Second Half of Project

Rank: 7
Description: The launch of the Russian satellite, Sputnik, ignited a technological competition between the US and Russia that would be known as "The Space Race." In this race the two nations competed to see who would be the first to put a man on the moon. Eventually the US won when it launched its Apollo 11 shuttle which successfully carried 3 men to the moons surface and back.
Significance: This was the first maned mission to another terrestrial body. Additionally it proved the US superior in its technology to Russia.

Picture: Apollo 11 moon landing. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 18
Description: This was a three day music festival in which around half a million young adults participated, without any police, as they shared their belongings ranging from food and drugs to shelter.
Significance: It was the culmination of the hippie and beatnik movements as well as a defining event for the culture of the early 70's.

Picture: Woodstock Begins. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 10
Description: Several intruders had been arrested in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building. Although not immediately apparent, these men were found to have connections to President Nixon and his campaign. In an attempt to cover this up Nixon publicly swore that he and his white house staff had no part in this scandal; however this was proven otherwise resulting in Nixon's resignation.
Significance: The Watergate scandal had a lasting affect on politics in America, as it led many to question their leaders and think more critically about their representatives.

Picture: Watergate Scandal / Watergate building. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 8
Description: Before this court case abortion was legal in the US according to Texas law when necessary to save the woman's life. Then Norma McCorvey, who was in her third pregnancy, went to attorneys Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington. together they built a case and brought it to the state court. From there it advanced all the way to the Supreme Court where the justices struck down the Texas law banning abortion, establishing it as legal throughout the US.
Significance: This expanded the established scope of the constitutional right to privacy as it allowed women the choice of whether or not to terminate their pregnancy. Additionally it has established a new point of controversy and debate for modern day politicians.

Picture: Supreme Court. . Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 12
Description: The Us had resupplied the Israeli Military during the Arab-Israeli War. Then The Arab members of OPEC spearheaded a retaliation in the form of a trade embargo with the US. This resulted in a shortage of oil and therefore the rationing of it.
Significance: Showed the dependence of civilization on fossil fuels, particularly petroleum oil.

Picture: Motor fuel ration book and vouchers. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 1
Description: The development of the internet took a large span of time and many inventors. The initial internet like program started in the 60's and was called the ARPAnet, which was intended to help safeguard long distance communications in the event that the telephone system was taken out by the soviets. This program slowly progressed through the 70's, but then in the early 80's Vinton Cerf hit the intellectual jackpot, developing the “Transmission Control Protocol,” or TCP (later known as the “Internet Protocol" or IP. This development was described as “the ‘handshake’ that introduces distant and different computers to each other in a virtual space,” and led to the internet communication that we know today.
Significance: The development of the internet, although slow at first, forever altered human society as it generated new medias and revolutionized communication.

Picture: Girl uses the internet at Natural History Museum. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 5
Description: The wall had been in place since August of 1961 and was the "iron curtain" that separated the communist Germany from the capitalist Germany. Then as the Cold war was coming to an end in 1989, communist officials stated that at midnight it would no longer be illegal to cross the border between the halve of Germany. Eventually the wall was officially taken down in 1991.
Significance: The fall of the wall represented the decline of communism and the liberation of those who had suffered under it, as well as the start of the end of the Cold War.

Picture: Fall of Berlin Wall / Photo / 1989. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 14
Description: The North American Trade Agreement was a trade treaty that steadily removed tariffs and other trade barriers between Mexico, the US, and Canada. Clinton signed the agreement in 1992 stating that "NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs."
Significance: NAFTA had intended to provide economic boom but never came close. It helped some as it boosted exports and imports but that was about it as GDP was barely impacted. One of the most negative occurrences during this period was that it did nothing to prevent the economic recessions that hit both the US and Canada.

Picture: North America. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 17
Description: Princess Diana of Whales was pronounced dead in the hospital after her car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. Her traveling companion, Dodi Fayed, and her driver had also died in the accident.
Significance: Her death sparked a change in the British monarchy that remains to this date, as shown through her sons William and Harry.

Picture: Floral Tributes Start To Arrive At Kensington Palace. Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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Rank: 11
Description: Bill Clinton, the 42nd president, had had an affair with one of his interns, Monica Lewinsky, Then while under oath he had lied about said affair and had used his presidential powers in an attempt to cover up his infidelity. These actions led to his impeachment 11 charges, including perjury and obstruction of justice, for three of which he was found guilty.
Significance: He was he first President who had testified in front of a grand jury.

Picture: Bill Clinton. . Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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