1980

early 1980s was a time of change and innovation throughout the United States. Technological advances and cultural changes allowed the average American to experience a new way of life, that they had never had the opportunity to experience before. During the 1980s many new inventions changed the world forever, including the personal computer and the Space Shuttle. During this time there were also many spectacular moments in sports history, including the miraculous U.S. hockey team from 1980 and…

Impacted People in the Late 20th Century Rock N’ Roll took a big part of the late 1900s, specifically the 1980s. Rock music was an escape to the youth of people that have been through struggles in their life. Rock music was a genre that blew up overnight and was more appreciated with the connections of fans and artists as a whole. Rock N’ Roll influenced fashion and social attitudes of the 1980s. 1980s music was focused on rock songs, singers, and bands who reshaped the music industry. The top…

Immigration changed rapidly in the United States during the time periods of 1970s and 1980s. Two of the changes that occurred in this time period were different kinds of people started to come to United States and immigration went up really fast. Immigration has contributed to United States: economically, socially, and politically. The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 ended the quota system. The most important aspect of this change was the it opened the doors to immigrants from…

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Although I’m happy where music is at today, If I could go back to any musical time period, I would definitely go back to the 80s when post-disco music became popular and rock continued to amuse a wide audience. The 1980s are remembered for pop artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston and rock bands/artists such as AC/DC, Queen, Def Leppard, Kiss, and Bon Jovi. Other popular rock bands from the 70s continued popularity through the 80s…

Oppressive regimes often keep its citizens crushed under brutal laws. The world of London in 1984, Iran in the 1980s, and the infamous Hermit Kingdom North Korea are examples of this. However, out of the three, North Korea seems the best place to live in because of its steady exposure to the outside world. North Korea is the best place to live out of the three stifling societies. 1984’s London is too stifling. There, your every move is watched and recorded. Not only that but our own children…

Event Causes Course Consequences 1980 Election This was a political event because it caused a change in the government. Americans wanted a firm, patriotic leader who had a plan to fix the economic problems carrying over from the 1970s. Jimmy Carter was running for reelection, and Americans overall were very unhappy with his leadership. Ronald Reagan emerged as his challenger, a former actor with great public skills and a plan. They elected Ronald Reagan in 1980 who had a controversial plan for…

How and why has the representation of women changed in films since the 1980s? “There is no such thing called unmediated access to reality” (dyer 1993),this essay will be discussing women’s role in film between the 1980s to the 2000s, how it has changed and why. I will be using a Big Eyes, 9 to 5 and Alien as an example to show how female characters were represented and the difference in their contribution to the narrative. Firstly representation means to depict or to show an image of something…

The 1980 Summer Olympic protest was wrong of all countries participating because politics should never interfere with athletics. The protesting of the olympics demonstrated that it hurts the athletes the most and harms the game itself. The first instance of politics affecting the Olympics was in 1936 when Germany hosted and tried to promote the idea of superiority with its Aryan race. Adolf Hitler used the Olympic’s as a platform to show how great Germany was after being rebuilt after the…

Before the 1980’s were over, Michael Jackson’s album, “Thriller,” sold over 40 million copies and became the best selling record of all time. In 1985, Jackson wrote “We Are the World,” after seeing footage of starving people in Ethiopia. The song had raised $44 million for starving people in Africa only one year after its release, a world-wide effort for relief in Africa inspired by Jackson transpired. Soon, many other artists organized concerts, wrote songs, and even albums to support the cause…

Keena Ta Diana Sieker 13 December 2013 Literature of the 1980s Fashion Speaks Louder than Words What is fashion? Fashion is something that is dealt with everyday. Fashion is never constant. Something that is in today might not be in tomorrow. As Coco Channel once said, “Fashion is made to become un-fashionable.” Fashion tells you what is trending and is constantly searching for the newest of everything. Some say that fashion gives an individual a sense of self-expression. Fashion is a language…