THE 1980'S

REAGAN YEARS...

RonaLD REAGAN

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• Born on Feb. 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois (U.S.)
• Died on June 5, 2004 (Age 93) in bel air, California (U.S.)
• Political Party:Republican (1962), previously Democrat
• 40th President of the United States
• Vice President: George H. W. Bush

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REAGANOMICS

4 PILLARS OF REAGANOMICS...

• reduce marginal tax rates on Income From labor and capital;
• reduce regulation;
• tighten the money supply to reduce inflation;
• reduce the growth of government spending

STATE OF THE ECONOMY...

• It was a time marked by high inflation and unemployment, due to the recession
• In January 1980; Inflation: 13.91%, Unemployment:6.3%
• Reagan aimed to reduce government, Cut Taxes, Increase Military Spending & Basically make Americans feel proud to be American again...
• In December 1989; Inflation: 4.65%, Unemployment: 5.4%

POPULAR CONSUMER GOODS

• Cable television
• CDs
• Vcrs
• Fax machines
• Cell phones
• Portable phones
• Answering machines

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• Walkmans
• Camcorders
• Video game consoles
• Personal computers

NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED?

• IBM PC (1982) 16-Bit 8088 processor running at 4.77 mhz [Max. Mem. 640 kilobytes
• Walkman (1979) Portable Music Player [played Cassettes, recorded, etc...]

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1980'S POLITICAL EVENTS

LEGISLATION & LAWS

• Economic Recovery tax act of 1981: reduced federal income tax to 25%
• Bipartisan Tax Reform act of 1986: Revised tax code
• Drug enforcement bill (1986): War on drug epidemic

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• Immigration and reform act (1986): illegal for employers to hire illegals immigrants & to attest the status of their employees. Also gave amnesty to 3 million legal immigrants who had entered the country before January 1, 1982
• Garn-Saint Germain depository institutions act (1982): allowed financially struggling saving and loans companies to make riskier investments

WARS

• Cold War (1947-1991)
• Multinational force in Lebanon/Lebanese Civil war (1982-1984)
• Invasion of grenada (1983) [Cold War]
• Bombing of libya (1986) [Cold War]
• Tanker War (1987-1988)
• Invasion of Panama (1989-1990)

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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

• Connecticut v. teal (1982): Held that an employer is liable for race discrimination
• Meritor v. Vinson (1986): Supreme Court's first sexual harassment case, sexual harassment that is sufficiently severe violates title vii

SCANDALS...

• Iran-Contra affair (1986): Reagan admitted the United States had sold weapons to the Islamic republic of Iran, as part a large unsuccessful effort to secure the release of 6 u.s. Citizens being held hostage in Lebanon
• Iran-Contra affair did serious damage to Reagan presidency
• George H.W. bush (V.P.) Pardoned Caspar weinberger (Secretary of Defense) before trial began

IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR CONTIN....

• money from the arms deal with Iran had been covertly and illegally funneled into a fund to aid the right-wing Contras counter-revolutionary groups seeking to overthrow the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua

1980'S MAJOR WORLD EVENTS

1980

• (Jan. 20)President jimmy carter announces U.S. boycott of olympics in Moscow
• (Mar. 20) u.S. appeals to international court on hostages in Iran
• (Mar. 31) President Carter deregulates banking industry
• (Apr. 7) President carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis

1980-1989

• (May 8) W.H.o announce smallpox had been eradicated
• (Jan. 1981) Reagan elected 40th president of the United States
• (Mar. 30, 1981) Attempted Assassination by John Hinckley J.r. upon president Reagan Fails
• (Aug. 20, 1985) Iran-Contra scandal
• (June 4, 1989) Tiananmen Square Massacre

(1980) OTHER RELATED ISSUES

RACE RELATIONS

• 25 yr ext. of voting rights act (1982)
• Harold Washington elected first black mayor of Chicago (1983)
• Rev. Jesse Jackson wages first major campaign by a black candi. for the democratic presi. nomin. (1984)
• Reagan re-elected (1984)
• First official observ. of m.l.k. Day (1986)
• Congress passes civil rights restoration act (Mar. 22, 1988)

DISCRIMINATION

• Native Americans: Sovereignty issues (Messer-kruse 46) case. Also Reagan against Native America, (Messer-kruse 48)
• African Americans: November 1980, 6 KKK members were acquitted with the murder of five activists (Messer-Kruse 2) in North Carolina

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ISSUES OUR NATION FACED...

LIST OF ISSUES

• Racism
• Sexism
• Homophobia
• Religious feuds
• And war tactics that didn't work out in our favor. Ex: PTSD, More War, Domestic Terrorism, etc.
• Social issues
• Drugs
• Aids

MISCELLANEOUS...

FASHION TRENDS!!

• Leotards, Bright-Colors, Big Jewelry, Leg Warmers, Tights, Sweatpants, Tracksuits (women)
• V-Neck Sweaters, Cowboy Boots, beanies, sports jerseys, track suits, straight leg-jeans (Men)

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POPULAR SLANG WORDS...

• 411: To get information
• Ash people: Kids who wore all black
• Book-it: Leave abruptly
• Dank: Really good
• Deadly: Wickedly Cool

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• Eat my shorts: Used as a comeback
• Flamer: Openly flamboyant gay man
• Fine: Cute, or hottie
• Get bent: Get lost
• Get real: Disbelief

MOVIES

• (July 3, 1985) back to the future: sci-fi comedy, where the main character gets sent back in time to 1955 and accidentally meets his future parents and becomes his mother's romantic interest
• (July 18, 1986) Aliens: Sci-fi horror, lt. ripely' shuttle is found after 57 years by battle hardened space-marines and they find one survivor, but are no match for the aliens that have invaded their colony

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