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    Food Legislation 1920

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    Food legislation in 1920 was less effective than food legislation now but‚ due to the reduced number of food involved issues in 1920‚ the health of food then was better then food now. In 1920 all food legislation was leftover from the Pure food and Drug act of 1906 which was involved in the meatpacking industry to prevent the mislabeling and adulteration of food‚ within state borders. (FDA‚ 1906) Legislation now covers almost all important issues involving food and public health with the exception

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    Usa 1914-1920

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    1913-21 Warren Harding pres 1921-23 Calvin Coolidge pres 1923-29 Herbert Hoover pres 1929-33 FDR pres 1933-45 PARTY Democrat Republican Republican Republican Democrat 1. Politics in the 1920s Republicans • Republican party dominated national politics during the 1920s1920- Warren Harding>16 million to 9 million votes>admin plagued by scandal veterans bureau Chief Forbes was imprisoned for squandering $200 million‚ Teapot Dome Scandal>secretary of the interior fall>involved

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    Differences and similarities between the 1920s and the 1950s There many differences between the 1920s and the 1950s; such as‚ race relations‚ roles of women‚ and probably the big one is consumerism. Of course there were more but these three were the main ones. Yeah they had a different teenage culture but it wasn’t big. There were blacks wanting their rights‚ women being the man of the house during the wars‚ and even people just buying stuff because they can. These times were right after a

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    Why Is The 1920s Bad

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    I come to realize that the economy in the 1920s was bad because it was the beginning of the Great Depression. But the depression could have been avoided if the Feds became more aware in the beginning and stopped over looking it. The great depression led to unemployment and factories being shut down. The Great Depression was in the 1920s when the stock market crashed. During the depression there were a quarter of teens in the country living on the streets by themselves. It started because people wan

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    The economic change in the 1920s helped build the landscape for modern workers in America. Manufacturing plants began to pop up across the country in various places such as Detroit and people like Henry Ford pioneered the way for mass production (pg 689‚693). Along with the changes in the way people work‚ changes in the economy also gave people the time and ability to have leisure time and to take interest in hobbies. In today’s manufacturing plants there are a lot of workers working together to

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    Chapter 23 The 1920s: Coping with Change (1920-1929) I. Economy A. Booming business 1. Unemployment as low as three percent‚ steady prices‚ and the GNP grew by 43 percent from 1922 to 1929 2. Consumer goods such as home appliances (vacuums‚ refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ etc.) i. Sixty percent of US homes electrified by mid 1920s 3. Automobiles i. By end of decade‚ automobile industry accounted for about nine percent of all wages in manufacturing and stimulated

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    Radio Entertainment In 1920s "Video Killed the Radio Star" is the debut song of The Buggles released September 7th 1979 but‚ did not make an impression on the general public until its release as the debut video on MTV at 12:01 August 1st 1981‚ almost 100 years after the invention of radio. Henirich Hertz‚ a German Physicist‚ created the foundation of radio in 1886 by proving that electric waves could be transmitted and received without the need of a physical medium (Spiker 2). Nokolai Tesla expanded

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    1920s Economic Boom

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    In the 1920’s there was a financial success‚ they called this success “The Economic Boom”. The causes for the boom was multiple things‚ one of the major ones was the production of automobiles. Once America figured out how to produce cars at a faster rate‚ this not only helped out that industry but it also help improve many more. Because more cars were being produced at a faster rate‚ many industries like the construction‚ hospitality‚ and oil industries increased dramatically. The first reason for

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    Women in the 1920's

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    Women in the 1920’s Before World War II no one believed women had a place in the military‚ yet women overcame this and helped the United States reach victory. Women felt they needed and wanted to get involved in the war instead of sitting at home‚ taking care of the children‚ cooking dinner‚ and cleaning the house. Women joined military support organizations like the WACs‚ the WAVES and the WASPs. These kinds of organizations contributed immensely toward the United States war effort. Women felt

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    Growing Up In The 1920s

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    The period of the 1920s was widely regarded as an era of prosperity. There was social‚ political‚ and cultural change. The city life was difficult as a farmer in the 1920s. “Farmers struggled with low prices all through the 1920s‚ but after 1929 things began to be hard for city workers as well”. The stock markets crashed so that led to unemployment. Which wasn’t good for the farmers at all. It wasn’t good for the farmers because without work they would go bankrupt. When they go bankrupt they wouldn’t

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