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    The Baby Boom

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    The Baby Boom The Baby Boom was one of the most important events in Canadian history and continues to impact how we live our lives today. After World War 2 ended‚ between the years of 1945 and 1965‚ there was a huge increase in population known as the Baby Boom. The Baby Boom occurred because soldiers came home from war with a victory and were finally ready to start a family with their wives or girlfriends in a time when there was a good economy. In 1959‚ 20 percent of all women who were in their

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    Movies: The Changing Society in the 1920s Tina Wang US History March 7th‚ 2014 2 The 1920s was an important time period in American history due to the significant transformation of the film industry that further influenced the economy and the society. Both silent and sound movies were largely produced during the time that not only made the entertainment more popular but also created a new trend in the society. With such big influences‚ the economy in the United States also relied

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    The Industrial Boom During the industrial boom in the 1800’s‚ the main contributing factors to the growth of the country were the railroad‚ the discovery of oil and the immigration from other countries. Between 1860 and 1900 the urban population more than tripled in city areas. The most common immigrants were Chinese and Irish people. Through the discovery and rapid expansion of oil towns‚ the railroads and factories were working full pace to keep up with the demand for products. The railroad

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    Baby Boom or Doom? After World War 2 as soldiers returned home they were looking to settle down‚ start families and make up for lost years caused by the war. This became known as the baby boom which first began in Canada in 1947 and lasted until 1966‚ it started later and lasted a couple years longer compared to the United States. This baby boom not only effected Canada then but continues to effect the country today and into the future. The baby boom effected Canada in many different ways‚ starting

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    completed‚ and people to be pleased. Women‚ were models of society‚ often seen as porcelain dolls that could break at any moment in time. However‚ by the 1920s women were starting to break out of the molds they were once placed in. It was a radical time‚ and women were not afraid to show the world the important change that had evolved from something much smaller. There were so many events and ideas that attributed to the change in American

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    Klan of the 1920s The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was notorious for their hatred towards African Americans and their proclamation of white supremacy. They were known as the invisible empire and for their symbols of intimidation‚ which included white cloaks with hoods‚ and burning crosses. The KKK was depicted as an organization which was mostly active in the southern Confederate states and targeted African Americans. It originally died out in the late 1860s‚ but The Klan rose again in the 1920s because of

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    illegal alcohol production and gangs all flourished during the time of prohibition. While many negative things came from prohibition‚ not all negatively affected our society. Prohibition in Chicago in the 1920s is generally viewed as a failure; yet there were some positive aspects‚ such as the formation of support groups for alcoholics and their family members‚ which came from prohibition that still strongly influences Chicago today in a positive manner. Prohibition is generally viewed as a failure

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    Education Not many people attended school in the 1800s‚ and the teachers themselves were often uneducated and untrained. It wasn’t until 1854 the first ragged (public) schools were established in Sydney‚ for the people who couldn’t pay the fees for the “national” schools‚ independent schools and religious denomination schools. Because schooling wasn’t compulsory‚ parents chose whether their children went to school and for how long. It was a belief of the time that it was more important for boys to

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    The changing role of Women in the 1920s from a photograph taken from a 1928 US fashion magazine This source is a picture of four women dressed in flapper dresses (shorter dresses that showed off more of their body). In this source I have recognised that these women may be dancing the Charleston. This could have also been danced to jazz music. This source tells us that women weren’t accompanied by men anymore (without chaperones); this gave the impression that they were single and could whatever

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    Women in the 1920s Before the war‚ women in society were quiet‚ polite and modest. In the 1920s women changed dramatically‚ they appeared wearing short sporting skirts‚ short haircuts‚ smoking frequently swearing and also riding motorcycles. Once the soldiers had left for war‚ the women left behind emerged from their houses to fill the jobs of the men to support the armed forces. The movement from home to work force led to the creation of the new 1920s woman. Although the women had started

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