THE 1920’s: MODERNISM Main writers from this period Oscar Wilde Joseph Conrad W.B. Yeats Henry James Arnold Bennett John Galsworthy H.G. Wells Modernism first came to England at the end of 19th century in the work of Oscar Wilde‚ the early W.B. Yeats and Joseph Conrad and later‚ Henry James. But in the first decade and a half of the century there is a reaction against the avant-garde movement and there is a return to a more realistic and traditional kind of writing (Arnold Bennett
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Three main entrepreneurs of the 1920’s were Alfred Sloan‚ the founder of GM‚ Henry Ford‚ the founder of Ford Vehicles‚ and Richard Sears‚ the founders of the department store‚ Sears. Richard Sears started out his business as mail order catalogues but decided to expand and have actual stores where people would be able to come in and shop. Richards Sears started opening his retail outlets in 1925 and the stores turned out to be a great success‚ as Sears department stores are still in existence today
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Was the main reason that US prospered in America the developments in the automobile industry? In the 1920s‚ America became the wealthiest country in the world with no obvious rival. Yet by 1930 she had hit a depression that was to have world-wide consequences. But in the good times everybody seemed to have a reasonably well paid job and everybody seemed to have a lot of spare cash to spend. One reason for the economic boom was High Purchase which is where you make a deposit on a item and then
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have felt neglected and replaceable. They wanted to take control of the United States again and feel secure. Moreover‚ the Great War led to depression and numerous people lost their jobs. They felt the United States they once knew is gone. In the 1920s‚ there was a massive increase of immigrants‚ youth rebellion‚ suffrage‚ different religious practices. In other words‚ the Ku Klux Klan saw a new era of destruction. Their point of view was utter downfall of the nation. They had to fix the disaster
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Women petitions and fought for the right to vote for years. It started all the way in the 1800s. They fought tirelessly until finally on August 18th‚ 1920 women got the right to vote. (19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women’s Right to Vote (1920)). Even all the way back in the 1800s women have taken the roles of activists. They knew what they wanted and fought for. For example‚ the first quote in this paragraph talked about how women fought
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The 1920s “Roaring Twenties” were a dramatic age of social‚ economic‚ and political changes. The economy during that era had raised a lot when people started to have money in their pockets. The 1920s was known the age of changing in American society when electricity‚ radio‚ cars‚ movies‚ and other entertainments were taken place. In addition‚ people during that time moved to cities seeking better lives and jobs. Equally important stock market was the main where people started to invest their money
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Radium Girls was a chemical disaster that happened during the 1920’s. Women in watch making were being exposed to Radium all the time. These women worked painting wristwatches‚ and in order to get a fine point on their paintbrush they licked the brush‚ therefore swallowing the paint. Some of them also painted their teeth and nails with this paint since they were told that it wasn’t harmful. The paint had Radium in it‚ therefore exposing them to Radium. They painted the numbers on the watches. They
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In the 1920’s before sound was introduced into film we had silent films. Stories were told through expression and even music. Pianists‚ complete orchestras‚ organists‚ and even some actors and narrators were invited by theaters to accompany the films being shown (Silent Films). On the Info Please website‚ the author of Movies and Films writes "by the 1920s‚ silent film writing‚ acting‚ photography‚ and music had reached an aesthetic pinnacle: very subtle emotional and plot nuances could be conveyed
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and 1920 a population shift occurred from rural to urban. Early immigrants and new immigrants differed greatly in many areas. Urbanization lead to changes in technology such as transportation‚ water power‚ steam power‚ and machinery. Though city dwellers received technology first‚ this technology allowed for people to live outside the city and still work there. The industry was dominated by large companies‚ who supplied work. America had several problems during the urbanization of 1870 to 1920‚ exploitation
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Convention in 1849 which was the birthplace of feminism and the first ever women’s rights convention. Led and organized by middle-class Western white women‚ the suffrage movement gained traction with leaders Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1920‚ the 19th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution barring the denial of a citizen’s right to
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