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    The Roaring 1920s The roaring 1920s was a time where Americans were living the American dream. Many people called it the “age of excess” because it was the first time in American history that people could afford to buy in abundance and buy anything they pleased. The roaring 1920s was effected by many inventions and a new life that Americans were adapting to. The production of the Model T’s‚ Baseball‚ Fashion‚ and Prohibition effected the 1920s. Americans were learning how to live the life

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    The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and conservative values on the other. In fact‚ some historians refer to the twenties as the first decade of the twentieth century. What accounts for this observation? How did some people challenge those changes?A major fact that contributes to the twenties being seen as the first decade of the twentieth century is that modern attitudes about labor and consumption began to develop. The system of Fordism‚ or mass

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    It was important to have a glamorous lifestyle and show it in your daily life. The 1920s were a time of glamor and carelessness for Americans. Nick Carraway explains what he really thinks of Tom and Daisy Buchanan: “I couldn’t forgive him or like him‚ but I saw that what he had done was‚ to him‚ entirely justified. It was all very careless

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    Essay The 1920s was a decade full of many things becoming popular‚ such as dancing‚ sports‚ radio‚ new fashion styles‚ and also someone making history by flying across the Atlantic Ocean. The 1920s was a prosperous (successful) decade. The 1920s was also an unprosperous (unsuccessful) decade. Based on article 10‚ it shows that the 1920s was a prosperous decade that proved to show that America has a lot to look forward to in the future. Also based on article 5‚ it shows that the 1920s was an unprosperous

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    enjoying life. That was the vibe of the 20’s. It’s end of World War I and every one is all smiles. During the 1920s people were spending money left and right on new automobiles and radios. The ‘new free flowing‚ creative women’ was introduced. Fashion was changing to more revealing dresses for the women and suits becoming more conservative for the men. Everyone was going to speakeasies and drinking till they could not drink anymore. That was the life of the 1920s.

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    The English language  is very different today than it was in the 1920s. Drastically changing over the years due to cultural‚ social standards and status. An alcoholic beverage that used to be called “giggle water”‚ or “giggler” due to some of the effects that alcohol can have on a person. But‚ if you were drunk due to too many “gigglers” and become a “splifficated” or “zozzled” they would call you a “boozehead”. After work “drugstore cowboys” which were young bachelors‚ would wait outside of a brothel

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    parents and grandparents head. Throughout the 1920s new technologies would transformed in daily life. At the beginning of the decade most lived without electricity‚ America was electrified in the 1920s. The Government was spending billions on roads‚ highways and bridges. Advertisements on the roadways was new phenomenon. Advertisement was helping not just to transfer physical landscape but also the cultural. Radio was also becoming as important as cars in 1920s. Almost every store in the America even

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    the 20’s were almost fit for a celebration. The fast paced beat and quick movements gave people the sense that there was joy in the room. This fast paced dance style was called Ragtime. Older dances such as the Foxtrot and Waltz were still popular‚ but Ragtime was the more popular dance style for the younger dancers. Many young Americans saw these moves in television and film and wanted to emulate them on the dance floor at the various nightclubs that the 1920s offered. In the early 1900’s the Waltz

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    Running head: AMERICA AND THE MOVIES OF THE 1920S February 13‚ 2012 US HIS II ABSTRACT The movies of the 1920s provided one of America’s most forms of entertainment after World War One. Americans were able to spend a little extra and enjoy such events as they were not devastates during with war. The movies for the American people began soon after the invention of automobiles. The movies provided communications and entertainment and soon began to open the American people to ideas

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    Hemlines became shorter‚ futuristic buildings towered over people’s heads‚ new technology was developed and made a part of everyday life‚ jazz music blared from radios‚ and a new thirst for equality emerged like never before. The 1920s was known as a form of social revolution. Most young people believed their elders to be much too serious‚ claiming “that the older generation had pretty well ruined this world before passing it on to us.” Women were especially rebellious. They wore

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