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Syllabus Pictures

Syllabus Pictures. Years and significance Overview. Women in the workforce 1943(ish). Rosie the Riveter Women were needed in factories during wartimes This was done out of patriotism. Rosie the Riveter was wartime propaganda.

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Syllabus Pictures

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  1. Syllabus Pictures Years and significance Overview

  2. Women in the workforce 1943(ish) • Rosie the Riveter • Women were needed in factories during wartimes • This was done out of patriotism. • Rosie the Riveter was wartime propaganda. • This was the seedlings of the beginning of the women’s movement. • From 1940-1944 women in the work place rose to 20 million. After the war women were forced to lower paying jobs paving the way to EEO.

  3. Elvis Presley 1955’s-1977 (death) • Elvis Presley shakes up the music world with his rock songs and gyrating hips. • His performance on the Ed Sullivan show is only filmed from the waist up because his dance moves are too suggestive and sexual in nature from his performance on Milton Berle. • YouTube - ELVIS PRESLEY - Hound Dog (live on the Milton Berle Show in 1956) Pic is from 1958-ish

  4. Sputnik 1 1957 • Oct. 4th 1957 • Soviets announced the launching of the 1st space orbit satellite. • It was an atmospheric detection satellite. • This began a HUGE Space Race between the USA and the Soviets. Dealt with the Cold War.

  5. Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 • October 1962 • JFK and Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet Union) wrestling over the placing of Nuclear Missiles in Cuba. • Almost brought the USA and Soviets to WW III • This was ongoing tension during the Cold War.

  6. 1968 Olympics “Fists of Freedom” • Tommie Smith 1st Place • John Carlos 3rd Place • 200 Meters • Represents black pride • Both were shoeless to highlight poverty among African Americans. • Beads around Carlos neck represent all those who have been killed from oppression. • YouTube - Black History: 1968 Olympics

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