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Title: The 1980


1
The 1980s
  • An Overview of the Decade

2
Interesting Facts
  • Population 226,546,000
  • Unemployment Rate 5.8
  • Minimum Wage 3.10/hr
  • Average Salary 15,757
  • Life Expectancy M-69.9, F-77.6
  • Gas 1.25/gal

3
Whats Going On?
  • Tired of politics eager to feel good about
    America again.
  • Movie Actor Turned President
  • Reaganomics
  • Homeless Crisis
  • Stock Market Crash- 1987
  • Star Wars (SDI)
  • Iran-Contra Scandal
  • Cold War Ends
  • Challenger, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez

4
Lifestyle Fashion
  • Shop Till You Drop
  • Yuppies
  • Preppies
  • Fitness Craze
  • Teens punk, grunge, or rap

5
Entertainment
  • MTV
  • Break Dancing
  • Graffiti Art
  • Music for a Good Cause
  • Cable TV
  • Movies Big Budgets/Lots of Action

6
Sports Leisure
  • Baseball Strike of 1981
  • Rubiks Cube
  • Pac-Man
  • Cabbage Patch Kids

7
Science Technology
  • The PC
  • HIV/AIDS
  • MRI
  • Artificial Heart
  • CDs
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