The Great Depression was an important event in United States history. It affected all Americans‚ and has a lasting legacy on our economy today. Prior to the Depression‚ in the 1920s‚ the United States had transformed from an economy based on the needs of World War I‚ to an economy based on what consumers wanted. With this transition‚ the U.S. began to produce more home appliances and electronics‚ rather than weapons and supplies. Because people were buying products‚ the stock market and the economy
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Cultural Changes of the 1920s Prohibition: [pic] Prescription form for medicinal liquor. Prohibition had a notable effect on the alcohol brewing industry in the United States. When Prohibition ended‚ only half the breweries that had previously existed reopened. The post-Prohibition period saw the introduction of the American lager style of beer‚ which dominates today. Wine historians also note that Prohibition destroyed what was a fledgling wine industry in the United States. Productive wine
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How far do you agree with the view that in the 1920’s the KKK possessed neither sizable support nor significant influence? The 1920’s marked a period of great racial tension throughout American Society‚ with the period often regarded as a melting pot due to such strains and tensions. The immigration of new‚ non-protestant immigrants such as Catholics and Jews since the turn of the century had brought about large scale unease due to the sheer number of immigrants. Combined with Mexicans‚ Orientals
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The halo effect was initially portrayed in the 1920s by psychologist Edward Thorndike. It is a sort of cognitive bias in which an observer’s general impression of a person influences how we feel and think about that substance’s character. Also‚ it works in both positive and negative direction. For instance‚ if we like one aspect of something‚ we will have a positive predisposition toward it‚ and vice versa to if we dislike‚ we will have a negative predisposition. In addition‚ the halo effect may
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population largely consisted of students‚ merchants‚ and workers who entered Japan during the first four decades or so after the Meiji Restoration in 1868. In the 1920s‚ the Japanese economy experienced a shortage of labor. In response‚ Koreans seeking better educational and employment opportunities migrated to Japan. Until the late 1920s‚ most were male migrant workers who frequently shifted occupations. Most ethnic Koreans were farmers from three southern provinces in Korea (North and South Kyongsang
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The Progressive Era was a time period in American history during the 1890s to 1920s. This era was a period in which‚ activist stood up for the in just. For example‚ women’s suffrage. The National American Women Suffrage Association fought for equality‚ like women’s right to vote. This was just a time period to where many different organizations stood up for what’s right. They also eliminated corruption in the government. While at the same time‚ they developed antitrust laws‚ to make equal competition
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Houghton Mifflin‚ 2010. Print. Klobuchar‚ Lisa. 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing: The Ku Klux Klan ’s History of Terror. Minneapolis‚ MN: Compass Point‚ 2009. Print. "Ku Klux Klan -- Extremism in America." Ku Klux Klan -- Extremism in America. Anti-Defamation League‚ 2012. Web. 18 Dec. 2012. <http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/kkk/default.asp?LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America>. "The Official Web Page." KKK. Indiana Historical Research Foundation‚ n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2012. <http://www.kkklan.com/>
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April 21‚ 2010 at 6:10 am In the beginning of the book Claudia wakes up in her bedroom with a man that she has just spent the night with and her room is filled messy and is filled with things like empty bottles of alcohol and ash trays. Her room also didn’t comply with typical feminine ideas at the time because it was described as messy and also had an empty bottle of alcohol and a full ashtray. This didn’t go along with the typical roles of women because they were expected to be clean and sensible
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1920’s "The best of times‚ the worst of times." The 1920’s was not a "roaring" time for immigrants and citizens of America. It harbored some of the harshest laws and brutal government restrictions. Immigrants were cast out by a post war country and alcohol banned in hopes of making our country purer. The 1920 was not the best of times. The prohibition of alcohol in the United States lasted from 1920 until 1932. The movement began in the late nineteenth century‚ and was fueled by the formation
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the 1910s and World War I. With the reintroduction of the car‚ the youth rebelled against their parents and standards previously created. Other minorities also began to change. The women of the 1920’s wanted more rights‚ which they received when Congress amended 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920. When women gained the right to vote‚ they had more freedom than ever. Another aspect people do not think about in the Roaring Twenties was the innovation of the radio. The radio connected the disillusioned
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