Doughnut In The 1920s

Do you know what they called a doughnut in the 1920s? A sinker, sounds kind of funny, but this is just a small change that happened in the twenties! There were many positive and negative changes that affected everyone. Some of the most important changes include the rights of women, the introduction and expedition of flight, and the stock market crash. First of all, rights of women changed exponentially. Women got the right to vote with the 19th amendment, this one right made the women feel so much freedom. The job market for women expanded, however they still didn’t have as much freedom as the men in the 20’s. Women started to wear more active clothing instead of wearing long skirts and corsets. They tended to have shorter hair, wore more scandalous dresses, and wore more makeup. The “flappers” or the
Charles A. Lindbergh, a 25 year old American, was the first person to fly a plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, solo across the Atlantic Ocean. This was a huge deal, so many others had tried to do it, but did not achieve it. Around 100,000 Americans were there when he took off and prayed and prayed for him until they heard he had landed. When he landed in Paris, France there were about 100,000 people there celebrating. This was the biggest national celebration since WWI. This expedition inspired Admiral Byrd to fly over the South Pole. Byrd wanted to do this because the South Pole was the last place a plane had yet to fly over. He planned and planned it and then he was finally ready and he dropped out of high school to go. His team went to Antarctica and followed him and looked for him in case he had had to have an emergency landing. Finally, on November 25th, 1929 Admiral Byrd was atop the South Pole. These two huge expeditions inspired so many other people that they could do whatever they set their mind too, that is how these events change America in the