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the 1960s were arguably most known for music counterculture and its culmination at Woodstock the 60s was the heir of the music festival but it disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived as America turns in the 1970s new technology of Music produced American to the vinyl record which was affordable and capable of holding more than four tracks or socks this gave you all his creativity to tell story with their music while at the same time allowing the public to access the music at a low price all these factors allowed for an explosion in music during the 1970s countless new artists and new genres emerged on the market for consumption by Americans no matter your background there was music for you to fall in love with the 1970s was a decade of disco the Disco are in the United States is marked by such great artist is Donna Summer singing hits like pasta and last day of school what are the hottest dance crazes at the disco's was created by Van McCoy the hustle Harbor Freight disco songs from Cruise We are family just going tomorrow staying alive I'm so excited and night fever's the title track to John Travolta's iconic movie Saturday Night Fever along with the music they still got a new dance craze to the club's Young Americans would learn turn the Funky Chicken Dance music and dance disco brought about some of the most iconic fashion statements in our nation's history of the bell bottom pant jumpsuit white collar shirts she's ridiculous high heel and Jenna so much. Only transformative music face of the 1970s Alanis play on the TV show soul trap genre was highlighted by accept was Marvin Gaye singing I Heard it Through the Grapevine and Let's Get It On Temptations four tops with reach out I'll be there Stevie Wonder Superstition how to join the Motown and soul movement was a great expression of African American culture in the 1970s for all of America to enjoy and appreciate this aspect of African American culture as in any deck music was a defining feature of the 1970s play the Splatoon music the 1970s were not all fun and games America in the 1970s energy crisis does unparalleled to anything in recent American history the shortage of energy mobilize many Americans to begin thinking more about the conservation of our limited resources demonstrations in the 1970s of the growing concern about the environmental issues and created Earth Day to bring awareness to the topic which was first celebrated on April 22nd in 1970 although Nixon wasn't known as an environmentalist he saw the importance of protecting iron to buy a how to create the Environmental Protection Agency or the EPA BPA was given the power to set and enforce pollution standards due to the EPA the US has become a world leader in Environmental Protection one of the best examples of BEP and action the  Alaska sits on a mountain of oil which would provide energy to millions of Americans Nixon saw the necessity of tapping into the soil so the authorized the pipeline to transport that oil to the lower 48 states in return for the construction of the pipe mission trip over millions of acres of land to the state's Native American tribes you also set aside an additional 56 million acres in Alaska as national monuments this designation of land may not have happened without the EPA at enforcement powers Bank of America in the 1970s was he using nuclear energy many critics believe that this was a very dangerous practice because Allie could release radiation army people and the environment these fears are validated when the nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg Pennsylvania the reactor's cooling system failed and some radiation had escaped causing people nearby to evacuate their homes while no one was injured or killed during the accident over 100,000 were evacuated causing the government to get more involved in nuclear safety This Disaster back in the baby of using nuclear energy to help power the United States the 1970s were an amazing time to be a kid what do invention started entertaining kids and teenagers Across the Nation this invention was the video game in 1972 Americans became headed by a Taurus interpretation of table tents that they called Pawn Stars were asked to move a paddle up and down preventable from passing by. Then in 1978 Space Invaders was Unleashed on the public kids couldn't get enough within a year 60 what is a machines in front of the market American consumers to spend millions of quarters on the game by the end of the day one of the most famous and recognizable video game characters was created you made out of play Pong or space and are the chances are your play the version of this class so you may have a version of this on your phone right now. This interactive game changed the way video games were created and revolutionize the industry the games that you play Everyday on your phone and on your Xbox or PS4 take the routes directly from his pioneering games that were invented in the 1970s by the 1970s 9 out of 10 households had a TV making TV one of the most influential products on the market TV programming grew to represent the diversity of America and the changes that were occurring Across the Nation television programming began to highlights Play Issues from it shows like Chico and the Man so what life was like in a Mexican-American barrio in East LA the highest rated show in the 70s All in the Family should working class values and don't openly with the division of classes in American society Tyler Moore Show highlighted what it was like to be a working woman in a big city and the TV mini-series roots for the dark history of African-American slavery at prior to this seems Habbo to talk about OB shows are Classics so you can still view in syndication the one show got his start on October 11th 1975 and still running today Saturday Night Live was and is and iconic show that still is a voice for many Americans it's staying power can be attributed to it up to date social commentary many people turn to you for information and entertainment many of the most famous actors in history got their starts on the show these actors include Eddie Murphy Bill Murray Julia Louis-Dreyfus Alec Baldwin Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd Mike Myers Tina Fey Billy Crystal Chris Rock and many many more this show has been a cultural icon to which millions of Americans with TuneIn every Saturday night movies in the 70s can you say classic Ruby players in Brewers in the movie industry during the 1970s young directors like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg announce their arrival with their movie Star Wars and Jaws you're going to need a bigger boat these movies are iconic to the imaginations of millions of Americans for generations to come what's the Beast movie starting franchises in Star Wars is turned one of the biggest brands in the world and is now owned by Disney be inspiring story of Rocky Balboa by Sylvester Stallone showed up with hard work you can achieve anything wild animal the classic mobster movie The Godfather took Americans inside the organized crime rate show photos of New York what am I to my house again with you the horror genre of the 70s was one of the greatest in history classic looks like Michael Myers in Halloween terrified teenagers everywhere the religious theme Exorcist made Americans crawl out of their skin and give us some of the most iconic horror movie people's heads are still spinning about this movie today are you kidding me facilities about to start of a gut-busting series ceiling for Sigourney Weaver save the world from a bunch of aliens using humans as hosts so this is the part of the evening comes bursting out of his chest we can't show you that but it's really gnarly all of these movies did an amazing job of sparking the imagination of the American people Weatherby music fashion TV or movies culture in the 1970s is truly Unforgettable the nation at shift become more socially liberal and as we know every action creates an equal and opposite reaction it's time for the conservative tide to wash Across the Nation

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