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    In the 1920s politicians and leading Canadians took an active role in discriminating against all ethnic groups other than white Anglo-Saxons. They achieved this by feeding the dark side of humanity: fear of different cultures‚ prejudice and xenophobia. In the 1920s Canada treated different peoples unjustly. The Chinese were faced with ridiculous laws‚ the Native Americans were forced to forfeit their culture and the Ukrainians were treated with suspicion wherever they went. In the 1920s the Aboriginals

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    The Best & the Worst of the 1920’s It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of production‚ it was the age of prohibiton‚ it was the epoch of nativism‚ it was the epoch of racism‚ it was the season of skepticism‚ it was the season of anti-communism‚ it was the spring of gain‚ it was the winter of loss – in short‚ it was the 1920’s. Indeed the decade of the 1920s was a truly “roaring” and prosperous time‚ but at the same time‚ it was a period of hostility and conflict that

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    During the 1920’s‚ women’s lives have changed in many different ways. After World War 1‚ American women’s were looking for fun. Women’s became more independent‚ achieving greater freedoms. For example‚ right to vote‚ more job opportunities ‚ freedom of speech‚ and many more. The number of women teachers‚ doctors‚ secretaries and nurses rose. Women earned less than men which they discriminated against. President Wilson declared himself in favor of women suffrage so the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified

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    among American citizens who wanted to live their lives to the fullest. Flappers were a breed of new women in the 1920s that defied convention and attempted to redefine the female role. Women began to smoke cigars‚ test with sexual rules and disregard traditional Victorian etiquette. Prior to this era‚ females were governed by rigid regulations and robbed of their social‚ cultural and constitutional rights. The roaring 20s‚ a decade of cultural change‚ granted several females enough freedom to rebel

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    produce thus being one of the seeds of disaster. there was uneven distribution of wealth. people did not benefit from the boom included the african Americans‚ immigrants and native americans. the gap betwwen the rich and poor was too large and the people were either too poor or extrmly rich. the middle class was not there to balance the economy. the amount of americans oblivious to the effects and subtle causes of the great depression was increasing. the most immediate factor that threw the usa into the

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    growth that happened during the 1920 ’s was very significant to sports today. Baseball wasn ’t always as popular is it was today. Babe Ruth started trending the high powered offense in Major League Baseball ("1920 ’s...and along came Babe"). Fans were impressed and helped baseball get a better fan base. Golf was also a new trending sport in the 1920s. Golf started getting more popular when they started to offer a reward to the winner such as 10‚000 in the LA open ("1920 ’s golf history"). Lastly football

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    Starting in the 1920s‚ a rebellion against religion‚ the church and old sexual mores begun. This movement was called Modernism and this paper will address and explain one of the main factors of the movement: Psychology. The psychological ideas were new and embraced by especially the youth‚ and adults too‚ all sick of the strict norms and rules. Sigmund Freud was the symbol of psychology‚ and so he has been for decades now. Sigmund Freud and psychology in the 1920’s‚ like money and materialism‚ replaced

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    Many myths surround the American civil war including one that tells us Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves with just a movement of his pen. But was it him who went into war with millions of soldiers? The military were the ones who did everything they could to help free the slaves. Although Abraham Lincoln did issue the emancipation proclamation‚ it only freed slaves on paper but he did not go fight the war to actually free the slaves. He was pushed by the logic of winning the war against the confederacy

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    The 1920s are often described as a period that saw the expansion and shift of various cultures in the US. Popular culture blended into business culture which adopted the innovations of technological culture and so on. The end of the Great War saw most Americans wanting to return to normalcy. You can never go back‚ but that didn’t stop America from trying. The United States resumed its isolationist policies‚ going through the technological revolution and all while having fun at the same time.

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    QUESTIONS FROM INSTRUCTOR:. Many historians cite the 1920s as the decade in which America entered the "modern era." Given the myriad labels attached to this decade‚ this essay focuses on the broader context of all those movements under the umbrella term "modernism." First‚ what is modernism and why did it apply to the 1920s (as opposed to earlier decades)? What ideologies or beliefs had changed by the 1920s that qualified this decade as "modern" for America? Second‚ to expand on those changes‚

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