The 1970s were a tumultuous time. In some ways, the decade was a continuation of the 1960s. Women, African Americans, Native Americans, gays and lesbians and other marginalized people continued their fight for equality, and many Americans joined the protest against the ongoing war in Vietnam. In other ways, however, the decade was a repudiation of the 1960s. A “New Right” mobilized in defense of political conservatism and traditional family roles, and the behavior of President Richard Nixon undermined many people’s faith in the good intentions of the federal government. By the end of the decade, these divisions and disappointments had set a tone for public life that many would argue is still with us today.
Suffragist Alice Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923. It was introduced to Congress every year until 1972, when it finally passed but was not ratified. It has been reintroduced to Congress every year since 1982.
MUSIC
Music has definetly evolved in the 1970's.
Unfortunetly, this was the decade of the
Beatles' breakup and the death of Elvis
Presley. Besides that, many great hits
were still produced. Such hits included
"ABC" by the Jackson 5, "YMCA" by
Village People, and who could forget
"Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas.
Music has definetly evolved in the 1970's.
Unfortunetly, this was the decade of the
Beatles' breakup and the death of Elvis
Presley. Besides that, many great hits
were still produced. Such hits included
"ABC" by the Jackson 5, "YMCA" by
Village People, and who could forget
"Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas.
THE CONSERVATIVE BACKLASHMany Americans, particularly working class and middle class whites, responded to the turbulence of the late 1960s–the urban riots, the antiwar protests, the alienating counterculture–by embracing a new kind of conservative populism. Sick of what they interpreted as spoiled hippies and whining protestors, tired of an interfering government that, in their view, coddled poor people and black people at taxpayer expense, these individuals formed what political strategists called a “silent majority.”