The Decade Project

The Eighties
Ronald Reagan
● Sworn into office on the 20th of January 1981
● Reaganomics increased American prosperity
● Escalated Cold War tensions
● Got 49 out of 50 states on reelection
● Berlin wall speech/End of the Cold War
Invasion of Grenada
● Communists took over and killed Bishop
● United States lead a coalition effort to invade Grenada
● United States successfully occupied Grenada
● Overthrow of the dictator of Grenada
● United States restored the legitimate government
Sanctuary movement
● Civil conflicts in central America
● A movement to accept refugees
● John Fife proposed the sanctuary idea
● Allowing people to be safe in the United States
● Many churches became sanctuaries
Heat Wave
● Heat wave happend in 1980
● One thousand seven hundred dead
● Official death toll was higher
● Spread throughout the central and southern states
● Cost twenty billion in repairs
The music slide
● Rock was very popular in the eighties
● It is very upbeat and quick
● Don’t stop believing
● Mechanized
● Made way for heavy metal
Fashion slide
● Shoulder pads
● Princess Diana
● Bigger is better
● Exercise wear
● Sweaters
Batman 1989
● Released 1989
● Was my first experience with Batman and superheros
● First Batman movie
● Coolest batmobile
● Favorite batman

Video cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5BRjvuDZ4A
Home Consoles
● Home video game consoles
● Abandoning arcade machines
● Super Mario on the nes
● Sega
● The legend of zelda
Michael Keaton
● Born in the fifties
● Michael Keaton is an actor
● He was in eleven movies from the eighties
● He was the Ghost Guy in Beetlejuice
● He was Batman
Mario
● Mario was created in 1981
● Full name Mario Mario
● Can become a racoon
● Mario originally in donkey kong
● Was the first nintendo game
The Black History Slide
● Billy Dee Williams
○ Was an actor in the eighties
○ Was in Empire Strikes Back
○ Was in Return of the Jedi
○ Was in Batman
■ All of those are from the eighties