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    adults as well. The culture was form in United States soiled. When the Walt Disney Company was created‚ it was during the 1920s which was a deep cultural conflict. The decade saw a titanic battle between an old and another America. Movement‚ race‚ liquor‚ advancement‚ carnal orientation legislative issues‚ and carnal profound quality all got to be major social war zones amid the 1920s. The clearest indications of progress were the ascent of a buyer situated economy and of mass stimulation‚ which served

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    Cassie Pinion Professor Smith AMH1020 11 December‚ 2015 In America‚ the 1920s were a time of great social‚ cultural‚ and political change. Many people no longer lived on farms and were moving to the cities. The wealth of the nation had almost doubled in this decade. The consumer economy was booming and the market was flourishing. It was the time of the “Jazz Age‚” a change in social thinking‚ and women began to see more equality; to name a few. Freedom began to flourish and people had begun

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    shown socially‚ technologically‚ and economically. With the introduction of a new role for women‚ new technology‚ introduction of credit. Although the 1920s had some impacts from a conservation revolution‚ the majority of the revolution was innovated. While the Roaring Twenties was more of a revolution of innovation (change or new)‚ the 1920s also was a revolution of conservation (favors traditions). With alcohol becoming more popular‚ it was seen as wrong. With the passing of the 18th Amendment

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    Many people were getting access to electricity‚ allowing them to be able to use and enjoy the new technologies of the 1920s. The major advances in technology that occurred in the 1920s in America were responsible for significant changes in the lifestyle of the typical citizen. More than half of American households had electricity and were buying new technology. Electricity was available to many people‚ which meant that they could buy technology‚ like appliances and radios‚ which made chores easier

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    The Jazz Age Jazz. The style of music that just makes you want to dance. The blues‚ a kind of music that makes you want to cry. The 20’s were famous for great jazz and blues entertainers such as Louis Armstrong‚ Bessie Smith‚ and George Gershwin. The most famous of all though is Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington playing at the Cotton Club. The Duke as he is also known as is a Jazz legend. Ellington is a pianist‚ a composer and a bandleader. The Duke started playing professionally at the age of 17

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    The first speaker ever created was known as the dynamic loudspeaker. It was created in the 1920s by Edward Kellogg and Chester Rice. The loudspeaker produces a magnetic field which then causes a coil or magnet to move. The coil or magnet is connected to the diaphragm. There are more speakers than just the horn‚ such as‚ such as‚ electrodynamic loudspeaker‚ flat panel - planar‚ electrostatic‚ multi-cell diaphragm and piezoelectric. Speakers are used to produce sound. Sound is an energy which is

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    Describe the 1950’s in America. To what extent was this an era of hope? For whom? Why? I) Referred to as Affluent Society or “golden age”. American idea of freedom was economic abundance. This was a time of prosperity for the middle class (60% of Americans). Between 1946-1960‚ American gross national product more than doubled. The Cold War fueled industrial production. This lead to an increase in wages and more jobs. II) American Standard of living increased. Former luxuries became

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    The most popular forms of Entertainment in the 1920s The 1920s represented thhe era of greatest output in the US movie market. In the 1920s 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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    The studio system was a film production and distribution method used by the major motion picture studios in Hollywood beginning in the 1920s and ending in the 1960’s. The “Hollywood studio system” was comprised of large movie studios that produced films on their own lots (properties) using creative personnel (actors & writers) who were locked in long term contracts. The studio system allowed for ownership of the distribution of a film‚ which ensured the film‚ would be shown at theater circuits owned

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    Finally Forming the African American Identity Prior to the 1920s‚ African Americans had no method of self-expression‚ and as a result‚ American culture largely consisted of traditional European influences. The end of World War I provided a unique opportunity for the expression of African American culture that had not been possible before. African American culture of the 1920s was vastly different from mainstream American culture. African Americans’ adaptations of classical forms of music and literature

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