Differences and similarities between the 1920s and the 1950s There many differences between the 1920s and the 1950s; such as‚ race relations‚ roles of women‚ and probably the big one is consumerism. Of course there were more but these three were the main ones. Yeah they had a different teenage culture but it wasn’t big. There were blacks wanting their rights‚ women being the man of the house during the wars‚ and even people just buying stuff because they can. These times were right after a
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I come to realize that the economy in the 1920s was bad because it was the beginning of the Great Depression. But the depression could have been avoided if the Feds became more aware in the beginning and stopped over looking it. The great depression led to unemployment and factories being shut down. The Great Depression was in the 1920s when the stock market crashed. During the depression there were a quarter of teens in the country living on the streets by themselves. It started because people wan
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The economic change in the 1920s helped build the landscape for modern workers in America. Manufacturing plants began to pop up across the country in various places such as Detroit and people like Henry Ford pioneered the way for mass production (pg 689‚693). Along with the changes in the way people work‚ changes in the economy also gave people the time and ability to have leisure time and to take interest in hobbies. In today’s manufacturing plants there are a lot of workers working together to
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Chapter 23 The 1920s: Coping with Change (1920-1929) I. Economy A. Booming business 1. Unemployment as low as three percent‚ steady prices‚ and the GNP grew by 43 percent from 1922 to 1929 2. Consumer goods such as home appliances (vacuums‚ refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ etc.) i. Sixty percent of US homes electrified by mid 1920s 3. Automobiles i. By end of decade‚ automobile industry accounted for about nine percent of all wages in manufacturing and stimulated
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Radio Entertainment In 1920s "Video Killed the Radio Star" is the debut song of The Buggles released September 7th 1979 but‚ did not make an impression on the general public until its release as the debut video on MTV at 12:01 August 1st 1981‚ almost 100 years after the invention of radio. Henirich Hertz‚ a German Physicist‚ created the foundation of radio in 1886 by proving that electric waves could be transmitted and received without the need of a physical medium (Spiker 2). Nokolai Tesla expanded
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In the 1920’s there was a financial success‚ they called this success “The Economic Boom”. The causes for the boom was multiple things‚ one of the major ones was the production of automobiles. Once America figured out how to produce cars at a faster rate‚ this not only helped out that industry but it also help improve many more. Because more cars were being produced at a faster rate‚ many industries like the construction‚ hospitality‚ and oil industries increased dramatically. The first reason for
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The 1920’s a regressive era When most people think of the 1920’s they think of a roaring and unrestricted economy‚ and a booming cultural golden age; however‚ this could not be father from the truth. Even though the economy was prosperous and the women had finally gained their suffrage‚ the 20’s were far from progressive. Racially blacks made little progress and white supremacists gained power‚ politically the government became self absorbed and corrupt‚ and economically while prosperous was
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The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and reflective cultural conflicts. For many Americans‚ the growth of cities‚ the rise of a consumer culture‚ and the so-called “revolution in morals and manners” represented a liberation from the restrictions of the country’s Victorian past. But for others‚ the United States was changing in undesirable ways. The result was a veiled “cultural civil war‚” in which a pluralistic society classed bitterly over such issues as foreign immigration‚ evolution
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The period of the 1920s was widely regarded as an era of prosperity. There was social‚ political‚ and cultural change. The city life was difficult as a farmer in the 1920s. “Farmers struggled with low prices all through the 1920s‚ but after 1929 things began to be hard for city workers as well”. The stock markets crashed so that led to unemployment. Which wasn’t good for the farmers at all. It wasn’t good for the farmers because without work they would go bankrupt. When they go bankrupt they wouldn’t
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the best jazz musicians‚ amazing trading routs‚ the greatest pizza‚ and a amazing place to have a drink. Until 1920‚ when Prohibition had hit and had forever tainted the history of Chicago. The forbidding of alcohol had caused mayhem throughout the city‚ which resulted in the nickname “the most corrupt city” in the whole United States. Overtime‚ the blame for corrupting Chicago in the 1920’s was forever
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