American in the 1980's

The 1980’s is one of the most interesting decades that was experienced in the United States. Dealing with the stock market, the coming up of new inventions, all the way to the types of music people listened to. During the 1980s, the only thing that made Americans be “Americans” was because of the things they were provided with. Many Americans had fun throughout the 1980s with materialistic, glamorous, and technological life styles; therefore there were different economical problems that Americans faced.

During the 1980’s, many Americans were incredibly materialistic; they were only concerned with the “things” in life, not with life as it was. In the musical world, Madonna was becoming popular. One of her greatest hits, Material Girl, explains it all. Many women only focused on themselves, and they relied on men to support their extravagant lifestyles (CITATION, #). The type of men that women typically went for were young urban professionals, who were known as yuppies. These men were able to support themselves financially and were upper-middle class men in their twenties and thirties (CITATION,#). Since the men were financially secure, they were able to afford the nicer things in life like houses, cars, and vacations. The reasons why women would flock to these men was because they loved the extravagant gifts they were receiving, and it just seemed like -everyone wanted a “yuppie”- it was the new cool thing. On a day to day basis, the people in the 80s always looked unique. One way was by power dressing. The men and women always had the best of the best; from tailored suits, to shoulder pads, to even pin stripe suits (CITATION, #). One of the main objectives in the 80’s was that people were only focusing on the materials, or the t...

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... trying to rebuild the economy, they were taking work seriously. One invention that helped them out tremendously was the digital organizer. At any point in the day, people were able to pull this little electronic device out of their pockets and check their schedules. It helped them stay on track with things they had to do like making appointments, and being on time. The digital organizer just helped the people stay on track on a day to day basis. (CITATION,# ). The new technological ideas really helped the United States not be so far behind from the rest of the world.

Throughout the 1980s, which was one of the most interesting decades there were, Americans only focused on the things that life offered them…not life as it was. The materialistic, glamorous, and technological aspects were obviously great contributors, there was some down fall with the economy also.