The 1980

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The 1980s

• An Overview of the Decade

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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

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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

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Lifestyle Fashion

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

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Entertainment

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

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Sports Leisure

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

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Science Technology

• The PC
• HIV/AIDS
• MRI
• Artificial Heart
• CDs