The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

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Raiders of the Lost Ark
RoboCop
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Science-fiction films
Scorsese, Martin
Sequels
sex, lies, and videotape
Shields, Brooke
Special effects
Spielberg, Steven
Stone, Oliver
Streep, Meryl
Teen films
Terminator, The
Terms of Endearment
This Is Spin ̈al Tap
Tron
Turner, Kathleen
Twilight Zoneaccident
Wall Street
Weaver, Sigourney
When Harry Met Sally...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Williams, Robin
Winfrey, Oprah


Health & Medicine
Abortion
Aerobics
AIDS epidemic
Air pollution
Alternative medicine
Artificial heart
Aspartame
Baby Fae heart transplantation
Biopesticides
Caffeine
Canada Health Act of 1984
Cancer research
Diets
Environmental movement
Fetal medicine
Food trends
Genetics research
Health care in Canada
Health care in the United States
Health maintenance organizations
(HMOs)
Hudson, Rock
Koop, C. Everett
Malathion spraying
Marathon of Hope
Medicine
Plastic surgery


Prozac
Radon
Simmons, Richard
Smoking and tobacco
Superfund program
Tamper-proof packaging
Times Beach dioxin scare
Transplantation
Water pollution
White, Ryan

International Relations
Africa and the United States
Anderson, Terry
Berlin Wall
Canada and the British
Commonwealth
Canada and the United States
Canada-United States Free Trade
Agreement
Canadian Caper
China and the United States
Cold War
Europe and North America
Foreign policy of Canada
Foreign policy of the United
States
Globalization
Goodwill Games of 1986
Grenada invasion
Haig, Alexander
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
(INF) Treaty
Iran-Contra affair
Iranian hostage crisis
Israel and the United States
Japan and North America
Kirkpatrick, Jeane
Klinghoffer, Leon
Latin America
Libya bombing
Mariel boatlift
Mexico and the United States
Middle East and North America
Olympic boycotts
Panama invasion
Reagan Doctrine
Reagan’s “Evil Empire” speech
Reykjavik Summit
Shamrock Summit
Shultz, George P.
Smith, Samantha
Soviet Union and North America
United Nations

USSStarkincident
USSVincennesincident

Journalism

Brokaw, Tom
Cable television
CNN
Craft, Christine
Jennings, Peter
Journalism
Network anchors
Pauley, Jane
Rather, Dan
Rivera, Geraldo
Tabloid television
Television
USA Today

Latinos

Basquiat, Jean-Michel
Boat people
Dupont Plaza Hotel fire
Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986
Immigration to the United States
Latin America
Latinos
Mariel boatlift
Mexico and the United States
Multiculturalism in education
Night Stalker case
Rivera, Geraldo
San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre
Valenzuela, Fernando

Legislation
Affirmative action
Canada Act of 1982
Canada Health Act of 1984
Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
Chrysler Corporation federal rescue
Congress, U.S.
Disability rights movement
Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
Food Security Act of 1985
Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986
Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of
1988
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
of 1987
National Anthem Act of 1980

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