Although no one really knows how or when the term flapper came to America‚ the term is said to have come from prewar England. With the onset of World War I‚ the sexual behavior of young women in England spiraled out of control as more and more women began to flock to army camps. There‚ they basically became like wartime prostitutes since they became addicted to engaging in sexual intercourse with soldiers‚ which became known as “khaki fever.” Eventually‚ the flapper was deemed to be a social
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amendment. The people who had supported Prohibition had changed their minds. They realized that the evils of alcohol remained‚ but they had also realized the effects of Prohibition to be far-reaching and perhaps worse than alcohol itself. According to famous tycoon John D. Rockefeller‚ "Drinking has generally increased‚ the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has been recruited and financed on a colossal
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The 1920s were known as carefree and relaxed. The decade after the war was one of improvement for many Americans. Industries were still standing in America; they were actually richer and more powerful than before World War I. So what was so different in the 1930’s? The Great Depression replaced those carefree years into ones of turmoil and despair. The decade after the First World War saw tremendous change. Progressivism was a leading factor of World War I and in the 1920’s the evidence can
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Los Angeles in the 1900s was changing at a very rapid pace. African Americans from the South were migrating to the major cities of the North in search of opportunity. In the 1920s‚ the first wave of migration largely bypassed the city of Los Angeles. But starting in the 1940s‚ the second wave of migration caused Los Angeles’s population to skyrocket from 63‚700 to 350‚000 by the year 1960. This mass-migration caused many demographic problems in the new racially diverse city. The first sign of lingering
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The most popular forms of Entertainment in the 1920’s The 1920s represented thhe era of greatest output in the US movie market. In the 1920’s Rin-Tin-Tin the movie dog‚ became the most famous dog ever to star in the movies. Rin-Tin-Tin was a starving German Shepherd dog during the Great War. Metro Goldwyn Mayer film making studio was founded. A new Pooh Bear story by A.A. Milne was a big hit for little children. Mickey Mouse became everyone’s favorite cartoon character in Steamboat Willie.
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be famous or just be the average teenager? Although many people say they do not want to be famous‚ I would love to. I would like to be famous for many different reasons. The main reasons I would want to be famous is all of the following: you would have lots of friends‚ get to travel around the world‚ be a role model‚ and also be a millionaire. AH‚ the glamorous life. Celebrities have it made. First‚ I think being famous would be awesome because of the money. In the business of being famous the
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terrified. My life would be different in the 1920’s as of then because in middle school was around when technology was coming out i we were in the 1920’s we would not have as big as technology we were beginning to have. All though the 1920’s was known as the roaring twenties and was when technology was becoming bigger but not as it was when i was in the eighth grade. In the eighth grade was better cell phones‚ computers‚ wifi and more. In the 1920’s the things that were better technology was movies
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As many of you may know for a brief time in the 1920’s alcohol was banned. The banning of alcohol is known as prohibition. “The Prohibition Era”‚ as we refer to it today‚ was brought upon the society of the 1920’s for a few reasons; many people were against the use of alcohol and suggested it was the drink of the devil and congress took a strong moral stance against alcohol use as well. The 18th Amendment established prohibition in the United States of America. The Volstead Act was also approved
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The first thing you notice when looking at the advertisement is the dress of the model. She seems to be wearing a kimono with a generic Asian print on it. Oriental fashion was popular during the 1920’s because of the famous plays and operas portraying Eastern Asian women‚ likes Madame Butterfly. White women were always used to portray the main role of a Japanese woman. Not only does this take the roles from Asian actresses furthering the lack of representation of actual Asian women in the media
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When we consider the act of influencing people to act against their own wills‚ it is natural to describe the physical. One may think of the gravity of a firearm‚ or of any threat of physical violence. While surely and realistically these concrete powers are involved in strong-arming another person or group of people‚ some of the most powerful forces at work do not exist as obviously as we expect them to. Although we may not been acutely aware of the very real‚ the ever-shifting‚ and the forceful
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