Have you thought about what America was like in 1971 when Walt Disney World opened for the first time, fifty-five years ago?
The United States was going through a big period of change. Race relations and women’s equality were big concerns. The Vietnam War was top-of-mind across the nation. Anti-war protests were frequent, and news broadcasts were dominated by casualty reports and troop withdrawal debates. President Richard Nixon had just announced sweeping economic policies in August 1971Â to try and fight inflation, including wage and price freezes and taking the US off the gold standard.
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