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    Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ basketball became a popular sport to play for both men and women like Wilma Jean Buntin. Born in 1909‚ Buntin described her experiences playing basketball at John H. Reagan High School in Houston‚ Texas‚ particularly wearing her first pair of the basketball suits: “We had a sweater that came over and it had to have long sleeves‚ and then we had these black bloomers that were box pleated. […] We began to have the shorts‚ but they came right

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    Even though there were many important discoveries relating to insulin and diabetes‚ there still was no cure or treatment for it. Individuals diagnosed with this disease died shortly after diagnosis. In the early 1900’s‚ Frederick Allen – a leading diet therapist – invented a diet specifically for diabetic patients. He called it ‘the undernutrition approach’ where as his patients called it ‘the starvation diet.’ This diet allowed the diabetic patients an intake of 800-1000 calories per day for six

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    Everything that happened throughout the 1950s that impacted the economy to grow had an effect on each other and helped benefit the United States in different ways. The change in the federal government by President Eisenhower helped give the people of the United States a positive few on the future

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    the jazz style in the 1920s. During this time period‚ jazz dance wa influenced by African American cultures that were introduced in different dance movements. Some dances introduced to the population during this time includes the Lindy Hop and the Charleston. These movements included swing dance and flapper movements that were expressed in ballrooms and social settings. These elements were the original forms of jazz dance that influenced more styles and movements past the 20’s. Because of these new

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    Munns Matt Mr. Mauchley English III 17 February 2012 Money in the 1920s They say that money is “the root of all evil. This novel exemplifies how the characters live for money and are controlled by it. Love and happiness cannot be bought‚ no matter how much money was spent. Tom and Daisy were married and even had a child‚ but they both still committed adultery. Daisy was with Gatsby and Tom was with Myrtle. They tried to find happiness with their lovers‚ but the risk of changing their

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    Music has been known to express ideas in human emotion; music can be a release from the hectic world. But people in the 50’s did not sit back and relax to the sound of "Feel It N*gga" by 50 cent. In fact‚ the type of songs that 50 cent sings is far from what people in the 50’s used to listen to. Even though some elements of music haven’t changed such as pace and sentimentality in love songs‚ many styles of music have evolved into more aggressive lyrics and/or very explicit and vulgar wording to fit

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    The 1920s was one of the most controversial time periods in all of American history. With many advances in science came new theories such as Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. With the theory of evolution being incorporated in schools many religious families became severely distressed. Court cases began popping up all over the nation in both favor and opposition towards the new teaching of how life on earth began. The most famous trial being the Scopes trial‚ which effected the education system

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    3. How did observers explain the decrease in democracy and popular participation in government during the decade? During the 1920s‚ it was observed that there was a decrease in American citizens’ possession of democratic thought‚ which promoted a “…radical‚ self-directed citizen” (Foner 769)‚ and popular participation in the government. Walter Lippmann‚ author of Public Opinion and The Phantom Public explained that the decrease in democracy was due to the fact that “…the American voter was ill-informed

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    feature a car. Throughout the past 60 years car advertisements have changed significantly. The 1950s used families to show cars were ideal and the way of the future‚ while the 1980’s and 90’s show biased “fact” based arguments and hints of celebrity approval. Today‚ the 2000s continue to enlarge celebrity acceptance and continue to make sex appeal more widespread mainly through the portrayal of women. According to Valerie Sperling‚ a professor at Clark University‚ “Women’s bodies have long been

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    1920s Automobiles Automobiles are one of the most prominent inventions ever created. The automobile industry rapidly grew through the 1920s. Henry Ford’s invention of the Model-T in 1903 skyrocketed the popularity of the automobile. Ford’s invention of the assembly line allowed the production of automobiles to increase rapidly. The assembly line allowed the automobile to be affordable for every American. Automobiles changed the way people traveled and lived. Without cars we would not have drive-ins

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