Life During The 1980s

The transition from the multicultural era of the eighties to the postnetwork era of the nineties triggered abrupt changes in American media and culture. [6] From fashions to family life, relationships, and attitudes, many new cultural elements subsequently changed television portrayals of ordinary American culture within this time period. More specifically, the culture of the eighties is often characterized by the rise of MTV and megastars, techno music and club drugs, and popular fashions such as leather, leggings, and Ray Bans. Eighties culture can be described as the ‘bombdigity’ and nineties culture can be described as more toned down, moral, and ‘sweet’.

The 1980’s is one of the most interesting decades that was experienced in the United States. Dealing with the stock market, the coming up of new inventions, all the way to the types of music people listened to. During the 1980s, the only thing that made Americans be “Americans” was because of the things they were provided with. Many Americans had fun throughout the 1980s with materialistic, glamorous, and technological life styles; therefore there were different economical problems that Americans faced.

The Cold war was a time of hardships in the mid 1900s and continued having a war between the two superpowers for which would have more of a sphere of influence on the nations worldwide. Sphere of influence, nuclear weapons, and propaganda were main ways on how the Cold war had started and were a few of the many “weapons” used in alternating ways for the war. Cold War began in many ways, but a few main ones were the nuclear weapon warfare, the sphere of influence among the two superpowers, the Soviets and the United States and the ways the two nations used propaganda to promote their ideologies on their citizens and others to gain influence. Nuclear weapons are a main source of conflict between the U.S.S.R and the U.S in the cold war.

The Cold War, which was considered the “years of maximum danger,” lasted from 1949-1962. This period brought an increasing sense of danger to America because the Soviet Union came into possession of an atomic bomb in 1949; an idea many Americans thought to be impossible unless the Soviet Union had a spy in the United States, which they did. Because the Soviet Union had an atomic bomb, a nuclear war became a reality. In Kenneth Rose’s “One Nation Underground” he told of rising issues associated with the Cold War and the threat of nuclear bombings. The Cold War, in conjunction with the inventions of (total destructive) bombs, generated new dangers, fears, and morality issues among Americans, which led to further increased fears.

The end of the 70’s was a very troubling time in the United States. There were a multitude of domestic and international problems that troubled Americans. The Iranian Hostage crisis had gone on for over a year now. Hotspots of conflict were popping up all over Africa and Asia, while trouble with the Soviets was tensing up. Domestically the United States had to deal with a declining economy characterized by high unemployment, inflation, and an energy crisis. Many people blamed all of this on Jimmy Carter. Democratic candidate and winner of the 1976 presidential election, Carter was always seen as a modest, calm, and well-intentioned leader. Critics looked at this as being weak and wanted change. The 1980 election finished with Republican Governor Ronald Regan winning a decisive victory. What did Ronald Regan do so well to blow the Democrats out of the White House and later Congress? Public image and rhetoric based political advertising helped this ex-Hollywood star to the most powerful seat in the nation. To further look into the success of the

During the time of the 1980’s, there was a lot going on in our history. Cold War was on its last years in the 1980s. In the United States its military ended involvement in Vietnam. Also, the civil rights movement and women’s movements reached many of their goals (“1970s and ‘80”). Ronald Reagan became president and benefited the economy. When he was president, they called it the Reagan years. During his first terms, the recession ended, inflation

The economy was booming in 1984 with low gas prices, taxes, and inflation, along with the federal deficit being at little to no concern for the Americans. While another presidential election was underway the impact of this election would not be known until many years later. Our nation’s battle for the leader was between Ronald Reagan, former President, and Walter Mondale, former Vice President. As this election was extremely different and set many new records in politics it is important to know of its impact on its own time and today's, the results, and the outcomes. While this election was also very unique and set its own records it can still be compared to a few other elections.

Consequently, the failures of the policies of liberal presidents like Carter and the success of conservatives like Reagan lead to the resurgence of conservatism.

Fear, afraid and something new are words that many people think of when they hear the word change. Many people are afraid of change and fear the unknown and when given the opportunity for change they dismiss it, but change is one of the most important factors, especially in the development of a country. Attempts at change whether they fail or not, is important because they provide as learning experiences for the country and can help them develop further. The 1980s was a decade full of opportunities for change in Canada and taught many the importance of taking chances, using the opportunity when given and learning from failure. The 1980s is the most important and influential decade in Canadian history. The 1980s contributed to change that can

In 1980, the United States was emerging from a troubled decade. The 1970s had been marked by an ugly end to the Vietnam War, the demoralizing Watergate spectacle, rampant inflation, unemployment and an energy crisis. The Soviets had just invaded Afghanistan, rejuvenating

The President of the United States during the 1980s was Ronald Reagan. The liberals were known as “Reagan Democrats”. The most significant event that happened under President Reagan was the Berlin wall being torn down. The wall being torn down was significant because of the end of communism. Reagan wanted to improve America.

The 1980's were a time when America in many ways grew and flourished in many different ways. During this time President Reagan was in the middle of it all. Reagan came in with a background of being an actor to being California's governor. Reagan was looked at as the dream president during the 1980's.

From where did the vigor of the 1980’s come? 1980 to 1989 was a period in the United States which spurred hope for the economy and in the spirits of the people. The 1980’s were a decade of the American people standing together in tragedy and rejoicing with each other in victory. In 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the decade and an age of an oppression overseas. America cheered for the freedom of her brothers and sisters in Germany. One highlight of the 1980’s was the substantial growth of the economy through Reaganomics, President Reagan’s principles of economics. In television, the show Family Ties depicted an average family at the time, who supported each other despite their wide range of beliefs and ideals. Why was this time in America so great? The people of the nation believed in her, and America gave her people reason to believe.

Politics in the U.S. during the 1980’s were exciting. Much like everything else during this decade, politics were changing and making a new way for economic development and social construct. Policy in the 1980’s were both huge on foreign policy, and domestic development. The cold war, being the main concern with foreign policy, consisted of Communism versus Democracy, or Socialism versus Capitalism. President Reagan being the face of America and our Commander and Chief, created “Reaganomics,” which fought for small Government, and utilized Government spending in a way that would effectively establish National Security as well as make a name for himself as being known as one of the most popular presidents in United State’s history. Though these issues took place some thirty years ago, it is safe to say that the tribulations we faced as a nation in the eighties have directly affected society in 2015.

The 80 's was an eye opener to a lot of new things, new music, new styles, new points of view on life and new technology. Music was a big hit for the 80 's and so was the technology. A home, family, job and fun was basically what everyone needed to live ahappy life. In the 80 's, people saw the American dream, as a simple task of success andthose years defined them. They were the generation in between differences and facing disagreement andnot turning our backs. The 80 's may have made them idealistic, but it 's idealism that will push themand be passed on to their children, the first children of the twenty-first century.