there were fewer manufacturing jobs
There was a drop in demand.
For much of the 1980's, the US was in a recession, and manufacturing jobs were particularly hard hit (this occurred again in 2008-2010). The downturn caused less demand for the durable goods produced in the USA.
The government cut welfare and aid programs.
Living with dinosaurs
1980s Yugo for sure.1980s Yugo for sure.
The list of the Internet and PC what-ifs are: What if Google Maps were invented in the 1980s? What if YouTube was invented in the 1980s? What if Wikipedia was invented in the 1980s? What if Myspace was invented in the 1980s? What if Yahoo was invented in the 1980s? What if Facebook was invented in the 1980s? What if Twitter was invented in the 1980s? What if Deviant Art was invented in the 1980s? What if Skype was invented in the 1980s? What if Google Video (launched in 2005) lasted forever on the Internet? What if laptops were invented in the 1950s? and millions of other what-ifs.
Life was harder, but children went to school for less hours a day. If you read the American Girl Book, Julie, you'd learn a lot of stuff about that time period.
Rhythm and blues singer from the 1960s to 1980s. I'm pretty sure she's still living (would be in her early sixties now) but not active.
The X Factor wasn't around in the 1980s.
Gas was price at $1.25 in the 1980s.
yes he was , in the 1980s
Margaret Thatcher was the British prime minister throughout the 1980s.