of 16‚ Ford decided to leave home and head to the city of Detroit. There‚ he was an apprentice to a machinist. In 1888‚ Ford would marry his wife‚ Clara Bryant. Henry Ford would go on to be one of the most successful designers of his time. His invention of the Model T was one that advanced the world to new levels. Also known as the Tin Lizzie‚ the Model T made transportation a much simpler process. Demand for the Model T skyrocketed as it grew more popular every day. As a result‚ Ford created the
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these new ideas and things as they came out newly. Living in the twenties I would imagine that it was a war free time with jazz music and the radio on just relaxing in your car going to the theaters with a flapper. One reason why I would live in the 1920s is because the urbanization and that more young people were going to school and getting an education so that they can become smart because without an education people a cluelist of what is going on in their surroundings. Also since that the big cities
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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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Gangsterism In The 1920’S “The Roaring Twenties‚”; what a perfect aphorism. It was certainly roaring with music and dance‚ but it also was roaring with gangsters. In the aspect of gangsterism‚ the thirties were also roaring. Americans in this time period tolerated criminals‚ especially those involved in bootlegging. Bootlegging is the smuggling of illegal substances. Bootlegging could have possibly been tolerated because of the recent outlaw of alcohol during this time period‚ known as the Prohibition
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Banks in the 1920s were built around a system of credit and mutual dependency with banks largely relying on the stability of others incase of emergency. Banks had to be registered with the National Reserve to operate with roughly 30‚000 National Reserve banks housing different portions of the country’s financial reserves. Each bank in turn also had its own reserves to account for the various loans and issued currency. With this system banks were intended to cooperate and move money as needed to other
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During the time of the 1920’s‚ America desperately longed for new ways to entertain themselves. The concept of animation was born. Although animation grew in result of many people‚ Walt Disney was able to take animation‚ use it to explore new technology and ways to improve animation‚ encounter new people and places along the way‚ and ultimately‚ exchanged new ideas between companies and the rest of the world. Walt Disney was born on December 5‚ 1901 in Chicago‚ Illinois. As a boy‚ he loved art and
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of time people worked. Before 1860‚ people didn’t have an abundant amount of free time. This is because in 1860 the normal work week averaged an incredible 66 hours (“39b. Sports and leisure”)! By the 1920s the work week had decreased 26 hours‚ putting the average workweek at 40 hours. In the 1920’s Henry Ford‚ in addition to his creation of the assembly line‚ invented the 5 day 40 hour work week ("Ford Factory
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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 1920’s offered. In the early 1900’s the Waltz and Foxtrot were considered inappropriate because of the physical contact involved. However this was nothing compared to the physical contact in Ragtime dancing (“1920’s Dances”
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The Roaring Twenties The 1920s was an era of rapid change and major success for the American people. Many factors such as women’s rights contributed to the advancement of America. The 1920s was a age of social and political change that embodied the beginning of modern America by presenting “Lost Generation” literature and innovative technologies such as the Model T Ford. On Election Day in 1920‚ millions of American women exercised their right to vote for the first time. It took activists and
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Roaring Twenties. This era pioneered the way to modern America. This decade followed the conclusion of World War I‚ “the war to end all wars”. The United States experienced a radical change socially‚ economically‚ politically and innovatively. The 1920’s would be an era where the identity of the United States would evolve and become a staple in modern society. “The most vivid impressions of that era are flappers and dance halls‚ movie palaces and radio empires and prohibition and speakeasies.” (Zeitz
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