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    out of the war‚ many finally gained the insight of war truly was and what it truly did‚ and as a result‚ many tried to live their lives to the fullest they could‚ which resulted in heathenism‚ which was one of the most common lifestyles during the 1920s.

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    A Longer Life In today’s society people are living longer‚ healthier lives as compared to the yester years. Now the average lifespan of the everyday American has risen almost 30 years since the 1920s and continues to rise due to the built up immunities to old diseases‚ widespread education causing more doctors to be in the office‚ technological advances leading to the medical advances we are constantly using today and tomorrow‚ the media output of disease breakouts‚ and the personal knowledge

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    1950s Social and Political issues The 1950s has been portrayed as the decade of prosperity. Throughout the 1950s there were many Political issues like a cold war‚ a war against Korea. There was also a big step in segregation between The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education. The events that the United States went through during the 1950s is what made The United States today. The 1950s just wasn’t peace and comfort‚ there were a lot of problems like the war against Korea. In 1950‚ just five years

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    In the 1890’s a famous psychology experiment was conducted by Ivan Pavlov which demonstrated classical conditioning in dogs. According to The Free Dictionary‚ classical conditioning is‚ “a learning process by which a subject comes to respond in a specific way to a previously neutral stimulus after the subject repeatedly encounters the neutral stimulus together with another stimulus that already elicits the response.” Around the 1920s‚ famous psychologist John B. Watson along with a graduate student

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    There’s a reason they called the 1920s in America the “Roaring 20s.” Not only was there a new feeling of ebullience in pop culture and society‚ but the economy was booming as well. According to Investopedia‚ “Economic growth is an increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services‚ compared from one period of time to another.” There are a variety of ways a country can achieve economic growth: increases in labor force‚ capital‚ natural resources and higher productivity through

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    The 1920s was a timeless age of vibrancy and prosperity for many Americans. Rapid industrialization and new inventions gave rise to dramatic economic and political changes. For the first time‚ America was beginning to feel like a nation held together by similar beliefs and hobbies. During the 1920s‚ America had given rise to one of the most influential and meaningful times in our history‚ however‚ the dramatic rise also cultivated numerous problems that eventually led to a huge crash in our stock

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    The 1920s are certainly remembered as a time of prosperity and excitement. From assorted new creations to some odd trends‚ the 20s seem to be a party that never ends. And while it sounds like a perfect decade‚ there are some things that seem a little off with the seemingly endless times of prosperity. Social difficulties such as the arise of the Ku Klux Klan and the issue on Prohibition arose into society and caused some major conflicts. One of the major positive events in the 1920s was the introduction

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    disconnection of any kind‚ such as race‚ color‚ sex‚ language‚ religion‚ sRights has positively has positively impacted American culture because independence from men and traditional roles‚ gave equal rights‚ and what big changes happen for women in the 1920s. What intrigues me the most is women would try to over power men and get a death sentence for what the believed in. These women who spoke up changed us as women today; we have more rights and power. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that al

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    were held to many uniform expectations and stricter social rules. The typical “Woman’s place” was being at home‚ cooking‚ cleaning‚ and caretaking along with the expectations that she be modest and essentially under the word of the man. However the 1920s portrayed women finally obtaining jobs of their own and the stigma or belief that a woman

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    since the 1950 era‚ yet some gender roles have remained the same. In the 1950s‚ men were returning from the war and rejoining the workforce. According to the U.S Department of State‚ 2017 many of the returning soldiers opted to leave the blue-collar jobs they had before the war to join the white collared work-force instead. Men were expected to be masculine‚ strong and the bread winners of the family. Ginger Voit wrote an article for synonym.com where she discussed that in the 1950s men were

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