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    Fashion for women in the 1920’s She sits lazily draped over a bar stool‚ casually swaying to the persuasive rhythm of West End Blues. She effortlessly pulls on the cigarette in her hand‚ deeply inhaling the smoke and allowing it to slowly escape her deep crimson lips‚ a hazy atmosphere enclosing her. Men cannot resist her whilst women whisper in hushed tones about the inappropriate length of her dress. She sighs‚ tucking her cropped hair behind her ears. She is the modern women- independent and

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    American Life 1920-1940 Daily Life in the United States 1920-1940 was written by David E. Kyvig in 2002 and revised again in 2004. This historical novel documents the transformation America went through during the 1920’s – 40’s. Kyvig addresses numerous events that contributed to the rise and fall of America. The book was written to inform citizens and non-citizens of the industrial‚ economic‚ and cultural changes that took place in America. Kyvig establishes stepping stones to America and pieced

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    1920s‚ The Influential Time Period (easybib) Milava Shumilova What made the 1920s such an influential time period? Because women started living on their own as well as getting the right to vote‚ immigration began‚ tariffs began to rise‚ the stock market collapsing caused the onset of the great depression‚ and cars were being made as long as roads and bridges. Women were denied key rights that were enjoyed by men‚ women who were married weren’t allowed to own their own land‚ and were expected to

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    farmers‚ minorities and labor‚ were the 1920’s the “Golden Twenties” as often portrayed? BY: ROBERT TANNER U.S. History 101.5 Jim Blackwood 11/25/2009 Bibliography Allen‚ Frederick L. Only Yesterday: An informal history of the 1920s. New York: Harper and Brothers‚ 1931. Drowne‚ Kathleen‚ and Huber‚ Patrick. The 1920’s. Connecticut: Greenwood Press‚ 2004. Irving L. Bernstein. The Lean Years: A History of the American Worker 1920-1933. Boston: Houghton Mifflin

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    Modern Era: 1920-1940 During the 1920s‚ clothing styles officially entered the modern era of fashion design. During this decade‚ women began to liberate themselves from constricting clothes for the first time and openly embrace more comfortable styles like pants and short skirts. While popular fashions remained relatively conservative prior to 1925‚ short skirts‚ low waistlines‚ and revolutionary styles of the flapper era characterized the latter half of the decade (Hall 1992). Dresses were made

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    American Life during the 1920s Part 1 – using primary sources to interpret life during the 1920’s This document contains a collection of images (advertisements‚ photographs‚ films and posters) reflecting parts of 1920s American life. Through observing these images‚ we are able to construct a detailed idea about life in the United States during the ‘Jazz Age’. La-Mar Reducing Soap Advertisement

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    Causes of the Economic Boom in America in the 1920’s Roaring Twenties: 1920-29 Time of noise‚ lively action and economic prosperity WW1 was good for American business: Factory production had risen sharply Meet demands of the war Capture markets that used to be dominated by Europe When war was over‚ countries still bought from America Republican Government Presidents Harding‚ Coolidge and Hoover: Help American business by increasing taxes on foreign goods Fordney- McCumber Tariff Act 1922 Encouraged

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    Starting in the 1920s‚ a rebellion against religion‚ the church and old sexual mores begun. This movement was called Modernism and this paper will address and explain one of the main factors of the movement: Psychology. The psychological ideas were new and embraced by especially the youth‚ and adults too‚ all sick of the strict norms and rules. Sigmund Freud was the symbol of psychology‚ and so he has been for decades now. Sigmund Freud and psychology in the 1920’s‚ like money and materialism‚ replaced

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    and known as an enemy to the American government. Shootouts and assassinations were not uncommon during this period‚ and in fact‚ cases of such criminal activity on the North Side were on the rise. Known as the most infamous gangster killing of the 1920’s‚ The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre‚ was the beginning of the end of Al Capone and gangsters’ bootlegging operations. Prohibition came into

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    In the 1920’s‚ the United States economy boomed‚ bringing with it a new generation and way of living. A “New Morality” was taking over the nation and replacing old traditional values (Appleby 612). New Mortality expressed youth and personal freedom (Appleby 612). This created a lifestyle based on parties and spending money (Hensley 4). This new way of life came with new inventions and technologies. The radio‚ phonograph‚ and movies were all invented during the 1920’s. The automobile also became

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