1980s Pop Culture

what memorial is the most visited in washington dc?

vietnam war

what is found on this memorial?

names of who all died

what happened two months after Reagan was inaugurated?

he was shot in attempt assassination

what three things did Reagan do to kick start the economy?

1. fewer regulation

2. lower taxes

3. cut social spending

what drug took over the American inner city of 1980s?

crack coccaine

what was the effect of reagonmics on wall street?

"Roaring 80s"

what is Yuppie?

young urban professional

what was "the novel of the 1980s?"

Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities"

what did "corporate raiders" do?

people who were looking for companies to buy and sell its assets

what flew for the first time in 1981?

space shuttle

what did steve jobs and steve wozniak bring to the 1980s?

computer technology

what computer was introduced in 1984?

mactintosh

who was christa mcauliffe?

teacher chosen for the 25th

what was the temperature 28th 1986 in florida?

unusually cold (27 degree celsius)

what happened 73 seconds into the flight of the challenger?

it exploded

what network began to broadcast in 1981?

mtv

what disease was first reported in 1981?

aids

who was allie gertz?

aids victim

how did reagan see the cold war?

saw struggle between good and evil

what plan did reagan have to protect the US from nuclear missiles of the USSR?

intercept missiles "star wars"

what happened to TWA Flight 847 on june 14th 1985?

airplane took off from athens and was hijacked by radical islams

what was the iran-contra affair?

illegally sold arms to iran and sold profits to nicaragua

what was october 19th 1987?

"black monday" stock market crashes

who brought optimism to the USSR?

a new leader; michael gorbachev

what was glasnost

"openess" freedom of speech

what was perestroika

reconstruction of political and economic system

what happened in reykjavik iceland in 1985

meeting between reagan and gorbachev

what did gorbachev do in washington that was very unusual?

stopped and greeted crowds in the street

what happened in china in 1989

student protest for democracy

how was the student protest in china ended on june 4th

demonstrations were crushed and people were killed by military enforcement

what happened on November 9th 1989?

the east german government deconstructed the Berlin war

what century do some think ended in 1989?

the fall of berlin war

ladies and gentlemen: rock and roll

1981; announced on mtv to introduce "video killed the radio star"

take on me

rotoscoping combined with live action music video by Aha

she so unusual

album by cyndi lauper; girls just wanna have fun

dancing chickens on music video

sledgehammer- peter gabriel

a music video filmed in sri lanka

duran duran "hungry like the wolf" riding through the jungle

the longest music video of the decade

thriller by michael jackson

the social statement that freaked out Pepsi

madonna's "like a prayer" music video showing a girl getting raped and an african american being blamed for it. had burning crosses and black jesus

breaking down of racial barriers by blending styles of music

"walk this way" aerosmith and run dmc; combined rock and rap

a song about the apocalypse

"99 red balloons" nena

the boss deals with the ghosts of vietnam

bruce springsteen "born in the USA" injustice with veterans and homeless epidemic

what sort of economics did reagan introduce?

supply side

on behalf of what presidential candidate (from arizona) did reagan deliver a major speech

barry goldwater

in which caribbean country did reagan reverse an attempted communist takeover?

grenada

the strategic defense initiative was better known as...

star wars

ronald reagan nominated the first woman to the supreme court. who was it?

sandra day o connor

the only president to have a larger electoral college win than reagan was?

george washington

what was black monday?

the day in the 1987 stock market crashes

by surviving the presidency, ronald reagan broke the Curse of

tippecanoe

what occupation did ronald reagan have before politics

acting

who had the second music video played on mtv?

pat benatar

what reggae legend died of cancer in 1981?

bob marley

which member of the beatles was shot and killed in 1980?

john lennon

stalking song with artistic music video was?

"every breath you take" by the police

who bit the head off a dove during a business meeting?

ozzy osbourne

1980 events

-miracle on ice

-US boycott of Moscow olympics

-eruption of St. Helen

-ronald reagan elected

-rip john lennon

1981 events

-iranian hostage crisis ends

-bobby sands and his hunger strike

-bob marley dies

-reagan is shot

-john paul 2 is shot

-anwar sadat is assassinated

-AIDS is given a name

-charles marries diana

-mtv broadcast

-sandra day o' connor

1982 events

-falkland island war

-vietnam memorial

-tylenol scare

-leon brezhnev dies; yuri andropov becomes leader of ussr

1983 events

-klaus barbie (nazi in argentina)

-"star wars"

-hitler diaries

-sally rides (first US woman in space)

-grenada

-MLK day

1984 events

-"1984" book

-michael jackson pepsi incident

-apple macintosh mouse

-yuri andropov dies and is replaced with konstantin chernyenko

-ronald reagan "do they know christmas"

1985 events

-rip konstantin chernyenko replaced with gorbachev

-new coke

-rainbow warrior

-live aid for africa

-windows 1

1986 events

-the challenger

-west begin disco bombing

-statue of liberty turns 100

-curse of bambino

-rock and roll hall of fame

1987 events

-aretha franklin is placed in rock and roll hall of fame

-mathias rust flies plane in the middle of red square in moscow

-rudolf hess

-jessica mcclure and water cannon

-jim baker sex scandal

1988 events

-jimmy swagger scandal

-hustler v jerry falwell

-sonny bono becomes mayor of palm springs

-wayne gretzy is traded

-george h.w. bush is elected

1989 events

-ussr leaves afghanistan

-salman rushdie

-berlin war falls

-exxon valdex oil spill

-tiananmen square protest

-bay area earthquake

-the menendez brothers murder