A lot of things were troubling in the early 1980s, such as the radical and countercultural movements, the Watergate scandal, and the Vietnam War. In the southeast and California population began explode after World War 2. People in the 1980s grew tired of paying higher taxes for the purpose of things that did not affect them, they were also growing tired of the problems …show more content…
This time was the age of the blockbuster. Movies like “Return of the Jedi,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Beverly Hills Cop” and “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” appealed to people of all ages and made millions of dollars in the box office. Some films that were popular today that were popular in the 1980s are “The Breakfast Club,” “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “Pretty in Pink.” In the late 1980s, 60 percent of American television owners had cable service. The most popular network of all was MTV, which made its debut on August 1,