Slang of the 1920s A 1. ab-so-lute-ly: affirmative‚ yes 2. absent treatment: dancing with a timid partner 3. air tight: very attractive 4. Airedale: an unattractive man 5. alarm clock: a chaperone 6. all wet: incorrect 7. And how!: I strongly agree! 8. ankle: to walk‚ i.e.. "Let’s ankle!" 9. applesauce: flattery‚ nonsense‚ i.e.. "Aw‚ applesauce!" 10. Attaboy!: well done!; also‚ Attagirl! B 11. baby: sweetheart. Also denotes something of high value or respect. 12. baby grand: heavily
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whole new outlook on life in the 1920’s. They were no longer of a single‚ quiet opinion. The different experiences during the war meant that once everyone was together again‚ viewpoints would change of what certain groups of people stood for. The role of women and how they now took control of their lives‚ new inventions‚ and different morals of Americans all accumulated to the new lifestyle of the United States. With their husbands gone to war‚ many American women became more independent because
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conviction‚ things begin to happen.” From 1848 to 1920‚ the women in America decided it was about time for a change. Did you know that the legislature of Tennessee changed his vote in the nineteenth amendment to a ‘yes’? Do you know why? Women’s rights were an important part of our history;discover why here. Elizabeth Cady Staton wrote speeches for the women’s rights movement. According to the National Organization for Women: The suffrage Movement and its Leaders‚ after the speeches were written
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Baseball has been America’s pastime since the late 1800’s. White men were the only ones who played the sport. Major League Baseball denied the access of allowing black players to play on the same field as the white players. They believed it would increase the amount of black fans coming to the stadiums and push away the white fans from coming to watch baseball anymore. In 1945‚ a new commissioner of baseball was hired‚ Happy Chandler‚ and he was more supportive of integrating the major leagues. People
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PJ Schaefer Joel Favino APUSH Railroads‚ Steamboats‚ and Ships One of the big new things of this time period was the railroad and trains. The thing it impacted the most was social living. You could send letters and packages so much quicker without having to send it with a horse and buggy. Also if there wasn’t railroads the western towns wouldn’t have had a chance at survival‚ they needed fresh goods to be carted across the country all the time. The railroad was the means for this. It also
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Youth and Civil Rights The Civil Rights Movement in the sixties were in a large part caused by the youth of the time. Not only did colored youth feel like there was a transition needed but white youth felt that something needed fixing. The youth of the time founded organizations that were built to fight racism and the youth effectively held and organized protest for equality for all throughout the nation from Alabama to Washington D.C. Youth had the greatest impact on society and were the
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during the 1920s The 1920s was a quite controversial decade concerning women’s position. People‚ trying to forget about the shock of the Great War‚ buried themselves in an unabashed materialism and hedonism. It was a decade when all old norms were extinguished not only for women but for the whole society. It was the time of one of the greatest changes American society ever experienced. Probably‚ this change was especially true for women’s position. They acquired the voting right by the passage
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began evolving into political and industrialize perspectives which allow growth in many different aspects of life. The events occurred during this period exceed the feminine rights to vote and show prospects in equality of gender. However‚ many illegal activity began due to the eighteenth amendment enacted on January 16th‚ 1920. The eighteenth amendment was ratified to decrease drunkenness and family abuse when consumed alcohol. The prohibition interdicted the manufacture‚ distribution‚ and sale of
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In the 1900’s‚ there was a large population of African Americans who lived in the South. However‚ around 1910’s and 1920’s‚ they started moving out to other states. Some of them moved to other states looking for better jobs‚ while others moved looking for better education for themselves and their children. Some just wanted to escape the racism and the discrimination they were facing in the South. African Americans tried to go to the big Northern Cities because they thought they would have better
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medicine occurred in the 1920s. Some of the amazing discoveries were insulin for the treatment of diabetes‚ the Band-Aid for healing wounds‚ and the iron lung for the treatment of polio. To keep up with these new medicines and treatments‚ the medical universities had to revamp their entry requirements and curriculum. Health insurance was developed to help defray the increase in costs of seeking medical treatment. The advancements during the 1920s in the medical
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