1970: Americans are beginning to realize that the natural environment is in danger. The first Earth Day celebration is held on April 21. The Environmental Protection Agency is established and the Clean Air Act is passed.
Today: Recycling is a way of life for most Americans, who realize that the water, earth, and sky are closed systems that cannot continually accept refuse.
1970: The idea that drugs and music offered freedom from society's confining rules lost much of its credibility when Janis Jophn and Jimi Hendrix, both twenty-seven years old, die of drug overdoses
Today: High-profile celebrities still die of drug overdoses, but popular musicians are seen less as emblems of freedom and more as corporate products.
1970: Several college campuses are closed in the spring because of riots protesting the Vietnam War. At Kent State,.....
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