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    The 1920’s is best knowns as the “Roaring Twenties” or the “Jazz Age”. The era where there was an emphasis of focus on social‚ artistic‚ and culture. Patriotism began to arise. We had more accessibility to automobiles‚ telephones‚ and electricity. We had airplanes and a growth in the industrial side. Women had been given the right to vote. People who were artistic were not afraid to express themselves with their meaning and emotional experiences. Motion pictures were growing with productivity. They

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    Ku Klux Klan In The 1920's

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    In the 1920’s the Ku Klux Klan emerged during the aftermath of the U.S. being involved in World War I. It was founded by William J. Simmons‚ a Methodist circuit preacher who had fifteen followers. The movie The Birth of Nation was Simmons inspiration and recruiting tool for the Klan. From 1915 to 1920 Simmons was able to earn a living by attracting several thousand members to the Klan who agreed to pay membership fees. In the beginning‚ the Klan had only 4‚000 to 5‚000 members throughout Georgia

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    abortion during the 1920s

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    AJA Review #1 The article I chose was “Illegal Operations: Women‚ Doctors‚ and Abortion‚ 1886-1939‚” by Angus McLaren. The overall concept of the article was on how laws affected the women’s way of receiving the assistance they needed to carry out fertility control or commonly referenced in the article as “induction of miscarriage.” The author addresses the prospective of the women‚ doctors‚ male affiliate in quietus‚ and the court‚ in the era of the late nineteenth‚ early twentieth centuries

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    “It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a conviction‚ things begin to happen.” From 1848 to 1920‚ the women in America decided it was about time for a change. Did you know that the legislature of Tennessee changed his vote in the nineteenth amendment to a ‘yes’? Do you know why? Women’s rights were an important part of our history;discover why here. Elizabeth Cady Staton wrote speeches for the women’s rights movement. According to the National Organization

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    After the Great War ended‚ the 1920s became a roar of changes. Everything from mass consumption to flappers to immigration. The Ku Klux Klan‚ or KKK‚ reached its height in the 1920s‚ with a strong 5 million members. These members believed in a white Anglo-Saxon protestant community‚ a form of “pure americanism” (Kennedy 730). On the other side of things‚ the Harlem Renaissance was outpouring African-American art and culture‚ forming a sense of pride among the African-American community (Kennedy 750)

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    The 1920's Dbq

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    1920’s DBQ Question: The 1920’s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension between old and new AND in what ways was the tension manifested? Analyze these documents in pairs. You can use their textbooks and/or the power point we used in class to help build their understanding of the material. You should write a thesis statement‚ intro paragraph and outline a proposed answer. The outline

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    1920's slang

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    Slang of the 1920s A 1. ab-so-lute-ly: affirmative‚ yes 2. absent treatment: dancing with a timid partner 3. air tight: very attractive 4. Airedale: an unattractive man 5. alarm clock: a chaperone 6. all wet: incorrect 7. And how!: I strongly agree! 8. ankle: to walk‚ i.e.. "Let’s ankle!" 9. applesauce: flattery‚ nonsense‚ i.e.. "Aw‚ applesauce!" 10. Attaboy!: well done!; also‚ Attagirl! B 11. baby: sweetheart. Also denotes something of high value or respect. 12. baby grand: heavily

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    1919-1920 Immigration

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    unskilled and semi-skilled workers‚ recently emigrated from Southern and Eastern Europe. This only a small part of the “red scare” that swept the USA in 1919. The “red scare” was a sudden fear of communism that American citizens experienced in 1919 -1920. Red is the colour of communism‚ and in some areas of the US‚ the colour red actually became ferociously frowned upon during this time. This was soon portrayed as the work of the revolutionary immigrants. This scare understandably worried many Americans

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    Beauty In The 1920 Essay

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    Over the centuries the definition of beauty has changed‚ but what hasn’t changed is the pressure on women and men to conform to those standards. In the 1920s the era of the flapper a rail thin figure was coveted with an emphasis on long legs. In the 1940s and 50s curves were all the rage with an emphasis on a plumper figure. Then the 1960s rolled around and we returned to the rail thin figure with the popularization of fashion icons like twiggy and Audrey Hepburn. In the 1990s‚ if twiggy’s rail

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    1920's: Rise Of Feminism

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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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