National Hockey League got started in 1920‚ which is still around today. The game has changed slightly since its beginning but it is not a whole different game. Baseball hasn’t changed much and it doesn’t have to because it is just as exciting as it was when it became popular in the ’20’s and ’30’s. For the Olympics every 2 years the same magic is there today as there has always been. The game of hockey became a professional sport way back in 1890. But in 1920 was when the National Hockey League came
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Women petitions and fought for the right to vote for years. It started all the way in the 1800s. They fought tirelessly until finally on August 18th‚ 1920 women got the right to vote. (19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women’s Right to Vote (1920)). Even all the way back in the 1800s women have taken the roles of activists. They knew what they wanted and fought for. For example‚ the first quote in this paragraph talked about how women fought
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and then we had these black bloomers that were box pleated. […] We began to have the shorts‚ but they came right here at the knees.” Wilma Jean Buntin’s description of the basketball uniforms reflected the type of sports clothing wore during the 1920s. These uniforms called gym suits emulated the different ideas of the decade known as the Flapper. The sweater
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It’s a sport‚ business-and sometimes even religion.” Ernie Harwell’s quote from his 1955 poem‚ “The Game for All America” displays how baseball is a part of America’s roots. The game of baseball is as complex and changing as America itself. In the 1920s many things were evolving and Babe Ruth progressed baseball and society with his popularity‚ greatness‚ and love for the game that firmly established the game of baseball for generations to come. George Herman Ruth‚ also known as Babe Ruth was
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Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ towards the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the League of Nations nor the democratic countries were able or willing to stop them. British Prime Minister Chamberlain suggested the best way to deal with Hitler was the policy of appeasement. Actions
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and 1920 a population shift occurred from rural to urban. Early immigrants and new immigrants differed greatly in many areas. Urbanization lead to changes in technology such as transportation‚ water power‚ steam power‚ and machinery. Though city dwellers received technology first‚ this technology allowed for people to live outside the city and still work there. The industry was dominated by large companies‚ who supplied work. America had several problems during the urbanization of 1870 to 1920‚ exploitation
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History of the Radio in the 1930’s In the 1930’s the United States endured one of the most difficult economic times in the history of our country. This horrible crisis was called The Great Depression. The Great Depression‚ which began in 1929‚ was an era never to be forgotten. The Great Depression‚ though challenging with many hardships‚ in a way brought America closer together. It caused people to show what they really were made of and highlighted their true character. Americans worked
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If someone is Christian‚ some of the things they do to praise the Lord most likely started with Aimee Semple McPherson in the 1920’s. McPherson was the first woman preacher in history. She toured the west coast preaching the Gospel to many people‚ gaining a great deal of followers. When she settled in Los Angeles to start her ministry her fame increased along with her profits. While her success was booming‚ she disappeared very unexpectedly and no one knows what really happened. After this incident
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Convention in 1849 which was the birthplace of feminism and the first ever women’s rights convention. Led and organized by middle-class Western white women‚ the suffrage movement gained traction with leaders Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1920‚ the 19th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution barring the denial of a citizen’s right to
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After the Great War ended‚ the 1920s became a roar of changes. Everything from mass consumption to flappers to immigration. The Ku Klux Klan‚ or KKK‚ reached its height in the 1920s‚ with a strong 5 million members. These members believed in a white Anglo-Saxon protestant community‚ a form of “pure americanism” (Kennedy 730). On the other side of things‚ the Harlem Renaissance was outpouring African-American art and culture‚ forming a sense of pride among the African-American community (Kennedy 750)
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