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- 3. Many elderly Americans joined the political process when congress threatened to cutting this program
- 6. This type of recorder played taped films at your leisure, & it also allowed you to tape TV shows.
- 9. Responding to N.Y. police raids, this riot was the beginning of the LGBT activist movement.
- 10. This was a portable alternative to home record players and car radios.
- 12. 1990s, supreme court says ___ ___ do not violate 4th Amendment rights, if they are random
- 13. 1980s, supreme court allowed schools to ___ students without a warrant, if they have probable cause.
- 15. Several famous singers sang We Are The ___ in order to raise money for starving people in Ethiopia
- 16. 1980s, these young urban professionals got rich as stock prices rose & stagflation ended
- 20. 1980s economic prosperity was due to ___ ___ , or selling large quantities at very low prices.
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- 1. Video game sales reached billions of dollars in the 80s, originating from this type of computer technology.
- 2. To reduce drunk driving, the federal government stopped funding for roads until the states raised this
- 4. NBC, ABC, & CBS were the only TV networks, then Ted Turner sold programs via satellite to ___ ___
- 5. ___ ___ was the merger of technology & music; criticized for its content, but it boosted many careers.
- 7. 1980s, we discovered this sexually transmitted disease, which weakens the immune system
- 8. 1980s economic prosperity was due to the large number of ___ ___ starting their careers
- 11. Economic prosperity of the 1980s mostly benefited ___ and ____ -class Americans, not the poor.
- 14. ___ ___ started Walmart, a discount retail store, & became the richest person in 1985.
- 17. ___ ___ caused people to break the law, in order to gain money, so many cities were dangerous
- 18. Global Positioning Systems allow us to locate ourselves on the earth, due to ___ in low orbit.
- 19. Songs focused on life in the inner city & on African Americans, created in the 1980s, bass and rhythm.