USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following movies popularly depicts events of the 1960s, 1970s, and has the main character fighting in Vietnam?
A
The Monuments Men
B
Valkyrie
C
Forrest Gump
D
Tropic Thunder
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -One of the biggest events in Forrest Gump’s life is fighting in the Vietnam War. Fair enough; it was also one of the biggest events in 20th-century American history, and one of the most unpopular wars in U.S. history-at least it was in 1994, when the movie came out.

Detailed explanation-2: -Forrest Gump, American film, released in 1994, that chronicled 30 years (from the 1950s through the early 1980s) of the life of a intellectually disabled man (played by Tom Hanks) in an unlikely fable that earned critical praise, large audiences, and six Academy Awards, including best picture.

Detailed explanation-3: -He meets presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. He inspires Elvis Presley and John Lennon. “Forrest Gump inserted himself into the timeline of world history, ” says author Winston Groom, whose 1986 novel was the film’s basis.

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