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The article offers information on the political, cultural and economic conditions in the U.S. during the 1980s. It is mentioned that former U.S. president Ronald Reagan along with head of Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev worked to end the Cold War. Also, during 1980s, the banks raised the interest rates, unemployment increased and the stock market crashed which increased the possibility of another economic depression. Additionally, during this time pop artist Michael Jackson became very popular.

This article examines the events that resulted from the Iran-Contra hearings in 1987, that were considered revealing episodes in U.S. political life. Since World War II, much of what has happened in executive policy-making in the U.S., especially in foreign affairs, has been shielded from public view by what organization theorists like to refer to with academic elegance as information screens, and is commonly viewed as government secrecy. One point that these hearings made clear is that executive officials may be as much the victims of the system of secrecy.

Examines Unites States history through the Reagan administration. Improvement of women's rights; Election of Ronald Reagan to the Presidency.