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    The Roaring Twenties

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    The Roaring Twenties In the 1920’s many things changed. Many traditionalists disliked the changes. The new idea of the ‘flapper girl’ was very controversial to many people‚ as well as birth control and the idea of evolution. Most of these new changes were big in the cities so rural America looked down on city life. As people changed throughout the 20’s‚ one of the biggest changes was the way young girls and women dressed and acted. They started to cut their hair short in a new bob style; they

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    and material luxury. Gatsby’s failure to realise this symbolises America’s failure to realise that the American Dream is not all that wonderful. Gatsby comes from a poor family and he rose to the top of wealth‚ something every American in the 1910-1920’s was trying to do. Making his fortune off illegal alcohol and stolen securities‚ Jay Gatsby demonstrates his place at the top with his illustrious Saturday evening parties. However‚ like many struggling to get to the top‚ for Gatsby‚ the American

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    Women were the largest factors in this revolution. When earning the right to vote in 1920‚ through the 19th amendment‚ Women began to change. Women became known as flappers. Flappers would cut their hair very short‚ dress provocatively‚ began to smoke and drink‚ and started wearing makeup. These revisions in their appearance broke boundaries

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    The New American Woman

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    occupy the minds of girls. (Brown 31) The “New American Woman” consisted of a new fashion or way of portraying herself‚ a freer sexuality‚ and equality to men in the political sense. The first thing that made a huge impact on women’s lives in the 1920’s was the new sense of fashion. The magazine Vogue had a huge influence over young women in this decade. All young women wanted to achieve the Vogue look. This is how women got the idea to bind their breasts‚ because it made them look like the tall

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    Flappers: Girls Gone Wild

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    reached even the furtherest parts of the country. This had the effect of creating a new country-wide culture in the early twentieth century. The movies‚ radio shows‚ sophisticated advertising‚ and popular magazines all had an influence on the lives of 1920’s youth who saw themselves as different from the older generation. Young people began to model themselves on movie and sports stars who represented a glamorous new age‚ but they also took on many of the negative traits of their idols like smoking‚

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    The Song Ain 'T Misbehavin'

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    because of this‚ each decade left significant changes in music from year to year. The 1920s‚ ‘30s‚ and ‘50s lived as three radically different decades based on values‚ morals and music. The mindset of the people living in these times transpired with completely different ideals and ways of living. Each decade’s music was extremely reflective of the overall sentiment of what was happening historically. The 1920s‚ fondly referred to as “The Roaring Twenties‚” produced the Jazz Age. The song “Ain’t

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    to a party with crazy performances and drinking is something that nobody does in today’s world. The movie seems to depict the 1920’s more because it exhibits an entirely different lifestyle of carelessness. In the 1920s everybody was happy‚ people were getting rich faster‚ women were challenging social norms‚ and alcohol was a major part of life. The rich people in the 1920’s seemed to not have a single care in the world. Today. The rich are constantly looking for a way to give back or are focused

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    The Roaring 20s

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    The Roaring 20s The 1920’s were a time of prosperity‚ at least that’s what it looked like. In all reality it was a time of economic and social change. It was a time in which American morals declined and the government shifted to a more liberal government. Gone were the time off long dresses and the separation of the sexes. It became a time of flappers‚ bootleggers and gangsters. A time of big business and prohibition. Government seemed to take a backseat to business. This essay will show the decline

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    The Prohibition; A Lead to the Chocolate Industry: It is post World War I and a new sense of joy filled the atmosphere. The war was finally over and a feeling of change was around everyone. The citizens have a new feeling of ravishment and society has changed. People are tapping their feet and humming to the tune of Jazz music‚ women find pride in the confidence they wear with their short hair and skirts‚ while other activist women are finding more pride in their right to vote . Men go to speakeasies

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    1920s was the sweetest decade for most of the people in United State‚ and it had to be credited to the stock market boom and the people could buy the stocks on margin as they thought stock market at that period was infallible investments where they can see their money grow effortlessly and easily. For the Americans‚ they perceived 1920s as the “Roaring Twenties” as the people had earned a lot of money from the stock market due to the stock price soared in upward trend started in 1924‚ reached its

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