Stranger Things - Context

Top 10 Defining Moments of 1980's America 

10. Rise of Yuppie Culture 

• Young, well-educated professionals 

9. Cable goes mainstream 

• Start of MTV-first 24hr music programme 
• Impacted fashion 
• Start of CNN 

8. Spread of HIV/AIDS 

• Led to spread of homophobia 

7. Development in the space program 

6. War on drugs 

5. Tense relations with Iran 

• US officials sold machinery to Iran 

4. 1981 Tax Cut 

3. Electronic innovations 

2.Pollution persists 

• 1989 oil spill 
• Chernobyl radiation 

1.The Cold War end, concerns move to China