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    Famous Athletes

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    Arnold Palmer: Introducing the World to Golf Years before Jack Nicklaus‚ decades before Tiger Woods‚ Arnold Palmer was the face of golf. His followers grew so large‚ they became somewhat of an Army. He was the first golfer to earn $1 million in his career. His emergence onto the golf scene coincided with the rise in televised coverage‚ so the young man from Latrobe‚ Pa.‚ attracted millions of fans to the sport. Arnold Daniel Palmer was born in Youngstown‚ Pennsylvania‚ the oldest of Milfred

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    Carolyn Webber FHGEN 111 Comparison Report I discovered many inaccuracies when I started verifying the data that I had gathered from my own relatives. One of my early finds was a compiled genealogy book written about people with my uncommon maiden name. This book was full of family traditions that were easy to prove false. For example‚ my ancestor wasn’t the illegitimate descendant of Frederick the Great. Her mother was not Frederick’s mistress when she was two years old. I learned the values

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    The Jazz Age in the 1920s

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    Castellon‚ Karen Period 5 Mrs. Wehunt March 30‚2012 The Jazz Age 1920`s Like all the changes during the course of history that the United States has experienced The Jazz age can be explained as a time to experiment and try different styles. This period was taken place during a time when big businesses started to grow even bigger and the United states became even more industrialized. The Jazz Age happened after WW1. During WW1 everyone was focused on the war. Everything the people would do

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    How Did Life Change in the 1920s in Western Countries After World War I (The Great War) the 1920s was a decade of dramatic changes and modifications to society all raised from the idea to just have fun. Known as the “Roaring 20’s” the society of the Western Countries made significant changes to their lifestyle with hugely impacted civilians. Such changes included more money and more leisure time to family’s‚ the entertainment industry boomed‚ jazz became a much more popular genre of music and

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    1920s vs 1990s

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    1920s vs. 1990’s The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time‚ more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929‚ and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” People from coast to coast bought the same goods (thanks to nationwide advertising and the spread of chain stores)‚ listened to the same music‚ did the same dances and even used the same slang

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    that it was getting into your well and that it was your only supply of water. The Great Depression impacted the economic prosperity for blacks and whites in the United States. The Great depression was a great impact in the 1920’s.The economy was becoming unstable during the 1920s. “The unstable nature of the U.S. economy was evident in the

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    1920s Slang Examples of popular slang phrases during the 1920s: • Bees knees- used to refer to something that is positive/good • Gigglewater- alcohol • And how!- This phrase is used to show that an individual is agreeing with someone else • Baloney- used to address something that makes no sense • Bent- used to refer to someone that is over intoxicated • Bimbo- a strong tough guy • Cash- used to refer to a kiss • Dapper- the father of a known flapper • Doll- used to refer to an attractive woman

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    Prohibition During the 1920s to early 30’s the Eighteenth Amendment was established to end the production of alcohol in the United States. This was a fourteen year long reform that caused a rise of crime and violence in America. Many passed this Amendment thinking that many would benefit from the absence of alcohol. For example The Anti-Saloon League of America. This was an organization that originated in Oberlin‚ Ohio in 1893 and believed in temperance. Their goal in the 1900s was to rid America

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    up to one of the Nation’s high points of the century “The Roaring Twenties”. The 1920s began to test old and new values and manifested many tensions through political ideas‚ cultural reforms‚ and the advancement of rights for the common men and women. One reason tensions where brought up was through the new idea of evolution and the old practice of creationism. According to Document C “The World’s Most Famous Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case‚ 1925” This trial was a case about whether there should

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    The 1920s were the first decade to almost completely resemble the modern consumer market. Invention and industry were both growing at an unprecedented amount. A lot of this was credited to the the automobile being mass-produced‚ and sold to almost every American who could afford one. This not only shaped the economy of the 1920s‚ but it also changed the culture of Americans in general. For example‚ Americans are going to go “car crazy.” Furthermore‚ the invention of the automobile completely changed

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