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    accepting nation that embraces a variety of different people‚ and hosts many diverse cultures. For instance‚ in the 1920’s not all Canadians were free from discrimination‚ and although most people were embracing this time of prosperity with new inventions and exciting lifestyles‚ others‚ such as the Indigenous peoples of Canada‚ were struggling to avoid the the overbearing push of extreme cultural discrimination. The residential schooling system isolated children from their culture‚ causing great humiliation

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    The 1920s are often described as a period that saw the expansion and shift of various cultures in the US. Popular culture blended into business culture which adopted the innovations of technological culture and so on. The end of the Great War saw most Americans wanting to return to normalcy. You can never go back‚ but that didn’t stop America from trying. The United States resumed its isolationist policies‚ going through the technological revolution and all while having fun at the same time.

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    Also‚ I think the New women was one of the successful changes that emerged in the Roaring twenties. The now women known as flapper had more freedom (they did not want to use corsets and act like their mother). They had short hair‚ short skirt‚ drink and smoke in public. Women had access to a type of birth control‚ which helped poor families to not have a lot of children. In 1920‚ the 19th amendment allowed women to vote‚ which increased women presence in public area. Women had more chances to work

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    Major Conflicts of the 1920’s: Zinn * Widespread disillusionment and anger after wwi * 10million died‚ why? * Little change in living conditions * 50% living below poverty line * Working conditions still dangerous n horrible‚ low wages * Conditions of the other half: (Zinn‚ pg. 383) * 2 million people in NYC lived in tenements condemned to as firetraps * Those who were doing well‚ shut out the picture of the others like: (Zinn‚ pg. 382)

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    Founded in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad‚ IKEA generated the sales of 23.1 billion Euros in 2010 through its operations in more than 38 different countries with 27 distribution centres. The IKEA Group has 280 stores in 26 countries and the remaining of the stores are run by franchisees (Berger‚ 2011). The business concept of IKEA involves selling high volume of mostly furniture products in low prices. Moreover‚ “with an aim of lowering prices across its entire offering by an average of 2% to 3% each year

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    In 1920s,the intense cultural conflicts of massive immigration and new-come religion challenged old traditions with new values by viewing the people who came to America and changing the way people thought. During the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ there are millions of people arrived in the United States and created culture conflicts with native-born American people because of they take Americans job away and make their own society. At the beginning‚ some Immigrants come to America seeking for freedom

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    Women’s Fashion In The 1920s After the end of World War I‚ the United States president‚ Warren G. Harding‚ claimed that he wanted to return to normalcy and to bring back the peace following the years of war; society did change‚ but it was no where near what it had been before the war (Marcovitz 14). “The reactionary temper of the 1920s and the repressive movements it spawned arose as reactions to a much-publicized social and intellectual revolution that threatened to rip America from it old moorings”

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    Changes‚ occurring in the 1920’s into the 20th Century‚ today life has changed in so many ways for women. However still‚ today‚ women are still treated unequally‚ with men still being the main gender. Women were considered as being naturally weaker than men. Since early times‚ women have been the strength in the home and family. In the late‚ nineteenth century the similarities and differences connecting those periods into the 20th Century‚ Life for women in the 1920’s according to the changing

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    The 1920’s was revolutionized by many historical characters‚ but the most influential was Albert Einstein. As a kid‚ he was always attracted to the universe and he never lost his passion‚ even through adulthood (“Einstein‚ Albert” 2). He was determined to solve the universe’s problems‚ and this made him one of the most important scientists to ever live. Despite the fact Einstein disliked school‚ he had a deep passion for mathematics and an orderly universe which led to his many revolutionary

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    Fashion in 1920 1920 was a time for change and prosperity in everyway. It was the Era when fashion started to be an enormous topic to women’s life. Fashion affected the freedom of women during the 1920’s giving them rights they never had before. The Flappers were a huge symbol of freedom for the women during that time. Women as well started caring to much about there looks rather than other important things happening in that Era. The conflict is was fashion a positive thing or negative in

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