May 23 - 27 - Blogs - History 360

Monday - I continued the notes on the 80's.

1980's

TV Shows
- Cheers
- The Cosby Show
Games
- Pac-Man
- Donkey Kong
- Super Mario Bros
- Video Games Crash
  - lost money
  - needed certain consoles for certain games
  - too many games
Fashion
- browns, orange, maroon
- high waistlines
  - tighter pants
- Bright accessories/makeup
- Baggy shirts
  - turtlenecks
  - big shoulders
  - wind jackets
  - jean jackets
- Nike shoes
- puffy hair
Sports
- Basketball
  - Lakers were go to team
  - Michael Jordan
  - Magic Johnson
  - Larry Bird
  - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Football
  - Bears
  - 49ers
- Olympics '80 - Soviet Union
  - boycotts
    - United States
    - West Germany
    - 59 other countries
  - partial boycott
    - avoided at Opening Ceremonies
- Olympics '84- Los Angeles
  - Boycotted
    - Soviet Union
    - Bulgaria
    - East Germany
    - 14 countries
    - Romania did not boycott
  - Boycotted countries held Friendly games
- Olympics '88 - South Korea
  - largest Olympic Games during Cold War era
  - North Korea boycotted

Fad
- workout videos
  - Richard Simmons
- boom boxes
- breakdancing
- cabbage patch dolls
- care bears
- hacky sacks
- Popple
- Rubik's Cubes
- Slap Bracelets
- Smurfs
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Teenaage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Slang
  - Not!
  - Psyche!
  - Bad
  - Bod
  - Gnarly
  - I'm sure
- Horror Movies
Presidential Election
- Reagan won
- 1980's
Presidential Election
- Ronald Reagan won
- 1984
Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan
- March 30, 1981
- Reagan & 2 others shot and wounded
- John Hickley was the shooter
Worn on Drugs
- "Just say no"
- Crack Cocaine
- Nancy Reagan
Presidential Election
- Michael Kukais vs George H. Bush
- George Won
John Lennon Assassination
- December 8, 1980
- New York
- Mark David Chapman
  - smuggled a .38 from Hawaii
  - Shot Lennon 4 times
  - asked him for autograph
    - Lennon signed it
  - Murdered Lennon to become famous
Sally Ride
- June 18, 1983
- First American woman in space
- worked the robotic arm
Titanic remains
- September 2, 1985
- 73 yrs after Titanic sunk
- Team of Americans and french researchers
- More than 12,000 ft in ocean
Berlin Wall Falls
- November 9, 1989
- people finally pass freely between the city
- people swarmed the wall
  - used hammers and picks to break wall
- signaled the end to the Cold War

Tuesday - Mr. Bruns went over the Vietnam war. I took notes on the 2000-2008 presentation.

Vietnam

Beginnings
- Geneva Conference
  - Vietnam was partitioned temporarily into North and South
  - set up to unify the country by July, 1956
  - such elections never held
  - neither side wanted to lose
Escalation
- started with the deployment of military advisers to South Vietnamese army
- then started using special forces for commando-style operations
  - Green Berets
- then regular troops were sent for defensive purposes only
- in 1964, regular troops were used for offensive combat
- once U.S. troops were in active combat, escalation shifted to the adding of more and more U.S. troops
Gulf of Tonkin
- body of water
- North Vietnamese attacked U.S. ships
- Congress gave the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- President Johnson got the ability to wage war
Tet Offensive
- President Johnson and General William Westmoreland kept saying that with more troops we will win the war
- American tended to believe this at first
- American public faith was shattered on January 30, 1968 when enemy supposedly on the verge of collapse attacked every major city in South Vietnam
- named after lunar new year festival which is most important Vietnamese holiday in South Vietnam
- crushed the enemy militarily, the surprising huge offensive attack from an enemy supposedly defeated convinced many Americans that victory was impossible
Anti-War
- Tet Offensive
- Pentagon Papers
  - someone in government leaked information
  - article was about the government not telling the whole truth to the public
- Injuring/killing innocent people
  - especially women and children
  - My Lai Massacre
- Supporting a bad government in South
- The Power of the Press
- Getting out of Serving
  - Went to Canada or Sweden
  - Went to college
    - student deferment
  - Got married
    - marriage deferment
  - Medically unfit for service
  - Joined the National Guard/Peace Corps
  - Claimed to be homosexual
  - Being rich
Vietnamization & De-escalation
- "Peace with Honor"
- Gradually pull U.S. troops out and train the ARVN to take our place in fighting the North
- Expanded the war into Laos and Cambodia leading to college protest
- Announced the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam
Paris Peace Accords
- fighting stopped
- US would pull out of Vietnam
- North and South Vietnam would recognize each other's independence
End
- Two years after we pull out North invades South Vietnam

2000-08

Music
- Alicia Keys
- Avril Lavigne
- Evanescence
- Usher
- Beyonce
Movies
- The Notbook
- Transformers
- Finding Nemo
- Cast Away
- Shrek
Tv Shows
- Survivor
- American Idol
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Grey's Anatomy
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- Keeping up with the Kardashians
Fashion
- Women
  - destroyed denim
  - dresses over jeans
  - leggings
  - gender bending
  - vintage
  - neon
- Men
  - low-rise jeans
  - studded belts
  - aviator sunglasses
  - trucker hat
  - Slim-fit suit
Hair
- Men
  - Frosted tips
  - Emo
  - Design cut
  - Buzzcuts
  - Textured
- Women
  - Wild wavy curls
  - super short pixie cut
  - Pin-straight hair
  - Wispy hangs
  - the Hair Poof
Fads
- silly bands
- crocs
- Myspace
- Flash Mobs
- McMansions
- Wristbands representing a cause
Inventions
- Contactless payment
- Skype
- ipod
- GPS
- Youtube
- smartphones
- Hybrid Cars
- Facebook
Presidential Elections
- 2000 Election
  - George W. Bush vs. Albert Gore, Jr.
  - Bush won
- 2004
  - George W. Bush vs. John F. Kerry
  - Bush won
- 2008
  - Barack Obama vs. John McCain
  - Obama won
  - first african-american president
Video Games
- Startrek
- Grand Theft Auto
- Need for Speed
Game Counsels
- Play Station 1
- Play Station 2
- Play Station 3
- Xbox
- Gamecube
- Gameboy
- Nintendo Wii
Sports
- Tiger Woods
  - Masters
  - Golfing
- Serena & Venus Williams
  - Tennis
- Michael Jordan
  - Basketball
Government Scandals
- Waterboarding
  - torture
- Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse
  - torture prisoners
Push for Equality
- 2000
  - Vermont is first state to recognize civil unions between gay/lesbian couple
- 2008
  - ensured that federal funds are not to subsidize discrimination
  - held employers accountable for age discrimination
  - improved accountability for other violations of civil/worker rights
Major Events
- 9/11
  - 4 plane crashes
    - World Trade Center
    - Pentagon
    - Pennsylvnia field
- Iraq War
  - 9/11
  - Afghanistan was easy take over
  - Weapons of Mass destruction
    - thought they were stockpillling weapons
  - Nation-building
  - Oil
- Hurricane Katrina
  - Struck Gulf Coast
  - 100-140 mph winds
  - Massive flooding
    - Nearly 80% of city was under water
  - $100,000 in damage

Wednesday - I continued my notes on the 2000-08 presentation above. I took notes on 2009-16 below.

2009-2016

Music
- Taylor Swift
- Katy Perry
- Adele
- Florida Georgia Line
- Luke Bryan
- Eric Church
Movie
- Twilight Series
- Ted
- The Hangover Series
- Vacation
- Despicable Me
- Hunger Games series
- Battle-LA
TV Shows
- Modern Family
- Walking Dead
- Game of Thrones
- Guys with Kids
- Americans
- The Flash
- Empire
- The Second Chance
Video Games
- Call of Duty
- Grand Theft Auto
- NFL
- NBA
- NHL
- MLB
- Fifa
- Minecraft
- Halo
Consoles
- PS4
- PS3
- Xbox 1
- Xbox 360
- WiiU
Sports
- Women's Soccer
  - Won World Cup
Fashion
- One-shoulder dress
- Jeggings
- Jumpsuits
- Leather Look Pants
- Black and white pattern
- Matching sets of clothing
- Plaid
- 90's fashion
Fads
- Silly bands
- Crocs
- Fantasy sports
- House flipping
Inventions
- Ipad
- Apple Watch
- Water Bottle Filling Station
- Hoverboard
Presidential Elections
- 2012
  - Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney
  - Obama won
- 2016
  - Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton (most likely)
Minorities Push
- Gay Marriage legalized in all states
- Legalization of Marijuana
- Upping Minimum Wage
Major Events
- Cargo Ship Hijacking
  - Three pirates killed
  - made into a movie
- Earthquaike in Haiti
  - Maginitude: 7
- Osama Bin Laden
  - killed by Navy Seals
  - responsible for 9/11
  - made into movie
- Sandy Hook Shooting
  - 21 year old Adam Lanza
  - Killed 25 people
    - children
  - killed himself so he wasn't caught
- Boston Marathon Bombings
  - Dzhkhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
  - 2 pressure cooker bombs
  - killed 3, injured 246
- Robin Williams
  - Parkinson Disease
    - Early stages
  - Severe depression
  - committed suicide
  - 63 years old
- ISIS Attacks
  - France
  - Turkey
  - Ankara
  - ISIS attacks were unknown early on

Thursday - Semester test day.

Friday - Took the semester test.

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