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    Warren G. Hardking became President of the U.S. in the 1920s in a landslide promising a return to pre-war America‚ this was in reference towards some issues that still lingered after World War I. America was still faced with many issues regarding racism‚ women’s rights and even threats from Communist Russia. Riots‚ strikes and anarchy was bellowing. This could have been caused by the staggeringly high unemployment rate. But the “Roaring Twenties” was on its way. The technological advancements that

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    Class-Based Discrimination Class relations also had a strong influence on anti-alcohol beliefs. The economic elite tended to be strong supporters of Prohibition. Many believed that alcohol was a force resulting in an unstable and disorderly society‚ including influential tycoons like John D. Rockefeller.21 The elite also saw the variety of economic gains they believed they could achieve from Prohibition‚ with potentially greater efficiency‚ fewer industrial accidents and as such less worker’s compensation

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    life style. The Great Gatsby indicates the American Dream as a bigger impact in Gatsby’s life‚ but in the 1920s it reaches the exploration of the society being a turnover in the era as seen through the movie and novel. The movie version of 1974 directed by Jack Clayton and screen written by Francis Ford

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    party arose from the ashes of the old Russian Empire. But It was also a time for Prosperity for countries like the United States. America will roar in the 1920s. It was an age of melodramatic and political change. The Cleveland Indians won their first world series in 1920.On January 1‚ 1920 - For the first time‚ the 1920 census indicates a population in the United States over 100

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    ONE PERSON IN EVERY TEN THOUSAND met a violent death in the 118 leading cities of the United States last year. To Chicago went the doubtful distinction of having the most homicides—510; New York City‚ with approximately twice the population of Chicago‚ had 340. In twenty-eight of the leading cities the rate was 9.9 per 100‚000‚ as against 11.0 in 1925. "Slight as it is‚ the reduction is encouraging‚" observes the collector of these statistics‚ Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman‚ writing in The Spectator‚

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    The advertisement reflects changes in American Society through the portable phonograph that is displayed. During the 1920s‚ as new inventions were developed‚ making and spending money became the new way of life for members within society. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person increased dramatically during the Jazz Age. One factor that contributed to this change in society was the mass production of new inventions; including the phonograph. New inventions‚ such as the phonograph

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    Immediately‚ Earhart dropped out of school and enlisted as a nurse for the Red Cross during World War I (Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum). After serving a few years as a nurse for the soldiers‚ her parents convinced her to move to California with them. In 1920‚ while in California‚ her and her father attended an airshow for stunt fliers in Los Angeles. At the airshow‚ she persuaded her father to let be a passenger on a flight‚ and she fell in love with airplanes (Bailey‚

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    Erin Garcia  Social Studies P6  Due: November 4  DBQ ­ Progressive Era Essay    Where will you put your milion dollars?  Did  you  know  that  there  is  an  underside   to  America  that  people  do  not  talk  about? ​ During  1900’s  to  1920  in  America‚  there   have  been  many  troubles  in  which  a  reform  movement  called  Progressivism  is  working  to  try  and  fixing  these  problems.  Accordingly  to  Aunt  Bessie  where  will  you  put  your  million  dollars?  is  the  task  at 

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    being bought) the 1920s was called the “golden age twenties”. The 1920s can also be referred to as the roaring twenties. The most iconic thing that comes to mind about the 1920 is the flapper; the flapper was a young woman who had short hair (usually a bob) who would wear short skirts and dresses and would smoke and drink‚ not all females in the 1920s became flappers but all women in the 1920s were given the freedom to vote for the first time and women were also

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    Progressive Era Reforms From 1900-1920‚ there was an era of reform by progressives‚ and the federal government brought reforms at the national level. This time was very successful in bringing reform at a national level. There were three major groups of reforms‚ Social reforms‚ Economic reforms‚ and political reforms. Socially‚ Women’s suffrage‚ and meat inspection. Economically‚ Trust Busting‚ Income tax and The Federal Reserve Act. Politically‚ the direct election of Senators with the the

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