The 1920’s and Great Depression contrasted each-other in many ways when it came to the economy‚ social‚ and politics. In the 1920’s the economy was at its high point. The unemployment rate was below 5% and new inventions were coming out all the time. People could always go out and have a good time whether it was a baseball game or going to the movies. By the end of the 1920’s and into the great depression‚ people were lucky if you could do these things once a year. During the great depression 30%
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Advancements of Medicine in the 1920’s Medicine had a huge advancement in the 1920s. Many scientists had discovered medicines‚ but it was hard for them to purify them and give them to people. Because of the discovery of penicillin‚ insulin‚ Band-Aids‚ and vitamins‚ the lives of the American people were greatly changed. Band-Aids were invented in 1920. An employee at Johnson and Johnson‚ Earle Dickson‚ made a way to help his wife with the various cuts that she would get throughout the day. He made
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Boom and Bust At those times the United States of America were a land of opportunities. The 1920s were known as the boom years. The economic boom and bust in America was based around the consumer good‚ mostly luxury items that people wanted to buy but didn’t really need. American industry had profit by selling war goods to Britain and France. The disruption to British and French industry allowed America to become the world leading exporter. America only joined the war by the end‚ so it had
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1920’s Study Guide RISE OF NATIVISM 1. Red Scare ➢ Eugene Debs -Socialist leader -Imprisoned ➢ Palmer Raids -US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer -Hunted down communists‚ socialists‚ and anarchists (People who opposed any form of gov’t) -Many foreigners deported -Trampled civil rights ➢ Mail Bombings -Many bombs were mailed to gov’t and business leaders -Public became fearful of Communism taking over -Led to Palmer Raids ➢ Sacco & Vanzetti -Italian immigrants and anarchists -Arrested
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In the 1920s‚ an era called the Jazz Age‚ also known as the roaring twenties‚ came about. The Jazz Age occurred when the economy of America was in its prime‚ before the tragedy of the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression. The Jazz Age brought forth significant female suffrage leaders‚ writers‚ and musicians‚ each influencing a different class of people in society. Jazz was created in the twentieth century by a group of African American musicians from New Orleans (Teachout). They
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growth that happened during the 1920 ’s was very significant to sports today. Baseball wasn ’t always as popular is it was today. Babe Ruth started trending the high powered offense in Major League Baseball ("1920 ’s...and along came Babe"). Fans were impressed and helped baseball get a better fan base. Golf was also a new trending sport in the 1920s. Golf started getting more popular when they started to offer a reward to the winner such as 10‚000 in the LA open ("1920 ’s golf history"). Lastly football
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The lives of women improved during 1920s and 1930s because women attained political equality. After all the protesting suffragists did to obtain the right to vote in political elections‚ women finally earned their right to vote. According to Canada statistics‚ women around all provinces (except Quebec) received the right to vote by 1925. (Canada Statistics) Furthermore‚ as women became active in political involvements‚ they began to get elected representing different political parties. Canada statistics
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The 1920s was a decade of many changes and conflicts. Benton MacKaye‚ an environmentalist during the time‚ was quoted as saying the 1920s were “the most volcanic of any area on earth” (Tindall and Shi 790). Due to the upheaval of World War I‚ so many people were forced to change their ideals. It pushed forth many positive and negative reactions and transformations in the people and society‚ such as: fundamentalism‚ new immigration laws and restrictions‚ a rise in organized crime‚ the modern
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The conservative alliance‚ led by ex-ALP renegade and former prime minister Billy Hughes and prime minister Stanley Bruce‚ was quick to seize on socialist ALP factions and Irish militancy as evidence of ’Bolshevik Communism’. Intro The war‚ which had at first submerged national divisions in a wave of patriotism‚ had in its last years deepened those divisions‚ increasing the gulf between radicals and conservatives‚ those eligible who had fought and those who had not‚ and adding new divisions
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least on the right track here? ! There were a multitude of changes occurring in post-bellum United States. The next decade‚ starting in 1920‚ was one of improvement and growth. New technology was springing up and life was profitable during the post war economy boom. However not everyone could be pleased with this shift into modern practices. The 1920s was a period of tension between the push for modernity and the struggle to maintain traditional values. This tension was present particularly
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