1970's+Lifestyles+and+Social+Trends

__Lifestyles and Social Trends__ __(1970-79) "Years of Doubt"__ =Intro 1970s: = Americans are worried about the fact, that this decade is the worst, because oil prices increased, [|high umployment rate], [|toxic wastes], untrustworthy government, crumbling international reputation, and breakdown of traditional gender roles have flabbergasted the nation.

=Oil Prices: = For many years, American have been buying inexpensive oil from the several Middle Eastern countries. When America became an allied with Israel during the [|1973 Abrab-Isreal War]. During the 1973 [|OPEC] affected by [|oil embargo] occured, which influence the U.S. society to lessen their oil use.

High Unemployment:
It occurred, since the oil was the primary sourse to most workers. Most of them were autoworkers employee that got layoff, since the use of vehicle was reduced.

Toxic Waste:
The poison that have exploded, which cause a sorrow effect to the future of U.S. In [|March 1979 nuclear accident]. As technology grew the diseases spreaded rapidly and causing birth defects.

=Untrustworthy Government: = [|President Nixon] had gathered himself around a loyal group of adviser who followed orders without question. On August 8, 1974, Gerald Ford, was sworn in as the thirty-eight president of the United States.

Crumbling International Reputation:
The [|Vietnam War]were still fought when [|President Nixon] wanted to set up a "[|Vietnamization]," After the replacement Vietnam fell to the communists.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif;">Breakdown of Traditional Gender Roles:
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In 1970, fifty years after the [|Nineteenth Amendment]to the Constitution gave women the right to vote, feminists across the country held rallies and marches. These protesters demanded reproduction rights, equal opportunity, child care, an end to violence against women and approval of the Equal Rights Amendment. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In January 22 1973, in the case [|Roe v. Wade], the Supreme Court had held that, women may legally obtain an abortion before the child is born. The ink was barely dry on the High courts decision when battle lines were drawn. These New Yorkers marched on St. Patricks cathedral to protest the catholic church's open condemnation of the decision. The battle lines have not changed since.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">__Citations:__
 * ==== ‍<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">__The Century for Young People__ by:Peter Jennings & Todd Brewster. Doubleday.Printed in U.S.A ====
 * ==== ‍<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">__American Decades__. 2001. //Encyclopedia.com.// 11 Jan. 2012 [] ====