FADS 1980 the Rubik’s Cube became popular 1983 Cabbage Patch Kids are popular May 22, 1980 Pac Man is released in Japan→ October 1980 it

is introduced to the US It is one of the most popular games in history 1981 Ms. Pac Man came out unauthorized, but it became so

popular Nameco made it an official game It took 19 years for someone to beat Pac Man The Smurfs also became popular in the 1980s Originally popular from the comics created by Pierre

Culliford, the comics became a T.V. show in 1981 by Hanna Barbara Studios

NINTENDO Nintendo was originally founded in

1889 to manufacture Japanese playing cards

1983 Nintendo releases home game console called Famicom

1985 the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES was released

1985 Mario Bros→ 1986 The Legend of Zelda→ 1987 Metroid are released

In 1989 DiC released the Mario Bros Show and the Legend of Zelda was not far behind

NES was an International success and continued to create more like the hand held Gameboy in 1989

NIKE

Nike entered the 1980s in a roll due to the success of the Nike Air Technology

By the end of 1980 Nike completed its IPO and became a publicly traded company

Nike sales went down due to the aerobic boom, but NBA rookie Michael Jordan helped bolster Nike’s bottom line in 1985

1987 Nike created something new in their Air Max: Visible Air Bags

Memorable commercial to the Beatles’ song “Revolution”

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SLANG

Bad: very good, excellent, cool, awesome

Chocoholic: a word to describe an alcoholic

Ditz: less harsh way to describe some one who isn’t very bright

Dweeb: geek, nerd, someone who is not “in”

Stoked: To be ready to do something http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/slan

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FASHION Hair Girls: Glitter, side ponytails,

feathered hair, multi colors, crimped, ultra teased

Boys: Mullets, Mohawks, long, curly, slightly teased

Face Girls: vivid make-up, glitter,

light pink lips Boys: glasses, punk piercings Clothes Girls: Leg warmers, spandex,

tight stone washed jeans, neon, mini skirts, headbands, crop tops, off the shoulder tops

Boys: Sleeveless shirts, spandex, chains on leather, Rock Band Shirts

ANY KIND OF AEROBIC WEAR

REAGAN'S APPROACH TO THE SOVIET UNION

When Reagan took office for his first term he was very harsh against communist Soviet Union. He put weapons (Nuclear) in Germany and Great Britain.

When Reagan took office for a second term it was peaceful confrontation with the Soviet Union and arms build up in the United States.

He advocated a huge military build up so the Soviet Union would eventually have to surrender because it wouldn't be able to match the power of the army.

in 1987 A treaty was filed with eliminated nuclear weapon (Medium Range) From Europe

AEROBICS

Became very popular in the 1980s Cross of dance, calisthenics, and

athletic training that is choreographed to music

The routines were very hard to perform

Routines were all synchronized Aerobics led to the fashion in the

1980s since a trend was spandex and leotards

Aerobics became so popular that the Nation Aerobic Championship was held

TELEVISION (CABLE TV)

With this invention ABC, CBS, and NBC lost their monopoly over the other TV channels

1980 Ted Turner unveiled the Cable News Network (CNN)

Rupert Murdoch and Barry Pillard create Twentieth Century Fox and created Fox TV for 1 Billion dollars

1986 82% if American adults watched TV daily Average household had TV on for 7 hours each day Sunday night was the most popular night to watch

TV 1985 68% (60 million) American households had

cable TV and 88% of those Americans subscribed for HBO and Showtime

MOVIES

The Breakfast Club This movie deconstucts the stereotypes of

kids Creative ending because audience is left

wondering what will happen on Monday How each person feels at the end is due to

what stereotype he or she may believe in In 1984 the PG- 13 rating was created In 1982 E.T. was released and quickly

became one of the most loved movies of all time

MOVIES (WAR GAMES 1983)

About a young computer whizz who accidentally connects to the War Operation Response Plan, a super computer when trying to play a game

The super computer has control over the US nuclear arsenal

The computer whizz decides to play global Thermonuclear War where he is Russia and the computer is the US

The innocent game they are playing almost launches the two countries into World War III

MTV

MTV was established in 1981 The first Music Video Played was “Video

Killed the Radio” by the Buggies I asked my mother who was in college what

was most memorable about MTV in the 1980s:

Becky Condo: “I remember when Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was going to air in 1983. One of my friends and his roommate had a cable T.V. in their dorm room at Gannon, something out of the ordinary. At midnight on the night it aired, my roommate and I actually got to watch the music video on cable TV!”

POPULAR TV SHOWS

The Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show (1983) Bill Cosby (1984) Roseanne (1988) Saved by the Bell (1989) Degrassi Junior High (1989)

MUSIC OF THE 80’S

Revolutionary decade Teen pop replaced disco Urban pop Rock New Wave

MUSICNew Kids on the Block

Madonna

Cyndi Lauper

Michael Jackson

Prince

Whitney Houston

Queen

Mötley Crüe

Def Leppard

MUSIC

MTV debuted with “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles as the first music video ever made.

Music became a marketing tool for advertisements and movies

Compact disc were created

MUSIC

Music had positive and negative impacts on society: Positive: Artists’ popularity revived Negative: “Visual over music” idea

HOW DID ANTI-COMMUNISM SHAPE REAGAN'S FOREIGN POLICY

Reagan increased military spending on weapons and called for new weapon systems. He was against communism.

He created the Regan Doctrine- Aiding anticommunist countries and movements (Asia, Africa, Latin America)

He put a higher military presence where he felt that people or countries were threatened by communist influences (El-Salvador, Nicaragua)

COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

Began in 1985 when Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the USSR

Soviets are burdened by failing economy, repressive political system, and heavy military costs

Glasnost: Gorbachev’s promise to provide more freedom for the Soviet Union Citizens

Glasnost encouraged people to criticize the government

Complained about the economy because of the arms race

PERESTOIKA

Perestroika: Gorbachev’s economic plan to restructure Soviet economy and government

Modernized Soviet Factories Opened ideas of a capitalist democratic

government Dramatically began to change lives of Soviet

people To further domestic goals and defuse the

costly war Gorbachev pursued for détente

INTERMEDIATE RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY In 1987 Gorbachev and

Reagan signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)

Eliminated all medium range weapons in Europe

With drawl of Soviet Troops from Afghanistan

May 1988 US Senate ratifies treaty

END OF THE COLD WAR Gorbachev’s changes helped end the

Cold War and the USSR 1989 pro- democracy movement in East

Germany Tens of Thousands of East Germans fled

to West Germany through Hungary Erich Honecker the current ruler of East

Germany was forced to resign November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall was

opened to promote peace The fall of the Berlin Wall signified the

end of the Cold War The destruction of the Berlin Wall was

celebrated World wide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmR

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IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR (1985-1992)

Boland Agreement- prohibited aid to the Contras by any executive branch agency that was involved in intelligence agencies.

Congress wanted to give humanitarian aid, not military aid.

Contras- Nicaraguan rebel army recruited, financed, and armed by the CIA to overthrow the Sadinista government in Nicaragua.

Reagan’s administration was secretly sending weapons to Iran in exchange for their releasing of U.S. hostages

1986-Reagan finds out – sends an investigation

IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

Question: How did Reagan’s staff break the law by giving Contras money? Taken to court, but North plead his innocence. Poindexter insisted that even if he asked Reagan, he would have

approved.

National Security Advisor John Poindexter

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North

IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

How did the Reagan supply the Contras?-North created an organization called The

Enterprise that would serve as the secret arm of the Council.

-Assisted by the CIA and other government agencies, without any accountability required from the US government.

IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR

North was convicted of lying to Congress and unlawfully destroying government documents.

Poindexter was convicted of deceiving Congress.

However, in 1992, President Bush issued presidential pardons to all indicted in the scandal as they were said to be “acting strictly out of patriotism”.

IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

Reagan’s legacy was not impacted significantly because he was able to deny his involvement in the affair.

Popularity declined 67% 46%