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    Throughout this paper it is obvious that the issue of gender role took an enormous turn in the 1920s. The conservative ideal that women were a man’s property after marriage and these had to work to earn money for their families while the housewife only cleaned and took care of the kids and the house was put behind after the war. Because of the World War I‚ women were forced to take on jobs once practiced only by men‚ this made them realize that they were capable of earn their own money and be more

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    conflagration‚ the american was ready to concentrate on domestic affairs (a “return to normalcy‚” as 1920 presidential candidate Warren Harding called it) and to turn inward. During the 1920s until the Great Depression of the next decade private concerns preoccupied most americans. 1920s a decade of optimism and 1930s is a decade of depression. American people were creating new way of living by thrusting forces in 1920s. Whereas stock market crashed initiated a long economic decline that accelerated into a

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    were held to many uniform expectations and stricter social rules. The typical “Woman’s place” was being at home‚ cooking‚ cleaning‚ and caretaking along with the expectations that she be modest and essentially under the word of the man. However the 1920s portrayed women finally obtaining jobs of their own and the stigma or belief that a woman

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    Power to the Women Gender equality was never a problem because it never existed. Before 1920‚ women and men were not considered equal. Women were considered lower ranked compared to men. Being married and tending to the children was basically a profession. Everything seemed to change when women were given the ability to vote by the 19th amendment that got passed in 1920. From then on‚ women were considered equal‚ but with every success comes hardships. Women were always considered naturally weaker

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    8.04 Law’s and Trials of the 1920s 1. After reading about the subject‚ define the word "Prohibition" as it pertains to the 18th amendment. Prohibition in the United States was a measure designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured‚ distributed‚ and sold alcoholic beverages. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from the brewers‚ distillers‚ vintners‚ and the wholesale and retail sellers of alcoholic beverages. 2

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    flapper had more freedom (they did not want to use corsets and act like their mother). They had short hair‚ short skirt‚ drink and smoke in public. Women had access to a type of birth control‚ which helped poor families to not have a lot of children. In 1920‚ the 19th amendment allowed women to vote‚ which increased women presence in public area. Women had more chances to work in professional jobs‚ but only feminized professions like teaching and nursing. The automobile becomes more popular and more reliable

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    A Longer Life In today’s society people are living longer‚ healthier lives as compared to the yester years. Now the average lifespan of the everyday American has risen almost 30 years since the 1920s and continues to rise due to the built up immunities to old diseases‚ widespread education causing more doctors to be in the office‚ technological advances leading to the medical advances we are constantly using today and tomorrow‚ the media output of disease breakouts‚ and the personal knowledge

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    Account for the growing social tensions in US society during the 1920s Despite the 1920s being referred to as the ‘Roaring twenties’ due to the prosperous changes in the social and economic way of America‚ further study of the nation in the decade reveals the growing social tensions‚ and a country ‘driven by social conflict and confused by social change.’ (Catton) The bitterness stemmed from the white Anglo Saxon Protestants (WASP) and their reaction to the flood of immigrants‚ Catholics and the

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    leadership. The Great Depression has had a lasting effect on America and had influence in decisions later in history and also showed the extent of power a president could have through a time crisis. Many factors caused The Great Depression. During the 1920s America’s economy was in full swing and it was extremely unusual to not have some money invested in the stock market because people could become millionaires effectively over night. This was actually a blessing and a curse ‚ because there was no physical

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    disconnection of any kind‚ such as race‚ color‚ sex‚ language‚ religion‚ sRights has positively has positively impacted American culture because independence from men and traditional roles‚ gave equal rights‚ and what big changes happen for women in the 1920s. What intrigues me the most is women would try to over power men and get a death sentence for what the believed in. These women who spoke up changed us as women today; we have more rights and power. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that al

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