70’sAndrea Jaramillo Alexandra Mexia Servando Rodríguez

In this presentation we will talk about everything important in the 70s based on the economic, social aspects, pop culture among many other things

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Famous artists and groups from the 70’s

Music

70 began with the death of Jimmy Hendrix and Janis Joplin two symbols of

the previous decade, who died of an overdose.

Hard Rock

Is a musical genre derived from rock n roll and blues rock, took place in the 70s with bands like AC/DC, Aerosmith

or Kiss.

Pop

• is a musical genre with a simple and catchy to the listener basic rhythm.

• The big difference with other genres is that the voice was first heard instruments.

Disco

The disco music is a genre of dance music

derived from R & B (rhythm & blues) that

blended elements from previous genres like funk

and soul, with Latin touches in many cases,

and that became popular in dance halls (disco) in

the late seventies.

Fashion in the 70s

The diversity was very important at this time. The same is wearing

punk fashion, the album, continuing the madness of the

sixties.

Fashion pictures

Pants bell, hippies and ethnic clothes, bright and plastic materials, platforms

and a sparkling combination of spectacular colors were key to the

most fashionable clothes.

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Tecnology

many events marked the decade of the 70s. Then there was no internet or phone, but the technology was already

beginning to change the lifestyle of many people.

Inventions of the 70s

Apple Computer Company was officially founded in a garage in Los

Altos, in 1977

Microsoft was officially

founded in 1975.

Bill gates

Paul Allen

1970 the floppy disks were invented

by Alan Shugart

Pong first video game invented by

Nolan Bushnell.

Microwave ovens became

commercially available.

In 1973, Martin Cooper made the first call from a mobile phone.

in Japan in 1979 the first generation of cellular born with analog technology

that uses radio waves to transmit a

communication.

scienceIn 1978, Louise Brown became the first child

born via in vitro fertilisation

The first face lifts were attempted in the 1970s.

Role of woman in society

The role of women in society began to rise thanks to the feminism and the

number of women who were ahead of different countries

Isabel Martínez de Perón(1974) Margaret Thatcher(1979)

Environmentalism

The 1970s started a mainstream affirmation

of the environmental issues early activists from

the 1960s, had warned of.

On April 22, 1970, the United States celebrated

its first Earth Day in which over two thousand colleges and universities

participated.

Feminism

The Feminist Movement in the United States which began in the 1960s

carried over to the 1970s, and took a prominent role within society.

The seventies were seen as the "woman's turn"

Similarly, the gay movement made a huge step forward in the 1970s

Many celebrities, including Freddie Mercury and Andy Warhol, "came out" during this decade,

bringing gay culture further into the limelight.

ECONOMIC

The 1970s were perhaps the worst decade of most industrialized countries' economic performance since the Great Depression.

Oil crisis

Economically, the 1970s were marked by the energy crisis which peaked in 1973 and 1979. After the first oil shock in 1973, gasoline was rationed in many countries.

Many European countries introduced car-free

days and weekends.

In 1979 The price of oil increased by 2.7 from mid-

1978 until 1981.

It was a decade where fatigue dictatorships, violence and repression, where youth were eager to live free and were punished by way of thinking was it was a decade of extreme changes.