The American Historical Works
Part 19:
After America lost the Vietnam war, membership in white supremacist group increased. Due to the new members of the groups, wanting to get back at the American government, for losing the Vietnam war.
In 1975, Indonesia planned to invade and occupy the tiny Asian nation, East Timor. With the excuse of preventing the threat of communism coming to the nation. As part of the Cold War, America, under President Gerald Ford, backed the idea and gave Indonesia weapons, to help in the invasion. Indonesia would invade and would turn out, Indonesian invasion acts, would kill East Timor civilians. The news would give this all no news coverage. Soon Indonesia would kill civilians in occupation acts as well.
In 1975, in the African nation Angola, there was a communist rebellion, against the government. So America under Gerald Ford, sent the C.I.A, to help the government.
In 1975, a rebellion in Cambodia overthrew the capitalist government. Making Cambodia communist, which spread communism. The rebel leader, Pol Pot, was placed as leader of Cambodia. Throughout the late 1970s, Pol Pot would do acts, largely based around communism. That would both knowingly and unknowingly kill 1,700,000 Cambodians. This would get minor coverage, by American news and newspapers. The news and newspapers didn’t cover, that American airstrikes in Cambodia, in the Vietnam war, helped motive communist Cambodians, to join the rebellion. Out of the belief, Pol Pot would block America doing more airstrikes.
In 1975, the action and horror movie Jaws, came out. It followed people, with the movie being about a great white shark that arts and tries to eat people. It would become a blockbuster movie, in America.
In 1975, a bombing at a American airport, killed 11 and injured 74. As of 2022, the motive and bombers unknown. However, it is believed to be motived, by some type of extremism.
By 1976, property land had become worth more money then it used to due more of a American population. So 1976 America under President Gerald Ford ended the homestead act. The homestead act gave some federal land in the western states to immigrants to the western states, to encourage immigration there.
In 1976, spousal rape was slowly starting to become legally rape, by states in America, starting with Nebraska.
In 1975, Indonesia planned to invade and occupy the tiny Asian nation, East Timor. With the excuse of preventing the threat of communism coming to the nation. As part of the Cold War, America, under President Gerald Ford, backed the idea and gave Indonesia weapons, to help in the invasion. Indonesia would invade and would turn out, Indonesian invasion acts, would kill East Timor civilians. The news would give this all no news coverage. Soon Indonesia would kill civilians in occupation acts as well.
In 1975, in the African nation Angola, there was a communist rebellion, against the government. So America under Gerald Ford, sent the C.I.A, to help the government.
In 1975, a rebellion in Cambodia overthrew the capitalist government. Making Cambodia communist, which spread communism. The rebel leader, Pol Pot, was placed as leader of Cambodia. Throughout the late 1970s, Pol Pot would do acts, largely based around communism. That would both knowingly and unknowingly kill 1,700,000 Cambodians. This would get minor coverage, by American news and newspapers. The news and newspapers didn’t cover, that American airstrikes in Cambodia, in the Vietnam war, helped motive communist Cambodians, to join the rebellion. Out of the belief, Pol Pot would block America doing more airstrikes.
In 1975, the action and horror movie Jaws, came out. It followed people, with the movie being about a great white shark that arts and tries to eat people. It would become a blockbuster movie, in America.
In 1975, a bombing at a American airport, killed 11 and injured 74. As of 2022, the motive and bombers unknown. However, it is believed to be motived, by some type of extremism.
By 1976, property land had become worth more money then it used to due more of a American population. So 1976 America under President Gerald Ford ended the homestead act. The homestead act gave some federal land in the western states to immigrants to the western states, to encourage immigration there.
In 1976, spousal rape was slowly starting to become legally rape, by states in America, starting with Nebraska.
In January 1977, Jimmy Carter of the Democrat party, became President after election.
President Jimmy Carter, would encourage Americans to have solar panels, to help with the oil shortage. As in the shortage that started in 1973. He was also wanted to increase handgun regulation. He also loaned Indonesia more weapons, when Indonesia was running out of them, in the occupation of East Timor. It is possible lack of journalism prevented Jimmy Carter from knowing Indonesia was kill civilians in occupation acts. |
In May, 1977, the American movie Star Wars came out. It was largely aimed at children. It followed a group of people, in a fictional space galaxy. They would fight the Galactic empire. The main character and hero was Luke sky walker. The Villain was death Vader. Famous for being in his black suit. It would become a blockbuster in America. Largely due to the great effects for the time. Over the next 6 years, it would have 2 sequels. Which would be liked, but at the time, not as much.
Another blockbuster movie that came out that year, was a boxing movie called rocky. Following a man called Rocky, played by actor Sylvester Stallone. This Movie was also followed by sequels.
By 1977, there had be a American nationalistic organisation. In the form of a pro-gun organisation, called the NRA(national rifle association). They had money, which they used to help politicians, that didn’t want heavy gun regulation. When organisations help politicians with money it is what’s called lobbying. A man called Harlon Carter, became leader of the NRA in 1977. He would help massively increase the membership of the NRA. As well as make it a organisation, that would lobby even against minorly increased gun regulation.
In the Latin American nation of El Salvador, there was a rebellion against the government, that was a dictatorship. The rebels planned to make El Salvador a socialist( a non capitalist belief) nation. However, the rebels may have planned to make El Salvador a dictatorship, of their own. As part of the Cold War, to keep El Salvor capitalist. America under Jimmy Carter, gave 4 billion dollars to the government. The El Salvador government, would end up doing civilian massacres, in the war. American news and so forth didn’t show the massacres.
By November 1978, a American cult, the peoples temple, had moved to the South American nation of Guyana . So fearing the members of the cult, leaving the cult, he leader, told them, to commit suicide, known as the Jonestown suicide, or massacre. Which killed 900 of the members. This would get national news coverage.
The news and newspapers would not bother to cover, a number of things on the Jonestown massacre. That the leader had to tell them that the American government would torture them to death, for them to kill themselves. That the cult social values was, Christianity and racial equality. That the cult leader was raised in a dysfunctional family. The degree to which teenagers and children were the victims. Which was 300 teenagers and children aged 17 and under.
In America in 1978, a serial killer was caught. He murdered 30 females, including teenage girls and allegedly killed far more. He would be sentenced to death.
In 1978, the American movie the deer hunter came out. It was about the number of Americans during the Vietnam war. That were soldiers in the Vietnam war. Some went to communist prisoner of war camps. The most famous seen was one, where they were forced to play a suicide game. In which they would risk killing themselves. This movie would become a blockbuster.
Also in 1978, the blockbuster horror movie Halloween came out in America. It was a movie about a number of people, that try to escape a knife holding murderer.
Also in 1978, America under Jimmy Carter banned the painting of houses with paint made out of the metal lead. With lead paint causing environmental pollution. As mentioned in part 3 and 11 of the historical work.
In January 1979, a teenage girl with a semi-automatic rifle, her abusive father gave her, did a shooting on an elementary school. It would kill 2 workers and injure a number of children. This would get national news coverage. This was not the first, or last school shooting in America. Usually these shootings occurred in collages, or high schools.
In 1979, Iranian nationalist and Islamic extremist, rebelled in Iran. They took over the Iranian government and made Iran cut trade with America. As well as take hostages from the American embassy, in Iran. This started a rivalry between Iran and America.
America under Jimmy Carter, sent a helicopter recuse team to try taking them back and it failed. Some Americans wanted Jimmy Carter to get America to invade Iran, to take back the hostages and trade agreements with Iran. However, Jimmy Carter would not do that.
Also in 1979, in America, a serial killer, that killed at least 33 very young men, teenage and young boys, was caught. He would be sentenced to death.
Also in 1979, America’s Cold War rival, the Soviet Union, Started the Soviet-Afghan war. By invading and going to war, with the middle eastern nation, Afghanistan. To try having it communist and take its oil. This war, was also a part of the Cold War rivalry. If Afghanistan would be made communist, it would spread communism. Jimmy Carter told the Soviet Union, if they invaded more middle eastern nations, he would get America to do anything to defend them.
By the 1980s, Lobbying America had increased, not just the NRA. Many of these lobbying groups, were organised and or funded, by companies.
For every 100,000 people in America. There were crimes or at least reported crimes of over 5,353 thefts, 596 violent crimes, about 37 rapes of females and 10 murders. Crime rates, or at least reported crime rates in America as a whole had increased over 3 times as much, since 1960. With the expectation of murder that increased 2 times as much and the other possible exception of drugs, that’s historical use was largely unknown. However, its generally believed there was more drug use then say 1960. In the 1980s, 1/3rd of American adults, had smoked Cannabis at least once.
Americans had become hateful and worried about drugs, at that point. Most cocaine in America in the 1980s, was smuggled by the Columbian drug lordship of Pablo Escobar. There were some drugs smuggled by Panama, under its dictator.
By 1980, the population of America reached 226 million, with 11% being black People.
By the 1980s, companies owning factory farms, existed for all farm animals in America, besides horses. Factory farms, are farms where animals would be put in buildings, with cages or cramped enclosures. Which would make the meat from the animals cheaper, and therefore for make Americans, more likely to buy it. Possibly unknow to Americans at the time, was that factory farms, had a risk of causing disease pandemics. Americans buying meat and Factory farms, increased in the 1980s. American actor Joaquin Phoenix said quote, "People like to think, their food came from a animal that was treated humanly, but most people don't want to think about it".
Fashion would change in the 1980s. A hair style called the mullet, would only be big throughout the decade. Which was a hairstyle, which was a long hair at the back and short hair everywhere else. It was done by many young adults and teenagers, in America.
Throughout the 1980s, a number of blockbuster American horror movies came out. They would be:
A number of blockbuster action movies, came out in the 1980s. Not including the Star Wars sequels, mentioned earlier. such as:
A number of movies where the Soviet Union were the villains, came out in the 1980s.
Music changed in the 1980s, such as electronic sounds added to many Americans songs in the 1980s.
Probably the biggest singer in America, in the 1980s, would be a American pop singer Michael Jackson.
In America there would also be a rise of video games, in the rise 1980s. In the form of being in Arcades, with the games being very pixel like. The most popular game, was a game called pack man. They were rarely played beforehand.
In 1980, America under Jimmy Carter, with a number of other non-communist nation. Arranged a boycott of the 1980 Olympics, in the Soviet Union. To protest the Soviet Union, invading Afghanistan.
Also in 1980, Iraq would invade and go to war with Iran. To try make a small amount of Iran, which was more culturally like Iraq, to become apart of Iraq. America under Jimmy Carter, secretly gave Iraq billions of dollars in supplies, to fight the American rival.
Also, in 1980, a man shot dead, a former member of the former band the Beatles, John Lennon. This got heavy national news coverage.
Throughout the 1980s, a number of blockbuster American horror movies came out. They would be:
- Friday the 13th, following a number of teenagers at a summer camp. While a Women who tries to kill them. It would be followed by sequels.
- Childs play, a movie with a murdering doll, as its villain. This movie would have sequels.
- Nightmare on Elam street. A movie following a undead person, going into the dreams of teenagers and murdering them..
A number of blockbuster action movies, came out in the 1980s. Not including the Star Wars sequels, mentioned earlier. such as:
- Indiana Jones, a movie following the main character Named Indiana Jones. It was also set in the 1930s, he would try to beat NAZIs, to find a ancient artefact. This would be followed soon after, by a sequel and prequel.
- Terminator, a movie following a woman, as she tries to escape a robot sent from the future. As she was set to be the mother of a wartime leader against robots. With the robot famously being played by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Die Hard, a movie about a man trying to fight to free hostages from a building.
- Predator, a move about a bunch of American army soldiers fighting a monster
A number of movies where the Soviet Union were the villains, came out in the 1980s.
Music changed in the 1980s, such as electronic sounds added to many Americans songs in the 1980s.
Probably the biggest singer in America, in the 1980s, would be a American pop singer Michael Jackson.
In America there would also be a rise of video games, in the rise 1980s. In the form of being in Arcades, with the games being very pixel like. The most popular game, was a game called pack man. They were rarely played beforehand.
In 1980, America under Jimmy Carter, with a number of other non-communist nation. Arranged a boycott of the 1980 Olympics, in the Soviet Union. To protest the Soviet Union, invading Afghanistan.
Also in 1980, Iraq would invade and go to war with Iran. To try make a small amount of Iran, which was more culturally like Iraq, to become apart of Iraq. America under Jimmy Carter, secretly gave Iraq billions of dollars in supplies, to fight the American rival.
Also, in 1980, a man shot dead, a former member of the former band the Beatles, John Lennon. This got heavy national news coverage.
In 1980, there would also be a presidential election between Jimmy Carter and another man, Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan won, largely due to Jimmy Carter not getting the hostages in Iran back.
In January 1981, Ronald Reagan of the Republican Party, would officially become president.
He would also have a new strategy in the Cold War.
In January 1981, Ronald Reagan of the Republican Party, would officially become president.
He would also have a new strategy in the Cold War.