The first half of the decade seemed like an extension of the 1960s: the fight for equal rights for all Americans continued; the first moves toward environmental protection were initiated along with Earth Day; the Beatles announced their break-up; and an oil embargo from the Middle East brought long lines at gas stations and soaring prices.Throughout all this, the American people conducted a vigorous and polarizing debate on how to end the war in Vietnam.
Jean Jacques Rousseau from his book The Social Contract (1763)
John Quincy Adams was the Secretary of State and future president of the US that helped advise and write the Monroe Doctrine along with President James Monroe. The Monroe Doctrine was a policy that opposes that European colonialism in the Americas. John Quincy Adams became the president of the US from 1825 to 1829 after serving as the US Secretary of State for President James Monroe.
