America went through many social changes with the American Revolution 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
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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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Age of Intolerance‚ Age of Wonderful Nonsense‚ and the Roaring Twenties is known to be in reference to the 1920s. Likewise‚ the Roaring Twenties contributed to the “rebirth of the people”‚ as a scholar from the 1920s would put it‚ to which was associated with the new found strength in the voices of the African-Americans. Consequently‚ the public would popularly state‚ “The 1920s was the time of great prosperity‚” however; there is a substantially massive amount of evidence that show there
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Women The end of World War 1 showed a new age for Australia. During the 1920s the women of Australia changed before they were quiet‚ polite and modest. Primary sources indicated that Australian women of the 1920s had a cultural‚ political and social change. They worked in factories‚ smoke cigarettes in public‚ wore short skirts‚ started swearing‚ wore make-up‚ had short hairstyles and went dancing in the evenings. Unfortunately‚ women still remained largely excluded from most areas of public life
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During the 1920’s to early 30’s the Eighteenth Amendment was established to end the production of alcohol in the United States. This was a fourteen year long reform that caused a rise of crime and violence in America. Many passed this Amendment thinking that many would benefit from the absence of alcohol. For example The Anti-Saloon League of America. This was an organization that originated in Oberlin‚ Ohio in 1893 and believed in temperance. Their goal in the 1900s was to rid America of the “Demon
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The 1920s was a decade that reshaped American life. The 1920s saw the mass production and consumption of automobiles‚ household appliances‚ films‚ and radio that made a way for a new economy and a new standard for living. However‚ at the same time‚ some Americans turned their back on reform‚ stifled immigration‚ retreated toward “old time religion‚” and sparked millions of new members in the Ku Klux Klan (American Yawp). Anxiety and suspicions of immigrants and Catholics contributed to a few organizations
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societies. Scholars and politicians use history to make better and more educated decisions on policies and laws that affect today’s society. One of these mistakes that is intensely studied and compared to modern day issues is American prohibition in the 1920s. Prohibition in the United States was clearly a big mistake looking back on it‚ but at the time‚ it seemed like a very logical answer to the problem. It seemed like the only
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Mobsters of the 1920’s During the early 1920’s large groups of italian immigrants came to america. They started off as a couple of thousand but as word spread out about jobs more came. A couple thousand later became couple of hundreds of thousands. Most of them derived from Italy; as they did not have a stable economy‚they came for a search of a better life. Government was overuleing as well and italians were not pleased with how their country
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Advancements of Medicine in the 1920’s Medicine had a huge advancement in the 1920s. Many scientists had discovered medicines‚ but it was hard for them to purify them and give them to people. Because of the discovery of penicillin‚ insulin‚ Band-Aids‚ and vitamins‚ the lives of the American people were greatly changed. Band-Aids were invented in 1920. An employee at Johnson and Johnson‚ Earle Dickson‚ made a way to help his wife with the various cuts that she would get throughout the day. He made
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carefree living for many. The decade began with a roar and ended with a crash” (https://www.ncpedia.org/history/20th-Century/1920s). Americans were beginning to witness more inequality and conservatism than social change. It was the return of the Ku Klux Klan‚ the Prohibition Era‚ and the Monkey-Scopes Trials that caused a large amount of the change and conflict. During the 1920’s‚ the Ku Klux Klan exceeded over 4 million people nationwide and became a national organization. This revival reflected
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