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    Invention of the Car - Technology - 1920 In the 1920s‚ the Henry Ford automobile became popular with the average family. It changed the lives of Americans and everyone that wanted a better form of transportation. The most appealing part of this automobile was the affordability for the average family. In the next few years‚ most families had a car or were getting ready to buy one. Ford cars became more and more popular. They were creating a group of cars made for mass production and selling. The

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    shown socially‚ technologically‚ and economically. With the introduction of a new role for women‚ new technology‚ introduction of credit. Although the 1920s had some impacts from a conservation revolution‚ the majority of the revolution was innovated. While the Roaring Twenties was more of a revolution of innovation (change or new)‚ the 1920s also was a revolution of conservation (favors traditions). With alcohol becoming more popular‚ it was seen as wrong. With the passing of the 18th Amendment

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    bibliography to back up their resources and quotes throughout their writing and explanations on how those resources supports their paper. As well as the support throughout the essay‚ it explains how the crime rate in Chicago went up when prohibition in the 1920s started and several different main events and people that caused the crime rate to increase. http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties The roaring twenties article on this website shows the different aspects during the roaring twenties such

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    CORRUPTION SCANDALS IN THE PHILIPPINES Nowadays foreigners and citizens alike say that the Philippines has the most corrupt leadership and economy. Corruption in the Philippines has become "a humanitarian crisis" and scandals increasingly seem to dominate the news. The worsening corruption has eaten up the right of every citizen to good governance‚ freedom‚ decent life‚ and more importantly his or her dignity. Corruption is a serious obstacle to the social and economic development of a

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    Corruption The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken".[1] The word was first used by Aristotle and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits.[2] Morris‚[3] a professor of politics‚ corruption is the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Economist I. Senior[4] defines corruption as an action to (a) secretly provide (b) a good or a service to a third party (c) so that he or she can influence certain actions which

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    THE CAUSES OF CORRUPTION: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY Why is corruption—defined here as the misuse of public office for private gain—perceived to be more widespread in some countries than others? Different theories associate cross-national variation in the extent of corruption with particular historical and cultural traditions‚ levels of economic development‚ political institutions‚ and government policies. This paper analyzes which of various plausible determinants are significantly related to an

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    the United States during the 1920s. At the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance‚ there was the great migration. The great migration was a migration of African Americans from southern states to Harlem. It all began “In the early 1900s‚ a few middle-class black families from another neighborhood known as Black Bohemia moved to Harlem‚ and other black families followed.” (History.com) then it preceded to a full-on movement of over three hundred thousand by the 1920s. The lifestyles of these newly

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    The most important cultural battle fought in the 1920s would have been the battle over the Prohibition. The Prohibition was the constitutional ban on the production‚ consumption‚ and sale of alcohol. This ban was put into place in 1920 and lasted for 13 years. At the core of this battle was whether to keep it around or to do away with it all together. There were several different groups on either side of this opposition each of which had their own agenda and reason for believing the way they did

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    Working Toward Change The 72-year-old fight made by women lasting from 1848-1920 would over time result in the establishment of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declaring women’s suffrage and subconsciously empowered women that additional doors of opportunity would then too be opened. However prior to reaching the “golden” destination‚ women had a grueling journey filled with bountiful obstacles (such as laws‚ expectations‚ and stereotypes) that had to be overcome to reach

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    HISTORY Why was there a boom in the USA in the 1920s? There are many factors that contributed to America’s economic boom in the 1920s. Resources where essential at this time in USA‚ this was because many new products and items were being produced for the consumer. Natural resources like coal; minerals‚ oil and land were in great store and were a great help as a basis for further expansion. The First World War was another factor as the USA supplied Europe with many goods during this

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