Economy
These businessmen of the 80s were known as "Young Urban Professionals"
What is the Yuppies
Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.
who is the Fall of the Berlin Wall
the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
who is Sally Ride
The stereotype of Yuppies
What is, wore brightly colored power ties, suspenders, and expensive suits, they also drove high-end sports cars.
a secret U.S. arms deal that traded missiles and other arms to free some Americans held hostage by terrorists in Lebanon, but also used funds from the arms deal to support armed conflict in Nicaragua.
who is the Iran Contra Affair
may have already spread to five continents (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia). In this period, between 100,000 and 300,000 people could have already been infected.
who is HIV and AIDS
His tax cuts for businesses and wealthy Americans improved the nation's economy in the short term and led to increases in personal income and consumption.
what is Reaganomics?
was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq, beginning on 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, and ending on 20 August 1988, when Iran accepted the UN-brokered ceasefire.
who is Iran- Iraq War
the world's largest video game company by revenue
who is Nintendo
This was the biggest panic in stock market history.
what is the stock market crash of 1887
student-led demonstrations in Beijing in mid-1989
wh is the Tiananmen Square Incident
a medal-round game during the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
who is the Miracle on Ice
who dropped 508 points and destroyed one-fifth of the paper value of the entire stock of the United States
what is The Dow Jones Industrial Average
a nuclear power plant located in Ukraine that was the site of a disastrous nuclear accident on April 26, 1986
who is Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
As disco fell out of fashion in the decade's early years, genres such as ------ became popular
who is post-disco, Italo disco, Euro disco and dance-pop