No alcohol! The prohibition act or the 18th amendment in 1920 banned the “manufacture‚ sale‚ or transportation of intoxicating liquors” (gilderlehrman) this was a big thing because the consumption of alcohol was a big part of daily life in the 1920’s. The prohibition was known as the “noble experiment” (Mark Thornton) this was because people couldn’t see a life with liquor. Then the idea of prohibition was born because groups like the “Woman’s Christian Temperance Union” were very concerned about
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agriculture seemed strong‚ it did not share in the prosperity of the booming 1920s. U.S. farmers were overproducing food‚ and they had done so since The Great War. At that time‚ Herbert Hoover was the federal government’s food administrator. He pushed for a large increase in American agricultural production since European agricultural production was weak and Hoover wanted Americans to supply them with food. The wheat production in the US was growing considerably by the end of the war‚ before the war U.S. farmers
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“The 1920s saw the development of a distinct‚ lively youth culture and of a society that was much more youth-oriented than ever before.” (“A Changing Society”) This change was the result of women having more opportunities in their lives to become more independent and stray from their former lives of being stuck as a wife whom only cleaned and took care of the kids. During the 1920s and 30s‚ women were able to get better jobs‚ and change their lifestyle in order to become more independent‚ however
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In the beginning‚ Blockbuster was the leader in the video rental industry (Forbe). They had thousands of retail locations‚ millions of customers‚ and massive marketing budgets and efficient operations (Forbe). However‚ just a few weeks before it 25th birthday‚ on September 23rd 2010‚ Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy (Gandel/Dallas). The human relations management system theory was developed in the early 1920’s during the industrial revolution (Perry). This theory can relate to Blockbusters failure
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Great Depression was a time of great suffering for millions of Americans which lasted from the end of 1929 to 1939. However‚ the nation saw the worst part of this Depression during the years of 1929 to 1933‚ which left an unbelievable 13 million unemployed with little to no hope of recovering. To say that this was a very trying time for the American people would be an
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the United States and Canada with money in their pockets and many new products on the market on which to spend it. At first‚ the recession of wartime production caused a brief but deep recession‚ known as the Post-WWI recession. Quickly‚ however‚ the U.S. and Canadian economies rebounded as returning soldiers re-entered the labor force and factories were retooled to produce consumer goods. Urbanization reached a climax in the 1920s. For the first time‚ more Americans and Canadians lived in cities
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In the 1920’s the automobile industry grew into the largest manufacturing industry in the nation. Automobiles (cars‚ trucks‚ busses) surpassed railroads as the primary haulers of passengers and freight. Henry Ford built his company in Detroit which created more jobs. As the automobile industry grew a lot of new jobs were created such as: gas stations‚ maintenance shops‚ fast food restaurants and motels for people on the move. One in every four Americans had a job in the automotive industry or
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nation of Russia became the international powerhouse that we knew as the USSR‚ it was first the small backwater country‚ whose economy ran on the use of serfs‚ Czar ’s ruled every aspect‚ and the chance of growth was limited; however‚ once the year 1917 came along‚ the entire aspect of what was to be the Russia nation changed into a very strange and new one‚ called the United of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Soviet Union was‚ at one point‚ second only to the United States of America and had the
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number of women in the labor force during World War I ended abruptly with the armistice. Female employment grew slowly in the 1920s‚ mostly in occupations traditionally identified with women — office and social work‚ teaching‚ nursing‚ and apparel manufacturing — and women who worked were usually single‚ divorced‚ or widowed. Even with more women in the workplace‚ no progress was made on issues such as job discrimination or equal pay. At home‚ despite claims of creating increased leisure time‚ the myriad
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and then for Europe? How successful was he in implementing those plans? Pages: 902-910 2. Why did Italy invade Ethiopia? How did this incident further show the weakness of the League of Nations? How did France and Britain appease Italy while enforcing sanctions at the same time? Page:___________ 3. Why is the Rhineland seen as a major blunder for Britain and France? Why did they not intervene? What defense did France now hide behind? Page:_______ 4. Explain the reasons for the Spanish Civil
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