disc-shaped records. From the 1890’s until the early 1920’s‚ phonograph records and machines were broadly marketed and sold. Record marketing gave Americans access to music they had never heard before. The 1920’s brought improvements in radio technology‚ which turned the radio into a new marketed product. As radio ownership increased‚ so did the number of radio stations. By 1922‚ there were 600 radio stations around the United States (Radio in the 1920’s). Families used their radio for entertainment and
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Mrs. Gaska English 3B 14 April 2013 Impact of Automobile In 1920s The automobile. This one introduction changed America’s history forever‚ not only economically but socially as well by exploding business opportunities and broadening the independence of all ages. America’s economy propagated leaps and bounds during the 1920s due to the introduction of the automobile by expanding the horizons of business tenfold. Firstly‚ the automobile industry gave way to jobs never seen before. In regards
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started taking off in the 1920s. As the years went on‚ there were always supporters and critics of the movement. Some even went as far as parades and hate crimes. In the beginning of the movement gay culture thrived. The Harlem Renaissance introduced music and gay drag. During the middle there were many organizations advocating and spreading knowledge about gay culture and the movement. Closer to present day the atmosphere for homosexuals was more accepting. From the 1920s until present day‚ the rights
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During the decade of the 1920s‚ both men and women’s fashions changed drastically. For women‚ Flappers became popular and they often set the trends for that decade. Women’s fashion was influenced by other cultures’ clothing and accessories such as Egypt‚ Japan‚ and India. The end of WWI ended the rationing of supplies including fabric. The hemline of dresses and skirts for women were getting higher and higher until the average hemline was at about the knee. Some fabric patterns commonly used
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The 1920s was a decade that reshaped American life. The 1920s saw the mass production and consumption of automobiles‚ household appliances‚ films‚ and radio that made a way for a new economy and a new standard for living. However‚ at the same time‚ some Americans turned their back on reform‚ stifled immigration‚ retreated toward “old time religion‚” and sparked millions of new members in the Ku Klux Klan (American Yawp). Anxiety and suspicions of immigrants and Catholics contributed to a few organizations
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On the other hand‚ critics of the era often argued that the flapper’s influence had a negative impact on shifting social norms of the 1920s because she exhibited reckless and illegal behavior during a time of rising economic inequality and debauchery. They criticized flappers for essentially “eroding the moral fabric of society” (DiPaolo). Victorian Americans believed the rebellious women misused their new sense of social freedom by mimicking the most disgraceful habits of men: including smoking
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Women The end of World War 1 showed a new age for Australia. During the 1920s the women of Australia changed before they were quiet‚ polite and modest. Primary sources indicated that Australian women of the 1920s had a cultural‚ political and social change. They worked in factories‚ smoke cigarettes in public‚ wore short skirts‚ started swearing‚ wore make-up‚ had short hairstyles and went dancing in the evenings. Unfortunately‚ women still remained largely excluded from most areas of public life
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the 1920’s‚ and for its economic strength before the Wall Street Crash‚ but a darker side existed. The KKK dominated the South and those who did not fit in found that they were facing the full force of the law. Those who supported un-American political beliefs‚ such as communism‚ were suspects for all sorts of misdemeanors. The so-called "Red Scare" refers to the fear of communism in the USA during the 1920’s. It is said that there were over 150‚000 anarchists or communists in USA in 1920 alone
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Americans encountered a whole new outlook on life in the 1920’s. They were no longer of a single‚ quiet opinion. The different experiences during the war meant that once everyone was together again‚ viewpoints would change of what certain groups of people stood for. The role of women and how they now took control of their lives‚ new inventions‚ and different morals of Americans all accumulated to the new lifestyle of the United States. With their husbands gone to war‚ many American women became
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in the 1920’s Jazz Poetry can be defined as poetry that demonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feeling of improvisation. During the 1920’s many poets began to experiment with the conventional forms of writing with rhythm which led to the invention of Jazz Poetry. Poetry and Jazz seemed to both evolve into each other which led to the merge that became known as "Jazz Poetry". Jazz poetry has been an unorthodox style of writing since it was invented in the 1920’s. The reason
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