cigarette advertising on radio and tv. eventually, with congressional approval, cigarette packages had a new warning on them: "caution: cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health." Mistakes made in the past caused great social and health problems to children around the world when it was discovered that using a tranquilizer called thalidomide caused severe birth defects. babies were born with hands and feet like flippers, attached close to the body with little or no arm or leg. as results of using thalidomide became apparent, every compound drug containing thalidomide was taken off the market. The sixties is perhaps the most popular decade of all time. Social changes were the most relevant to history throughout the sixties. The civil rights revolution, John F. Kennedy's bold vision of a new frontier, and the breathtaking advances in space, helped bring about progress and prosperity. However, much was negative: student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots excited american people and resulted in lack of respect for authority and the law. ...
