1980's Analysis

The greatest time period in the history of the United States was by far the 1980’s. This isn’t to say that other decades in history were awful, or that nothing bad took place in the 1980’s, of course. This decade was just an overall period of steady economic growth, peace between the U.S. and other countries, and new trends. For starters, Ronald Reagan was elected to office in 1980. Initially, many were afraid of his presidency because he was strongly in favor of increasing military strength which led many people to believe he was a war-monger. In reality, he was quite the opposite. There were no major wars during the 1980’s in which the U.S. was involved. Reagan also believed that lowering taxes would increase revenue to the government, but citizens thought that the economy would collapse as a result to this. While it is still up for debate whether Reagan’s system was the cause, nobody can argue the fact that the economy did grow a significant amount during the 1980’s. …show more content…
The first personal computer, the IBM PC was released in 1981. This was a big step in technological advancement because it created an entirely new industry that didn’t exist before. Not to mention the fact that it changed the way people learned and could work, and it was the beginning of what is now an expectation that everyone has their own computer. Also in 1981, the space shuttle Columbia was launched from the United States. This event was a significant moment for the U.S. because despite it’s burning upon reentry which some might have called a failure, it was the first space shuttle to be launched from anywhere in the world. Since then, many other shuttles have been sent into space, each more complex than the last. Columbia provided an entirely new method of space exploration and was an extremely proud moment in United States