The Civil Rights Movement took place between 1865 and 1920. It was a movement for blacks to achieve equal rights in the United States but it didn’t end racial discrimination. American slaves were delivered due to the Civil War and were later given basal civil rights through the acceptance of the Fourteenth amendment‚ addresses the equal protection and rights of former slaves‚ and the Fifteenth amendment‚ granted African-American men the right to vote. A struggle to secure these amendments continued
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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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During the roaring twenties‚ society began evolving into political and industrialize perspectives which allow growth in many different aspects of life. The events occurred during this period exceed the feminine rights to vote and show prospects in equality of gender. However‚ many illegal activity began due to the eighteenth amendment enacted on January 16th‚ 1920. The eighteenth amendment was ratified to decrease drunkenness and family abuse when consumed alcohol. The prohibition interdicted the
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Jazz develop and revolutionize the music we hear on the radio today. Jazz began in the south. “The migrants from the South brought with them new ideas and a new kind of music called jazz.” (10) It slowly entered the north‚ spreading diversity. “ It started with the african American musicians and its appeal quickly spread to large section of society.” (Pop culture pg24). It became a popular form of music and entertainment. The smooth‚ soothing tunes traveled across the entire country as more people
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In America’s 1920’s there was a huge clash of beliefs and opinions. A new modern outlook had appeared and many peopled followed it. There were many conflicts between these new viewpoints like the famed‚ Scopes “Monkey” Trial and the 18th Amendment which prohibited the manufacture‚ sale‚ transport‚ import‚ or export of alcoholic beverages. The 1920’s was a decade of reform in almost every aspect of society; life was modernizing. Americans experienced a differentiating of opinions throughout the decade
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Times in the 1920`s were not always the easiest‚ there were times when people had to walk to places‚ farmers used horses to transport goods‚ which could take hours or even days to get to the destination. All this was the life of people in the 1920`s until a man by the name of Henry Ford made an affordable option an automobile. This helped everyone in the world from farmers to the workers in industries‚ everyone benefited from this and the world became a different place with this invention. Automobiles
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Hardships during the early and mid-1920’s were rare. People went out to casinos‚ went out to dance‚ and even went out to eat and drink. Yes‚ the 1920’s‚ which later had become known as the ’roaring’ 20’s‚ was a time of celebration. But it was not until 1929 when things did not go as planned for most Americans. Many people faced hardship‚ and the ones who just came into the country‚ trying to live the ’American Dream’‚ worked hard to escape the lives of abject poverty‚ but it was not enough
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and industrial revolution. During the 1920’s‚ the face of America began to change more into an urban society. Many differences between the rural and urban sides of America emerged. Historians consider the tensions of the 1920s as a backlash against the rising urban America‚ which turns out true. Rural people believed that the city lacked morals. The urban city dwellers lashed back saying that rural residents did not understand the technology of modern times. In the 1920s‚ for the first time in American
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been many changes in the equality of men over the years. Just like women‚ some things are right. Men usually don’t get much said about them when it comes to equality. It’s usually the women. Well now it’s time to talk about the men. In the Puritan age‚ the men were the more dominant sex when it came to gender roles. Men were more in control in the house. They were not involved with raising the children unless they became problematic. They also farmed and controlled the land that they possessed
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men left to fight in the Great War in the late 1910’s‚ women in the U.S. and all over Europe found themselves necessary to make the homefront function‚ i.e. women had to fill the holes in industry and social life that the absence of men created for them. It is at this time that the flapper appears; a new kind of woman with short‚ bobbed hair‚ shorter skirts and freer clothes to match her new‚ freer lifestyle. It is no wonder that the vote was given to women during this time‚ as the idea of gender
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