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    corset for a rubber girdle that retracted the hips‚ “this imposed thin and slender figure was enough to guilt women into extreme dieting measures (“Self Worth”). Women in the 1920’s began to put more pressure on themselves to conform by becoming ideally thinner for fear of being looked down upon by society. Before the 1920’s‚ clothing had been made by private tailors and were made specifically to the measurements of a client’s body. The invention of mass produced clothing led to the idea of assigned

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    Judit Rosanas Mrs Sandoval US History 6 May 2015 Prohibition The 1920’s‚ also known as the roaring twenties‚ were a decade with a lot of political and social changes. High buildings were build‚ huge parties were thrown and many people became wealthy and moved to the city with their families‚ where the roll of women started changing a lot. They economy grew a lot and a lot of people were having the life that they have always dreamed of‚ so everything started to get a little crazy. Alcohol started

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    Women’s Fashion In The 1920s After the end of World War I‚ the United States president‚ Warren G. Harding‚ claimed that he wanted to return to normalcy and to bring back the peace following the years of war; society did change‚ but it was no where near what it had been before the war (Marcovitz 14). “The reactionary temper of the 1920s and the repressive movements it spawned arose as reactions to a much-publicized social and intellectual revolution that threatened to rip America from it old moorings”

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    Essay The 1920’s was a decade full of many things becoming popular‚ such as dancing‚ sports‚ radio‚ new fashion styles‚ and also someone making history by flying across the Atlantic Ocean. The 1920’s was a prosperous (successful) decade. The 1920’s was also an unprosperous (unsuccessful) decade. Based on article 10‚ it shows that the 1920’s was a prosperous decade that proved to show that America has a lot to look forward to in the future. Also based on article 5‚ it shows that the 1920’s was an unprosperous

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    Fashion in 1920 1920 was a time for change and prosperity in everyway. It was the Era when fashion started to be an enormous topic to women’s life. Fashion affected the freedom of women during the 1920’s giving them rights they never had before. The Flappers were a huge symbol of freedom for the women during that time. Women as well started caring to much about there looks rather than other important things happening in that Era. The conflict is was fashion a positive thing or negative in

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    America in the 1920s saw many instances of drastic change‚ impacting the lives of many Americans. The Roaring Twenties brought about many new inventions‚ wealth‚ and a new outlook on the common American lifestyle. With these new times came new influences and much change to the musical industry of jazz. This investigation will study the evolution of jazz music in the rapidly changing times of America in the 1920s and how the new American lifestyle and optimistic times influenced the music. Two sources

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    prohibition introduced in America in the 1920? When federal prohibition was introduced in America with the 18th Amendment to the constitution in 1919 and the Volstead Act in 1920‚ it was often termed ‘The Nobel Experiment’. It didn’t take long for most people to recognise that the experiment had gone terribly wrong and that it was fostering what it was supposed to eradicate‚ crime‚ excess and corruption. But the question is why it was introduced in America in 1920 and to understand this issue‚ one has

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    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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