represented a few of the main cultural and economical changes throughout America. This age received its name from the exuberant era ranging from 1918 to 1929. The second half of the decade became known as the “Golden Twenties.” Typified by roaring automobiles‚ industrial factories‚ jazz music‚ and loud crowded streets‚ the Roaring Twenties reflected an epoch of exorbitant revelry. The economy thrived and society gradually became more accepting of other cultures and influences. Although this time period expressed
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The most popular forms of Entertainment in the 1920’s The 1920s represented thhe era of greatest output in the US movie market. In the 1920’s Rin-Tin-Tin the movie dog‚ became the most famous dog ever to star in the movies. Rin-Tin-Tin was a starving German Shepherd dog during the Great War. Metro Goldwyn Mayer film making studio was founded. A new Pooh Bear story by A.A. Milne was a big hit for little children. Mickey Mouse became everyone’s favorite cartoon character in Steamboat Willie.
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ended‚ the postwar began and Americans life changed drastically in a radical way. This brought new innovations to the United States‚ which led people have more leisure time than ever before. At that time‚ leisure was an activity people wanted to do because it didn’t implicate working‚ due to all the hard work during World War II. Leisure time flourished‚ largely due to technological innovations. In the early 1950s‚ the American population was in real need of entertainment and leisure time. This need
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the day due to poverty‚ corruption‚ violence‚ indiscipline‚ mass-illiteracy‚ conflict and confrontation created by Corruption. Corruption is highly dangerous and devastating for country like Pakistan that has a fragile economy and political instability. If the evil of Corruption is not nipped in the bud‚ it may spread rapidly like a bush-fire and may the whole nation suffer in this epidemic. The main causes of Corruption are mass illiteracy‚ abject poverty‚ wrong economic policies of the government
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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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ethnic backgrounds. After The Civil War there were Jewish‚ African American‚ Italian and Irish gangs in New York. Chinese gangs appeared in California in the mid 1800s. Philadelphia reported gangs as early as 1840. Between then and 1870 Philadelphia became home to over 100 street gangs. This is also the time when gangs started to use clothing for the sake of distinctiveness. Chicago became a type of gang capital during the 1920s‚ with a total of about 1‚300 gangs and about 25‚000 gang members. Immigration
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immigrants‚ particularly with the the Ku Klux Klan and African Americans. The KKK’s main goal was for a white‚ Protestant run America with a government and military backing them up to go against those of the black race within their country. Regardless of the United States being made of immigrants‚ the KKK saw the white ‘Americans’ as superior. At the same time‚ the Red Scare was doing just that‚ scaring Americans. The few Socialist Americans saw Communists everywhere in their country; albeit there were
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African Americans in the 1920s * “Cast down your bucket where you are. Cast it down among the eight millions of Negroes…” – Booker T. Washington‚ 1895 Atlanta Compromise Throughout US history‚ there is an abundance of racism‚ segregation and discrimination towards the African American people. In 1619‚ the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown to produce tobacco‚ tea‚ cotton‚ coffee and other precious commodities. In this time period‚ 12 million Africans were forcibly transported
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Mass Media Culture Today’s media portrays life in many different ways‚ such as sitcoms‚ dramas‚ and comedies. The show I chose to observe was Switched at Birth. In the show‚ I observed issues that are common throughout many families. To compare the show’s interactions‚ I decided to go to the mall and observe everyday life interactions between other people. For this project‚ I chose to watch Switched at Birth‚ an ABC family series. This show involves two families that had their daughters switched
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Mass Media and Popular Culture March‚ 2009 Let us face the facts‚ mass media and popular culture need each other to coexist. Furthermore‚ in today’s society the mass media serves the interest of popular culture. Moreover‚ it is the vehicle of free speech in a diverse‚ multicultural society. In addition‚ mass media refers to communication via radio‚ televisions‚ movie theaters‚ television‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and‚ etc; thereby‚ reaching out to the larger audience. On the contrary‚ popular
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