Credit‚ World War One‚ government policies and technological advancements all had positive effects on the US economy‚ contributing to the boom of the 1920s. The factor of government policies played a big role‚ with‚ for example the Ford-McCumber Act 1922 which raised tariffs to force domestic purchases in the US. While speculation grew after World War One‚ it was the availability of easy credit that allowed the average consumer to speculate on the stock market. Henry Ford’s manufacturing was a major
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contributed to the boom as they expanded the market with goods which were cheaper and better which made the lives of the American people easier and better. These came as a result of developments in technology. Products like radios were sold and in 1920 the USA’s first radio station ‘KDKA’ was created and by 1930 40% of all homes in the USA had a radio set. This highlights how important products like the radio were to the American people and with such a large amount of people buying the products the
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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 sharp increase in the number of women in the labor force during World War I ended abruptly with the armistice. Female employment grew slowly in the 1920s‚ mostly in occupations traditionally identified with women — office and social work‚ teaching‚ nursing‚ and apparel manufacturing — and women who worked were usually single‚ divorced‚ or widowed. Even with more women in the workplace‚ no progress was
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Jacob Hallam P. 2 5/12/15 1920s and 1950s After the worlds wars‚ America was different then everyone else. They were not affected by the war like the other nations in Europe. The devastation wasn’t as prominent in the U.S. like it was everywhere else. This created a specific sensation in the actions of America‚ specifically the political‚ social‚ and cultural ideas‚ and their foreign policy. The 1920s and 1950s gave way to the change in culture. After the wars‚ the men came home to go back to
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J)Mary pickford K)Bootlegging L)riding the rails M)Buying on margin N)flapper O)Stock/share P)Black tuesday Q)Lionel conacher R)Model T S)foster hewitt T)Group of seven U)Charleston V)Bennett Buggy 6) The advances in technology really made the 1920’s really boom because everyone had the money to buy the new technology like cars‚ radios‚ etc‚ but when it hit the 1930’s no
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The First World War created massive growth opportunities on the economic front in America when she joined the war in 1916. The need for industrial production on a massive scale to provide arms for the war effort‚ gave rise equally to employment. With most able bodied men away at the war in Europe‚ it fell to women and African Americans to fill those jobs and meet the rising demands. (As a direct result of this‚ Wilson‚ president of USA during this period‚ recommended and supported that woman be
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the country remained culturally and psychologically rooted in the past‚ but in the 1920s America seemed to breakaway from these attachments and usher in the birth of modern America This dramatic break between America’s past and future was shaped by the evolution of technology‚ sports‚ entertainment‚ and women’s roles. Many of the trends that converged to make the twenties distinct had been building for years. The 1920s were a period of technological change that transformed the fundamental structure
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in the Roaring 20s Have you ever seen how beautiful the art made in the 1920’s were? Many paintings and music created during this time were brand new to the world‚ and people adored them. They also loved the people who created these artistic masterpieces. Some of the artists that were around in this time could be described as mavericks‚ or unorthodox. Especially the artists that were minorities‚ because during the 1920s‚ minorities were facing a lot of racial tension‚ and the artistic ones from
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Though US agriculture seemed strong‚ it did not share in the prosperity of the booming 1920s. U.S. farmers were overproducing food‚ and they had done so since The Great War. At that time‚ Herbert Hoover was the federal government’s food administrator. He pushed for a large increase in American agricultural production since European agricultural production was weak and Hoover wanted Americans to supply them with food. The wheat production in the US was growing considerably by the end of the war‚ before
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