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    Fast food restaurants started to change farming and food distribution as early as the 1950s. Dick and Mac McDonald were the first to revolutionize the drive up restaurants when they redeveloped their BBQ joint into the type of McDonalds we know today that serves burgers and fries.(Ganzel) Others soon caught on to what the McDonalds brothers had going‚ and fast food restaurants started opening up everywhere. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken opened in 1952. By 1954 Burger King opened and became the

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    Introduction 1920s- the time of evolution in every field‚ while in Europe this period is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age Twenties". Film industry saw a new growth in the animation as the drawing took a life form on the black and white slate. One of the rising industries in those times was The Walt Disney Company. The times were ripe for any kind of experiments and as expected it paid off. Walt Disney‚ the man behind the company dreamt of talking animals and comic characters as every child

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    In the 1920s and 1930s women’s clothing became more freely flowing as opposed to more traditional constricting clothing styles until the late 1930s. The 1920s brought forth more comfortable clothing such as shorter skirts‚ lowered waistlines‚ and closer-fitted dresses to “emphasize youthful elegance” (History of 20th Century Women’s Clothing). This was deemed the “Flapper Era” and reigned from the early 1920s to the early 1930s before the Great Depression struck. During the Depression‚ clothing became

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    Challenging Gender Stereotypes in the 1920s Marital arguments are one of the main reasons for divorce in this day in age. However‚ some couples have really good relationships because one partner does not force the other to do anything unwillingly‚ but will still argue over things they disagree on. Hemingway expresses this type of relationship in his short story‚ “Hills Like White elephants.” Set in a time where the inequality between men and women was very evident‚ Hemingway tells the story of an

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    How do you assess the impact of commercial television upon the British Broadcasting System from the 1950s until the present day? To help answer this question‚ it would be beneficial to begin by summarising the history of Broadcasting from the 1920s up to the 1950s. This will help generate an understanding and make more clear‚ whether there was a change in the British Broadcasting System after the launch of the first commercial television channel in Britain. This history will contain‚ in short

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    The changing role of Women in the 1920s from a photograph taken from a 1928 US fashion magazine This source is a picture of four women dressed in flapper dresses (shorter dresses that showed off more of their body). In this source I have recognised that these women may be dancing the Charleston. This could have also been danced to jazz music. This source tells us that women weren’t accompanied by men anymore (without chaperones); this gave the impression that they were single and could whatever

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    Birth Control Movement in the 1920s In the 1920s‚ life was more conservative than it is today. People did not openly talk about sex‚ planned parenthood‚ and they definitely did not agree on the use of contraceptives. Many people in the United States thought that birth control was morally wrong; however‚ a woman named Margaret Sanger would fight to make major changes in this generation that would change our outlook and our opinions about contraceptives forever. Margaret Sanger was passionate about

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    History The UNIA and the 1920s The source being discussed in this paper is the one that stood out the most to me. It documents Marcus Garvey’s speech he delivered at Liberty hall on November 2nd 1922. In his speech he is calling all the Negroes of America to not stand for the repression and racism that was running rampant through America at that time. It is an interesting and important read because his ideals and actions he wanted to put in place were much more radical than others of his time

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    white stripe up the side and a scoop neck bathing top with a scalloped edge that has a daisy on each scallop. This bathing suit reveals some of her midriff‚ but not bearing her navel. Kennedy (2007) makes a note about bathing suit styles‚ “whereas the 1950s were all about the bosoms and hips‚ the 1960s focused on the midriff” (p.202). High waist bathing suits were popular in the 50s; revealing part of the midriff but still keeping the navel concealed. This being the 60s and the height of the sexual revolution

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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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