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    Running head: AMERICA AND THE MOVIES OF THE 1920S February 13‚ 2012 US HIS II ABSTRACT The movies of the 1920s provided one of America’s most forms of entertainment after World War One. Americans were able to spend a little extra and enjoy such events as they were not devastates during with war. The movies for the American people began soon after the invention of automobiles. The movies provided communications and entertainment and soon began to open the American people to ideas

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    Changes‚ occurring in the 1920s into the 20th Century‚ today life has changed in so many ways for women. However still‚ today‚ women are still treated unequally‚ with men still being the main gender. Women were considered as being naturally weaker than men. Since early times‚ women have been the strength in the home and family. In the late‚ nineteenth century the similarities and differences connecting those periods into the 20th Century‚ Life for women in the 1920s according to the changing

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    The Jazz Age was an innovative period lasting from the end of World War I to the 1929 Stock Market crash. It was a time filled with music‚ celebration‚ and free will. The attitude of this time was sensual and the intimacy between couples began to increase. Dancing was done chest to chest‚ and couples were very close to each other during this time. Since this was a post-war period‚ the young people of the twenties had a reason to be happy. After the war‚ America became infatuated with money and business

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    35: The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932 (page 782-end) 1. The Triumph of Herbert Hoover‚ 1928 a. In 1928‚ Calvin Coolidge said‚ “I do not choose to run‚” his successor was Herbert Hoover. b. Hoover talked about his view that America was made great by strong‚ self-sufficient individuals‚ like pioneers. c. Hoover was opposed by New York governor Alfred E. Smith. d. Radio was important in the campaign. e. Hoover had never been elected to public office before‚ but he had made from poverty to prosperity

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    Abstract It was a time of prosperity and startling contrast in American life. World War I was over‚ women got the right to vote‚ fashion took a liberal turn‚ and alcohol was outlawed‚ jazz filled the air and airwaves‚ and just about everybody who could afford it‚ went to the movies in roaring twenties. Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties had the reputation as a decade of play and prosperity. Unemployment in the twenties was low and many Americans were better financially; but real wealth

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    News and Politics In the 1920s The five years (1920-1925) chosen are exciting. There were presidents elected‚ one dying in office‚ baseball was still the national pastime‚ a major political scandal‚ and there were new inventions everywhere! Although all of the events can be listed in chronological order and described as news‚ the 1920s had many exciting firsts. In telling about them‚ it seems to be better not to put them in any order. That makes them more interesting. That makes

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    illegal. This created an era in time which is known as prohibition‚ this was from 1920 to 1933. Even before the 1920s people’s dislike towards alcohol was evident. Such as in 1773 the founder of Methodism preached to people that drinking alcohol was sinful against god. Even in the early 1800’s movements were founded that were against drinking and having anything to do with alcohol. In the 1820’s through the 1830’s there was a movement that captured the nation called religious revivalism. This

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    promoted and sold but did not provide the desired aid for the illness. In the 1920s‚ scientists and doctors researched and discovered treatments and drugs to treat diseases and sicknesses‚ such as opiates‚ penicillin‚ insulin‚ and amphetamine. Newly discovered medical cures were evidently well trusted and popular because of their authenticity and legitimacy in reliability. Even though

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    The 1920s was a very propitious era. Millions of people were living in wealthy cities‚ the economy was great‚ many had jobs‚ and new inventions were being created. Overall‚ everyone was happy and carefree. However‚ in 1929‚ the stock markets crashed and millions of citizens lost all the money they invested into the bank. This event soon led the world into the worst economic downturn‚ The Great Depression. Millions of people became unemployed‚ had food insufficiency‚ started living on the streets

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    one is the breakage of the 18th Amendment. Roxie Hart‚ the protagonist‚ consumes alcohol illegally with her lover Fred. Roxie Hart and her boyfriend are shown consuming alcohol on the stairs‚ a direct stand against rules and standards. During the 1920s‚ drinking in public was taboo‚ but the dare factor of alcohol was an exciting challenge which was meant to be rebelled against by the younger generation (Lazin). Another aspect of the moral shift was the openness of younger women and men to the acceptance

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