The Roaring Twenties The 1920s were a period of great change; large populations moved from the country-side to the city‚ there became a strong emphasis on art and expression‚ and people’s daily lives were greatly impacted. The ‘20s led to a rise in popularity of movies and music‚ renowned classical literature‚ and respected republican leadership. Innovations and creativity flooded the era‚ and inventions such as traffic lights‚ instant cameras‚ and lie detectors were patented. The 1920 Census displayed
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To be able to answer this question you would first have to ask yourself what problems Germany faced before this time. Between the years 1919 and 1923 Germany had a lot of problems to deal with: hyperinflation‚ violent uprisings and the French occupying the Ruhr made it very hard to govern Germany. Occupation of the Ruhr With France demanding reparation payments‚ Germany found in very hard to pay their debts and rebuild their proud nation. France took it upon themselves to recover these payments
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Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944)‚ Canadian author‚ will long be remembered for his best-selling book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) as well as the numerous awards and honours he received during his illustrious lifetime as author‚ professor‚ lecturer and humourist. Stephen Butler Leacock was born on 30 December 1869 at Swanmore‚ Hampshire‚ England‚ the third of eleven children to Peter Leacock and Agnes Emma (née Butler). The Leacock family did a lot of travelling in their early years
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Pirates. Later‚ In 1919 he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. He postponed playing on the Phillies until 1920‚ when again he was traded‚ this time to the New York Giants. Casey played for the New York Giants from 1920 to 1923. He helped the Giants win in the 1923 World Series by hitting two home runs. He holds the significance of hitting the first World Series home run ever hit in Yankee Stadium. However‚ in 1924 he was traded to the Boston Braves. The highlight of this season was his marriage
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attempt to get a recording career underway‚ initially with little success. After various touring shows‚ Clarence Williams sought out Bessie to record together in New York and in 1923 the song Down Hearted Blues (with Clarence on piano) was recorded with great success‚ selling more than 80‚000 copies in 1923. Between 1923 and 1933 Bessie recorded more than 150 for Columbia Records‚ making her one of the most prolific artists of her time. She is reported to have earned around $2‚000 per week at the
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else. So they elected Mustafa Kemal‚ who was considered a major hero to the Turks for capturing the Galippity Peninsula‚ was elected to be leader and ignored what the Sultan in Constantinople was saying‚ and they formed their own government. In 1923‚ the Turks defeated the Greeks and Britain and France decided to not send any force over and engage in any other war with the Turks. Simply because the British and the French were totally exhausted from WWI. They no longer had the same energy or
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group and artistic material created by the Kadazan Dusun community. 2) The origins of the Dusun were associated with the migration of Mongols‚ Chinese or Kanchin and Annamese from Myanmar (Ivor H.N.Evans: 1923 and T.R.Williams:1965) . 3) The Kadazandusun are a Chinese hybrid (Ivor H.N. 1923 and Owen Rutter: 1965). 4) The Kadazandusun are the descendants of the ancient Cave of Madai. 5) Say these people originally from the Bunun
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nationalism‚ imperialism and militarism played significant roles in creating the strategic alliances that laid the foundation for WWI. These alliances‚ as well as century old contentions between nations are also still having global impacts today (Barron‚ 1923; de Blij et al.‚ 2011; Goff et al.‚ 2012; O’Hara‚ 2006; Share‚ 2004) For example‚ European nations following the ideals of imperialism‚ nationalism and militarism conquered and colonized nations throughout Asia‚ Africa‚ the Balkans‚ the Pacific
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Chicago Organized Crime and Political Figures Organized crime in Chicago has existed for over a century‚ with its magnitude being extremely pronounced before the year of prohibition i.e. 1919. The gangsters took advantage of lucrative markets for illegal activities such as gambling‚ prostitution‚ robbery‚ hijacking and contract killing to extort. The popularity of the gang activities such as gambling was amplified by the hardships caused by depression; the poor citizens had high hopes of being released
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Disney The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded on October 16‚ 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy Disney as a small animation studio‚ today it is one of the largest Hollywood studios and also owns nine theme parks and several television networks‚ including ABC. For more than eight decades‚ the name Walt Disney has been preeminent in the field of family entertainment. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s
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