Jot down anything you can think of that relates to the 1980s.

• As the economy bounced back from the crisis of the 1970s, Americans placed a greater emphasis on materialism and making money.

• Yuppies – Young urban professionals who bought luxury cars, designer clothes, and other expensive items

• The Eighties saw an increase of drug abuse• Cocaine and crack cocaine abuse became more popular especially in urban areas• First Lady Nancy Reagan launched “Just Say No” campaign• 1980 – Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) formed

• 1981 – Researchers identified a new disease that was causing seemingly healthy young men to

die• Called “auto immune

deficiency disease” AIDS

• Weakened the immune

system, making people

more susceptible to

illnesses like pneumonia

• First noticed among

homosexual men

but quickly spread

to heterosexual

men and women

• Spread through

unprotected sex,

blood transfusions,

and sharing needles

while abusing drugs

• Reagan administration didn’t

do much to deal with the

crisis• 1985 - Rock Hudson became

the first major celebrity to

reveal he had AIDS

• Finally in 1987 Reagan addressed the crisis in a

speech• By that point, 36,058

Americans had contracted the

disease and 20,849 had died

from it

• December 8, 1980 – Mark David Chapman approached John Lennon outside of his apartment and asked for an autograph.

• Lennon spent the next few hours at a recording studio.

• As he returned to his apartment building, Chapman shot him four times

• Lennon was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

Lennon

• May 1981 – A Turkish

sniper shot Pope John

Paul II in Vatican City

• Shot 4 times, nearly

died from blood loss

• Assassin was

sentenced to life in

prison and was later

forgiven by the Pope

• 1981 – Prince

Charles, 32,

married Lady

Diana Spencer, 20

• 750 million

viewers watched

the event

Diana

• 1981 – First personal computer (PC) introduced by IBM

• 1984 – Apple introduced the Macintosh

Apple

• The Cold War resulted

in two high-profile

Olympic boycotts

• U.S. boycotted the 1980

Moscow Olympics

• The Soviets then

boycotted the 1984 Los

Angeles Olympics

• 1983 – Sally Ride became

the first American

woman in space

• January 28, 1986 – The

space shuttle Challenger

broke apart about a

minute after takeoff

• On board was teacher

Christa McAuliffe, who

was part of the mission

as part of a project to

increase student interest

in math and science

Challenger

• 1989 – The oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit a reef off the shore of Alaska

• Hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil spilled into the Prince William Sound

• Blockbusters: E.T, Star Wars sequels, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future

• Teen flicks by John Hughes: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles Phone hom

eBreakfast

• CNN debuted in 1980

• MTV launched in 1981

• Dramas like Dallas and

Dynasty glamorized

wealthy American

society

• Top comedies – Cheers

and the Cosby Show

Cosby J.R.

• Madonna • Michael Jackson• Prince• Whitney Houston• Janet Jackson• Bruce Springsteen

MadonnaMichael Bruce

• Punk music broke in the late 1970s and early 1980s

• Characterized by direct, shouted lyrics, simple guitar chords, simple arrangements

• Themes of anti-authority, rebellion, politics

• Pioneers of punk:– The Ramones– The Clash– Sex Pistols

Ramones

Sex Pistols

Clash

• New Wave developed

as an offshoot of punk

• Featured more experimental sounds

and lyrics, less political

than punk

• Major New Wave

bands:– Devo– Blondie– Duran Duran

– The Talking HeadsDuran BlondieDevo Talking

Heads

• Hip hop culture began

to emerge in the late

1970s, but exploded in

the 1980s

• Four subgenres of hip

hop – Graffiti, breaking,

DJing, MCing (rapping)

• Grandmaster Flash,

Sugarhill Gang, Public

Enemy, LL Cool J, Run

DMC Flash Sugarhill Run DMC

• Leg warmers• Shoulder pads• Members only

jackets• Stirrup pants• Oversize tops• Acid wash jeans

Valley Girl

“Like, oh my god!

Like – totally!

Encino is like so

bitchen!”

—Valley Girl,

Frank Zappa

Duck Hunt

Cabbage

Care Bears

Rainbow

Ninja

Smurfs