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    Inventions Of The 1920s

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    The 1920’s brought new inventions‚ a new economy‚ a new culture‚ new threats‚ and new laws which all influenced the nickname of the Roaring Twenties. The invention of the assembly line by Henry Ford in 1913 began the automobile industry in America leading to a boom in the industrial industries. The moving assembly line became a standard for most American factories allowing mass production of products including cars‚ appliances‚ furniture‚ and clothing. With the inventions of the electric motor‚ washing

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    Scott Fitzgerald Fashion‚ Flappers and Social Statements in the 1920s Economy‚ the Stock Market‚ and financial trends in the 1920s Jazz and Speakeasies The Eighteenth Amendment – Prohibition and its effects in the 1920s Prohibition‚ Bootlegging‚ and Organized Crime in the 1920s Scandal: Teapot Dome & White Sox (1919 World Series) Women’s Rights/Suffrage Here are some guidelines to get started: 1. Use the Compadre

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    Doughnut In The 1920s

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    Do you know what they called a doughnut in the 1920s? A sinker‚ sounds kind of funny‚ but this is just a small change that happened in the twenties! There were many positive and negative changes that affected everyone. Some of the most important changes include the rights of women‚ the introduction and expedition of flight‚ and the stock market crash. First of all‚ rights of women changed exponentially. Women got the right to vote with the 19th amendment‚ this one right made the women feel so much

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    Fashion in the 1920s

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    were decorating their homes or designing their public buildings. Improved communication meant that a large proportion of the general population was exposed to the latest fashion trends and responded‚ positively or negatively‚ to them. During the 1920s the most distinctive clothing styles originated in Europe: in France for women’s attire and in England for men’s. Coco Chanel was one of the first women designers to adopt the new era of clothing‚ which meant that she adopted a more boyish look. She

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    Flappers In The 1920s

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    individuals. Flappers set the new fashion of the twenties from their carefree attitude to the clothes they wore and their experimentation with new hairstyles and makeup. Fashion had always been around but it was not until the 1920s when suddenly fashion became a big deal ¨The 1920s saw the emergences of three major women’s fashion

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    Modernism In The 1920s

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    Modernism in the 1920s consisted of the middle class perception and how their life was changing not to mention the offers that were within their reach. New products or ideas to the normal way of life was also a part of modernism. Many new technologies awed and changed so many lives. Plus new looks regarding fashion and new appearences for both sexes. In the 1920s life was changing some for the best but also for the worst. For example credit in many ways was and still is a positive while at the

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    Canada in the 1920s

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    Canada in the 1920s The Winnipeg General Strike • During The First World War‚ companies made extreme amounts of profit • Labour conditions‚ wages‚ etc. were almost completely neglected Context • Soldiers returned from fighting on the front having dreams of a better world (stable wages‚ better jobs‚ etc.) • Canada was in economic ruin as it tried to convert back into a peacetime economy o Inflation due to debt o Loss of jobs and the closing of factories • Unemployment rates soared The General

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    Effects Of The 1920's

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    the government decided to implement prohibition in 1919. Opposed by most Americans‚ this led to a rise in crime‚ when people disobeyed the law and illegally smuggled alcohol. Speakeasies sprung up and were very popular giving people a place to have fun and let loose. They were underground bars that sold alcohol illegally. In addition to this illegal actions‚ gangs played a big part in the 1920’s. The organized groups actually ran the speakeasies‚ establishing placed in all the major cities. Capable

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    1920 Notes

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    for teaching evolution. For the first time in our history more Americans lived in a city the on a farm. Stop unlimited Immigration. Quota Acts of 19221 and 1924 The Car! (Ford Model T.) It paved the way for success. It drove the economy in 1920’s. It sped up the way people did things. It gave license to change. People start using loans so the economy soared So WWI Ends progressive movement Regress in our treatment of minorities Create and isolated America A regression in presidential

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    1920s Honors Homework

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    popular leisure activity among the citizens. This law forced many average men to break laws to obtain alcohol. In addition‚ with a loophole in which medical alcohol was legal‚ many prescriptions for alcohol were written. For almost fourteen years‚ 1920 to 1933‚ the United States outlawed alcohol‚ leading to the only

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