1974 - Watergate

- prominent members of the Republican party were found guilty of “bugging” the Democratic party’s campaign headquarters. The scandal involved President Richard Nixon and eventually forced him to resign the Presidency.(He tried to cover up the political scandal)

- were pulled into many wars (Vietnam, hippies movement against, Somalia Afghanistan, Iraq)
the period of the cold war
the period of the help to countries which wanted to get rid of the influence of Soviet Union
investing money into research