1. Time Period #2:
US History
Unit 8 (27)

3. 1980
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“Miracle on Ice” U.S. Hockey team defeats the Soviets in Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.

4. 1980
The Iranian hostage crisis deepens, eight Americans are killed when helicopters collide in a rescue mission.
In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter imposes an embargo on the USSR and boycotts the Moscow Summer Olympics.

5. 1980 (cont.) 4. Ronald Reagan is elected president over
Jimmy Carter, in part because of
disappointment over his handling of Iran.
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6. 1980 5. John Lennon of the Beatles is shot dead in New York City.
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7. 1981 An agreement frees 52 hostages held in Tehran since 1979.
7. President Reagan nominates
Judge Sandra Day O'Connor as the
first woman on the Supreme Court.
The first cases of AIDS are identified.
The cable channel MTV is launched.
Youtube 2:52 Iran

8. 1982 The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution fails to gain
ratification. Feminists are
frustrated.
11. The Vietnam Memorial
opens in Washington,
designed by a young
Maya Linn. Initially
controversial, it becomes
a beloved memorial.

9. 1983 Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
President Reagan announces his plans for a missile defense plan called Star Wars.
You tube – 3:04 - StarWars

10. 1983 14. U.S. Marine Barracks Bombed in Beirut, Lebanon
Americans killed –there
on a “Peace Keeping” mission
Four of the soldiers who were killed
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Suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs. In the attack on the building serving as a barracks for the 1st Battalion 8th Marines the death toll was 241 American servicemen making this incident the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima, the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States military since the first day of the Vietnam War's Tet Offensive, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II. Another 128 Americans were wounded in the blast.

11. 1984
Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, Russia boycotts in retaliation for our boycott in 1980.

12. 1984
17. Walter Mondale, Democrat picks first female Vice President running mate Geraldine Ferraro
18. Ronald Reagan gets re-elected in
landslide electoral victory winning
49 states over opponent

13. Famine in Ethiopia
Famine in Ethiopia reaches epic proportions million dead between )
20. This inspired the massive
international music
collaboration “We are the
World” (released in 1985).
(you only need to listen to a few minutes)
Youtube - 4:12 Famine in Ethiopia – 400,000 deaths
Youtube – 7:00 We are the World – watch just a few minutes

14. 1985
Scientists announce the discovery of hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic.
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15. Remembering the 80s – American Culture
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