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    Cultural Changes of the 1920s Prohibition: [pic] Prescription form for medicinal liquor. Prohibition had a notable effect on the alcohol brewing industry in the United States. When Prohibition ended‚ only half the breweries that had previously existed reopened. The post-Prohibition period saw the introduction of the American lager style of beer‚ which dominates today. Wine historians also note that Prohibition destroyed what was a fledgling wine industry in the United States. Productive wine

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    Introduction 1920’s- the time of evolution in every field‚ while in Europe this period is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age Twenties". Film industry saw a new growth in the animation as the drawing took a life form on the black and white slate. One of the rising industries in those times was The Walt Disney Company. The times were ripe for any kind of experiments and as expected it paid off. Walt Disney‚ the man behind the company dreamt of talking animals and comic characters as every child

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    Music over decades

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    music reflected the pain of World War II while also trying to remain upbeat and looking towards a positive future full of possibilities. The music of the 1940’s consisted mainly of jazz‚ big band‚ and swing. ( These styles were popular thanks to musicians’ strikes in 1942 and 1948 and eventually gave way to Crooners later in the decade. “Crooners” was a term used to describe male vocalists that often had powerful‚ professionally trained voices and maintained a specific posture or stage presence

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    To be able to answer this question you would first have to ask yourself what problems Germany faced before this time. Between the years 1919 and 1923 Germany had a lot of problems to deal with: hyperinflation‚ violent uprisings and the French occupying the Ruhr made it very hard to govern Germany. Occupation of the Ruhr With France demanding reparation payments‚ Germany found in very hard to pay their debts and rebuild their proud nation. France took it upon themselves to recover these payments

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    What Is Cultural Inertia?

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    unchanged; it follows that cultural inertia‚ a topic in sociology‚ is the resistance for a culture to change. Cultural inertia may work to prevent a more desirable or efficient outcome for society. Nevertheless‚ there are often attempts to break free from cultural inertia to increase the quality of life for a group of people. Soylent is one of these attempts. Rhinehart and the other makers of Soylent are seeking to streamline our daily lives by partially doing away with the cultural norm of eating food;

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    What Is Cultural Heritage?

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    What Is Cultural Heritage? “Heritage” can be defined a property‚ estate or title that are inherited‚ passed down from previous generations. In the case of “cultural heritage‚” the heritage doesn’t relate to money or property‚ but of culture‚ traditions and values from the past‚ to our present‚ and the future. Cultural heritage mentions a shared bond‚ the belongingness of people to a community. It comprises the main elements used by a community to build its identity and to understand its history

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    Conformity and Rebellion

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    Rluksza Conformity and Rebellion People do it every day; following the crowd. You see it all around you; people buying the cars their friends have or people wearing the same brand of clothes as their peers in order to fit in. Conforming is a basic part of being American‚ and Americans are not the only ones who conform either‚ most societies do. The act of conforming is essentially a survival technique; it allows for anyone in a particular society to fit in with his or her peers‚ this will

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    There is a reason why the 1950s are so memorable : It is a decade where a huge amount of noteworthy and life-changing events happened. This is the decade that the King‚ Prince‚ and the future King of Pop were born. While Elvis Presley was singing “Can’t Help Falling in Love”‚ Marilyn Monroe was actually falling in love with Joe DiMaggio. The movie Grease is a great representation of life in the 1950s and the wild lifestyle they had. The 1950s was the most influential decade due to the developments

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    providing the books and to provide the facility at the researcher’s time to complete this project that is a part of the Caribbean Examination Council (C.XC). Statement Of Problem What are the causes of High incidence

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    of thinking for many whites remained constant from the 1900s to 1950s. There was racial intolerance and discrimination. Southern tradition was embedded into everyone‚ black and white. The causes for these prejudiced positions stemmed mainly from fear and many cared over from the time of slavery. The blacks on the other hand‚ were split. Some agreed with the complacent doctrine of Booker T. Washington‚ while others pushed for the social and political equality stressed by W.E.B. Du Bois. Whites expressed

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