The 1980s FACTS about this decade. Population: 226,546,000 Unemployed in 1980: National Debt: 1980 - $914,000,000,000 National Debt: 1986 - $2,000,000,000,000 Average salary: $15,757 Life Expectancy: Male 69.9 Female 77.6 Minimum Wage: $3.10 BMW was $12,000; Mercedes 280 E was $14,800
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The 1980s FACTS about this decade. Population: 226,546,000 Unemployed in 1980: National Debt: 1980 - $914,000,000,000 National Debt: 1986 - $2,000,000,000,000.
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The 1980s
FACTS about this decade. Population: 226,546,000
Unemployed in 1980: National Debt: 1980 - $914,000,000,000
National Debt: 1986 - $2,000,000,000,000 Average salary: $15,757
Life Expectancy: Male 69.9 Female 77.6 Minimum Wage: $3.10
BMW was $12,000; Mercedes 280 E was $14,800
1970s
•Population: 204,879,000 Unemployed in 1970: 4,088,000 National Debt: $382 billion Average salary: $7,564 Food prices: milk, 33 cents a qt.; bread, 24 cents a loaf; round steak, $1.30 a pound Life Expectancy: Male, 67.1; Female, 74.8
• Double digit inflation to start
• Sandra Day O’Connor, Geraldine Ferraro
• Jesse Jackson• Video Games, Home
Computers, Cable TV• AIDS• Vietnam Memorial +
Movies
• S. King, D. Steele, T. Clancy
• T. Morrison • Most Popular Major –
Business• Book Banning (Finn,
Catcher etc.)• Minivans begin• Gas prices drop• MTV – Madonna,
Start of Rap / Hip Hop
To understand the 1980s you must remember some things about the
1970s• Vietnam, Pentagon
Papers, Watergate led to skepticism about government
• Backlash to governmental covert ops
• Cold War détente – Afghanistan
• 1973,1979 Gas Crises • Iran Hostage Crisis • First big threat to US
ongoing in Beirut - US gov doing little about it– No negotiations with terrorists
• Are kidnappings sponsored by Iran?
1980s Nicaragua • Pro Communists
Sandanista Government• Contra Rebels fighting
against Sandanistas• US Congress rejects aid to
Contras • ’85 US Gov sells weapons
to Iran– To secure hostage release?– Proceeds to benefit the
Contras
The Iran Contra Scandal • 1986 – First Reported in Lebanese
Magazine• President Confirms weapons sales to Iran
but denies hostage exchange angle• "Our government has a firm policy not to
capitulate to terrorist demands.... We did not -- repeat, did not -- trade weapons or anything else for hostages, nor will we" - President Reagan November 1986
The Investigation• Col. North caught shredding documents• Tower Commission investigates
activities of National Security Council • Reagan testifies – answers
inconsistent, filled with memory holes• Report cites North, Poindexter,
Weinburger as guilty parties– President had no direct knowledge– President should have had more control
of council – 63% Approval when he leaves office
US / Iran Relations since Late ’80s
• Satanic Verses Fatwa • Death of Khomeini • Non – Interference in
1991 War• 1997 Election of Khatami • 2001 – Assistance in
Afghanistan• 2002 – Axis of Evil
Speech • 2005 Election of
Ahmadinejad • Resumption of Nuclear
enrichment program
1990s
• FACTS ABOUT THIS DECADE• Population: 281,421,906 (2000 Census)
Unemployment: 5.8 million, or 4.2% (Sept 99) National Debt: $5,413.l Million (1997) Average Salary: $13.37/hr (1999) Teacher's Salary: $39,347 (1998) Minimum Wage: $5.15/hr (1997) Life Expectancy: Male 73.1 Female 79.1(1997) Auto Deaths: 49,772 (1997)