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    3/4/13 The Harlem Renaissance was a time period in Harlem in 1920. Billie Holiday was born on April 07‚ 1915 and died on July 17. Billie holiday was a great jazz singer. Strange Fruit was a good song. Billie Holiday once said‚ “If you copy it means you’re working without any real feeling” what she is saying that if you copy you have know feelings. Harlem Renaissance was a place to show people talent in the 1920’s. It started in the 1920’ s and ended 1930. It happened in Harlem‚ New York. The Harlem

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    they needed and deserved to own the product. By developing repeat customers‚ advertising also helped build brand loyalty for the company. Brand loyalty helps sell other existing and new products to these same customers. | | At the peak of the 1920’s‚ new industries were emerging in the consumer culture which in turn sky-rocketed the advertisement business. Technological advances in consumer culture included the “emergence of the radio‚ automobiles‚ chemicals‚ movies‚ drugs‚ and electrical refrigeration

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    Roaring means loud‚ noisy‚ busy‚ active‚ deafening‚ or thunderous. That one word sums up everything that happened in the 1920’s. Some call the 1920s the roaring 20s. I personally think so because the war had just ended and many soldiers were returning. As the soldiers were coming back from the war‚ people had a sense of settling down and enjoying life. The significance of this time period was that it affected the way we live today. Our lives have changed because of women’s rights‚ new inventions

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    to the new found sophistication in the 1920’s. v. In the 1920’s‚ everyone seemed to have money to spare .Jazz commonly went along with wealth in the 1920’s. It was played at parties‚ high class restaurants‚ etc etc.. 2. General Jazz Age d. The Jazz age did not just include the actual jazz music‚ but it embodied a whole cultural change in America. e. Broadway was especially affected by the social change. vi. In the 1920’s‚ broadways theatrical ‘cousin’ was born

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    19th Amendment to the Constitution * Women gained the right to vote in 1920 in the 19th Amendment. Due to societal norms of the past‚ many women chose not to vote. The League of Women Voters was formed the same year to educate women about political issues and candidates‚ as well as encourage participation in the political process. One of the founders was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ Carrie Chapman Catt. Read more: Roaring Twenties Political Events | eHow

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    WebQuest Assignment #3 In the 1920s fashion and clothing designers were beginning to rise to the top. Lots of new designers were starting to make their own clothing brand and sell it to people who were interested in their designs. Many of these designers were french and italian‚ one of the italian designers was Guccio Gucci he was an italian businessman and fashion designer‚ another one was Coco Chanel she was a French fashion designer and the founder of

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    During the 1920s‚ tension arose between a new generation‚ with liberal and progressive ideas‚ and a more traditional peer group‚ who favored conventional values and sentimentalism. This social tension was caused by technological advancements‚ a revolution in society in the period of and directly following World War I‚ a revolution of morals and rapid urbanization. The new generation expressed themselves through the music of the times‚ greater sexual promiscuity‚ use of technology and advertising

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    He has created a short motion picture called the “The Great Train Robbery”. (Clark 1) Ever since then young Americans were addicted to watching movies. Soon after a much longer films was released such as the “Birth of a Nation” by D.W. Griffith. By 1920s most American cities had their very own theater‚ and everyone went to go see a movie at least once a week or even more. The film industry started to grow immediately and became part of the American culture. Movies became a part of everyone’s life.

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    An Informal History of the Nineteen-Twenties‚ written by Fredrick Lewis Allen. Allen writes a very informative book of what happened throughout this great decade‚ but from the aspect of an ordinary individual. He writes of the social history of the 1920s‚ with little to mention of major politics and economics. From presidents to fashion‚ Allen covers it all.

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    The period of the 1920s has a complex social and cultural history. From this history‚ derived the popularity of the upbeat Charleston Dance. Most people will associate this dance with the flappers and the speakeasy‚ despite its origins‚ because many young women used it as a way to mock the people who supported the Prohibition. As a result‚ the Charleston was considered to be a provocative and immoral dance during its time. In this paper‚ I want to briefly explore the dance’s history‚ its characteristics

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