris Peace
The Vietnam Accords ending the conflict
War ended were signed January 27,
1973. The terms of the
accords called for a complete
ceasefire in South Vietnam,
allowed North Vietnamese
forces to retain the territory
they had captured, released
US prisoners of war, and
called for both sides to find a
political solution to the
conflict.

25. Music & Fashion

26. Music of the 1970’s
In the 1970’s there was
disco, soul, southern rock, and soft
rock. Arena rock became popular
with bands like Boston. Bands such
as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath
introduced us to heavy metal
music. The Allman Brothers gave us
our first taste of southern rock.
Towards the end of the 70s, new
wave emerged, with bands such as
Devo and The Cars, but disco is
what most people associate most
commonly with the 1970s.

27. Fashion of the 1970’s
Men wore bell-bottom
pants, platform shoes and
brightly colored patches of
clothing. Leisure suits became
the rage for men. Women wore
just about everything from hot
pants to ultra-short mini-skirts
to ankle-length flowing dresses.
The most popular hairstyle for
women was mimicked after
Farrah Fawcett and was
long, flowing and “feathered.”
Thanks to the Jackson Five, the
afro was immensely popular for
both African American men and
women.

30. The End