Philadelphia reported gangs as early as 1840. Between then and 1870 Philadelphia became home to over 100 street gangs. This is also the time when gangs started to use clothing for the sake of distinctiveness. Chicago became a type of gang capital during the 1920s‚ with a total of about 1‚300 gangs and about 25‚000 gang members. Immigration of Mexicans into California grew rapidly in this period. Many youngsters of the second generation didn’t fit in the American society. They started wearing fancy and distinctive
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Mobsters of the 1920’s During the early 1920’s large groups of italian immigrants came to america. They started off as a couple of thousand but as word spread out about jobs more came. A couple thousand later became couple of hundreds of thousands. Most of them derived from Italy; as they did not have a stable economy‚they came for a search of a better life. Government was overuleing as well and italians were not pleased with how their country
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Advancements of Medicine in the 1920’s Medicine had a huge advancement in the 1920s. Many scientists had discovered medicines‚ but it was hard for them to purify them and give them to people. Because of the discovery of penicillin‚ insulin‚ Band-Aids‚ and vitamins‚ the lives of the American people were greatly changed. Band-Aids were invented in 1920. An employee at Johnson and Johnson‚ Earle Dickson‚ made a way to help his wife with the various cuts that she would get throughout the day. He made
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daily basis. People are terrorized everyday for being different. As time goes by‚ racism becomes more discreet‚ therefore making the task of calling racism out harder. During the 1920s‚ racism in America escalated uncontrollably. While other groups of people with different beliefs and religions were targeted too‚ mainly black people were terrorized‚ by groups such as the KKK during this period. The Morning Tulsa World Daily The invasion of “Little Africa” by whites. About 500 white people attacked
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Tension of The 1920’s Following the First World War‚ the United States went in search of a‚ “return to normalcy‚” which many agreed was exactly what it needed. However‚ to the dismay of many‚ all the United States could find was a significant amount of tension that had developed between‚ “Old America‚” and‚ “New America.” All in all‚ this tension that arose between old and new traditions and ideas did so in the form of religion‚ conflicts within society‚ and cultural values. Religion was
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The 1920s was the beginning of modern America; many aspects that we value in America were beginning to change and form. One of these substantial changes was our views of women. While they had many protestors towards their movement‚ they began to develop and change the idea of femininity and their role in society. Women had been considered the caretakers and homemakers of the past‚ and many believed in the new prospect of feminism. Feminism of the 1920s is the belief that women should have all of
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1920 Bloody Sunday Special Topic Draft Sean Hawkins Mrs. Hedderman “I have proof enough to assure myself of the atrocities which this gang of spies and informers have committed. Perjury and torture are words too easily known to them. If I had a second motive it was more than a feeling such as I would have for a dangerous reptile. By their destruction the very air is made sweeter. That should be the future’s judgement on this particular event. For myself my conscience is clear. There is no crime
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Once upon a time‚ Whites and Blacks didn’t see each others race until after World War I. One white man said they all seemed like they belonged and that they all seemed like they were family in North Omaha. After World War I ended the men that were enlisted had to return home which made the whites have to compete with the blacks for jobs. The government spending on arms was reducing. This is when race became such a big problem in the United States. The whites began getting nervous because they were
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In the 1920s‚ an era called the Jazz Age‚ also known as the roaring twenties‚ came about. The Jazz Age occurred when the economy of America was in its prime‚ before the tragedy of the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression. The Jazz Age brought forth significant female suffrage leaders‚ writers‚ and musicians‚ each influencing a different class of people in society. Jazz was created in the twentieth century by a group of African American musicians from New Orleans (Teachout). They
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Evaluation of Sources This investigation will explore the question: To what extent did the emergence of the flapper in the 1920’s effect women’s social equality? Specifically the 1920’s to early 1930’s and the transformation of the social role women. To answer the question two sources were evaluated‚ Posing a Threat: Flappers‚ Chorus Girls‚ and Other Brazen Performers of the American 1920s and The History of the Flapper‚ Part 1: A Call for Freedom. The two sources provide information about the social changes
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