1980's

research paper on a decade such as the 1980s. Where would you start? With the economy? With politics? How about we start off with the latest fashion and fads. Women in the 1980s wore “Big Hair” or a “Mullet” with jean jackets and vans. Lots of teens wore Chuck Taylors (Converse). Little girls wore jelly shoes, the only shoes you could wear without socks. What decade would research and where would you start from? I’m researching the decade called “The 1980s”. Topics I’ve researched are fashion/fads

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

The 1980’s is remembered for the “yuppie decade”, materialism and consumerism. A yuppie symbolized the 1980’s era. A yuppie is a baby boomer, that is college educated, has a well paying job, and a fancy taste. They are often associated as being materialistic and self-centered. The 1980’s was an era of color, blockbuster, cable network, fashion, and overall a successful decade. The 80’s was full of experimentation with crazy bright colors and hairstyles. The most iconic hairstyles were the whale

Music In the 1980’s The 1980s was a decade of revolutionary changes on the music scene. The two major developments were the advent of MTV and the compact disc. Music became more diverse, with new wave, heavy metal, rap, techno pop, alternative rock and the "new" country sounds. And music became a huge marketing tool as filmmakers, TV producers and manufacturers of everything from sneakers to soft drinks used hit songs and hot performers to sell their products. Search: how pop culture affects teens

Events of the 1980's The 1980's started of hope and optimism to a vision of a reborn America. After two decades of troubles, assassinations, urban riots, the agony of Vietnam and the disgrace of Watergate the nation was ready to move ahead. Here was the oldest man ever to serve as president, Ronald Reagan was in his 70'a yet this boyish grin and rugged good looks still projected the youthful vigor of his days in Hollywood (Time Life Book Editors, 1999). Good luck as well as charisma helped sustain

of the 1980 's experienced a massive sorts of changes in economics and culture, this requires a certain analysis of the time and the way culture became intertwined with economics. The culture transformed and allowed the decade to be read as an experience of cultural products between culture and economy. Through the conspicuous consumption of the decade, the 1980s encouraged a cultural shift towards complete commodification (what is this) and interaction with the market. Ronald Reagan 's presidency

The 1980’s The 1980’s was a time of oversized sweatshirts, MTV, leg warmers and Flashdance. In the 1908’s it was the bigger the better; bigger hair, shoulder pads and accessories to match. Fashion did not just affect women’s fashion; it also had a great impact on men’s fashion as well. Some men got into an androgynous look, like Prince did. Children’s fashion was just like men and women’s fashion, oversized t-shirts, zippered pants and long socks pushed to the mid-calf. Donna Karen was a very popular

The 1970’s and 1980’s were a tough and chaotic time. So much happened, and it is all left in history. Deindustrialization start in the mid 1960’s and continued over to the 1970’s. The Sexual Revolution lasted throughout the 1970’s and Moral Majority began in the 1980’s. Lastly, the Cold War lasted through the 70’s and 80’s. Even though all these events had their downfalls, hardships, and struggles, the outcome was truly amazing. For example, women finally gained rights to vote and express their ideas

Cassie Toth Mrs. Weide American HIstory II 18 November 2016                          Life in the 1980’s     The 1980’s was a time of prosperity throughout America. From the Calendar that went from January 1st to December 31st to the increase of jobs. This decade was full of good changes socially, economically, and politically. 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

same exterior as the TV’s in the 1980’s, they had an thought-provoking feature in them, and this was because they were portable and had voice recognition to be able to respond to the customer with a greater efficiency. Even though the TV was primarily used for taking Marty’s commands, the fact that it was moveable was quite bewildering to me as a spectator. The TV's in the movie had the identical appearance as the former boxed television's that were used in the 1980's and had the equivalent tuning knobs