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    The 1920s‚ a time often refered to as the "Roaring 20s"‚ was filled with lavish spending and people enjoying their new wealth. On October 29‚ 1929 the stock market crashed‚ bringing forth the Great Depression. Banks and buisnesses failed‚ real GDP plummeted‚ and unemployment soared. Over the years‚ people have debated whether a reccession could be caused by a stock market crash‚ or just a symtom. Evidence suggests that the 1929 stock market crash only reflected an economic decline that was already

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    Modern Era: 1920-1940 During the 1920s‚ clothing styles officially entered the modern era of fashion design. During this decade‚ women began to liberate themselves from constricting clothes for the first time and openly embrace more comfortable styles like pants and short skirts. While popular fashions remained relatively conservative prior to 1925‚ short skirts‚ low waistlines‚ and revolutionary styles of the flapper era characterized the latter half of the decade (Hall 1992). Dresses were made

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    The conclusion of Duncan’s vocation in the 1920s‚ in fact‚ clearly shows and uncovered the inconsistencies in the innovator mission for wholeness and their perspective of a brought together culture. The visual trepidation of Duncan’s performing body as the solidarity of another meaning of womanhood and Utopian desires for the twentieth century divided as Duncan herself faced contrast and change in present day society. Duncan saw an enlarging split between her hypothesis of an entire human advancement

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    Prohibition The prohibition was the 18th amendment put into effect back in 1920 where it had made any manufacturing‚ sales‚ or distributing any type of intoxicating liquor illegal. Many different groups that were against alcohol believed it to be America’s national curse. They believed by taking alcohol away it would lower crime rates and have consumers spend more at other stores. By doing all this it would make America look like a more friendly classy country. After the ban of alcohol the economy

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    The 1920s was one of the most controversial time periods in all of American history. With many advances in science came new theories such as Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. With the theory of evolution being incorporated in schools many religious families became severely distressed. Court cases began popping up all over the nation in both favor and opposition towards the new teaching of how life on earth began. The most famous trial being the Scopes trial‚ which effected the education system

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    In my opinion I agree that teaching in rural school is better than teaching in urban school. It was a great place to learn how to teach. There have small class sizes. Classroom management is fairly easy. Teacher was able to push kids because parents knew teacher as a person. They realized teacher wanted the best for their children. The other side of this was to live in a village of about 100. Teacher got to know pupils‚ their parents‚ and even their grandparents. Teacher social life is always

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    “Norma Shearer wears the kind of clothes I like” utilizing the power of celebrity culture to define fashion‚ Mary like many women were exposed to the most current up-to-date styles. Films gave an outlet to discover and to emulate the actresses vogue. City fashion became accessible to all‚ spreading its wings into the most rural parts of the country. Which gave rise to a new society under the premises of consumer culture; which is the proliferation of goods that is not based on necessity‚ but rather

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    Throughout the 1920s and ‘30s Urban populations augmented greatly in Cities (rather than living on farms)‚ affecting jobs‚ transportation‚ housing which have many positives effects during this time‚ but also many negative effects changing life during this time period. During the 1920s urbanization was becoming about impacting lives of many citizens and noncitizens living in America. For the first time more people were living in cities than farms‚ especially immigrants. When immigrants were coming

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    Around the year of 1920s‚ there were two types of schools in Americas education system. Generally‚ it consists of Public Schools and Private Schools. The Oregon School System does play a crucial role in their countrys education system‚ started from the year of 1922. A group of people which is also known as Ku Klux Klan and the Scottish Rite Masons had also involved in the formulation of educational system for the sake of the society in that time. They set the requirements of education for their young

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    The 1920s was a period of groundbreaking and progressive change in the United States. Women’s roles in society changed and the economy experienced great growth as a result of innovative ideas and entrepreneurs. However‚ at the same time it was an era of intolerance and conservative ideas like prohibition. Women’s roles in society changed during the 1920s. As a direct result of the war‚ the number of women in the workforce rose and they moved into better‚ higher-paying jobs. After the Nineteenth

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