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    After World War One was over‚ everyone was happy that they could go back to their country in peace. Everyone was spending‚ people were working‚ almost everyone was (relatively) happy. However‚ there were people that were not so happy. There were those who wanted to stop funding the Germans with the proceeds from their beer. There were those wanted the opportunity to tell differing views on creation in their classrooms. Also‚ most notably‚ there were women who were tired of being forced to be housewives

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    Jazz In The 1920's

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    The 1920s was a time revolved around change and re-birth. This time was commonly referred to as the roaring twenties. This because of the clash of new and old. Many people welcomed the new ideas‚ but they also caused arguments. Though the innovations created some problems‚ they formed to world into what it is today. One of the biggest innovation created in the 1920s was jazz. Jazz is a combination of African American rhythms and european melodies. Jazz clashed with the old mainly because it gave

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    History 1920's

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    America went through many social changes with the American Revolution and industrial revolution. During the 1920s‚ the face of America began to change more into an urban society. Many differences between the rural and urban sides of America emerged. Historians consider the tensions of the 1920s as a backlash against the rising urban America‚ which turns out true. Rural people believed that the city lacked morals. The urban city dwellers lashed back saying that rural residents did not understand

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    Prohibition In The 1920's

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    Bibliography With the war on drugs presently being waged in the United States what sort of out come can be presumed based on the outcome of the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s? By being able to determine or predict outcomes based on the closely related prohibition in the 1920s we could possibly save lives from the war that is raging in many of our backyards. In my research I was looking for articles from the 1920s and present day that were closely related to try to draw ties between the modern

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    1920's Decade

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    The 1920s was the best decade of the first half of the 20th century. In the 1910’s there was WWI‚ the 1930’s the great depression‚ and the 1940’s WWII. So much flourished economically and industrially during the 1920s which made it the best decade. Even though there was so much good in the 1920s there were some problems too‚ but not nearly as bad as any of the other decades in the first half of the 20th century. During the 1920s‚ the economy was booming. A big factor of the economy prospering

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    Working Toward Change The 72-year-old fight made by women lasting from 1848-1920 would over time result in the establishment of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declaring women’s suffrage and subconsciously empowered women that additional doors of opportunity would then too be opened. However prior to reaching the “golden” destination‚ women had a grueling journey filled with bountiful obstacles (such as laws‚ expectations‚ and stereotypes) that had to be overcome to reach

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    tension in the 1920's

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    Oberle‚ I only sent what I would like you to review. I am fairly confident in the rest of the paper‚ but am I at least on the right track here? ! There were a multitude of changes occurring in post-bellum United States. The next decade‚ starting in 1920‚ was one of improvement and growth. New technology was springing up and life was profitable during the post war economy boom. However not everyone could be pleased with this shift into modern practices. The 1920s was a period of tension

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    Fashion in the 1920's

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    Fashion in 1920s “It is unseen‚ unforgettable‚ ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.” Clothing changed with womens changing roles in modern society‚ particularly with the idea of freedom for people worldwide. In the “Roaring Twenties”‚ fashion entered the modern era‚ impacted lives of kids‚ men‚ and women driving them to dress rebellious. Prior to WWI‚ kids still dressed more or less the way they had for a millennium‚ like young adults. “By 1920‚ clothes

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    The Roaring Twenties The 1920s were an age of change and innovation. New technologies like the radio and refrigerators changed the way Americans lived. It saw dramatic social changes that would pit the past against the future. It would shape our nation decades to come. The Great War had ended‚ leaving Europe in ruins but America had been spared physically from the damage the war had caused allowing America’s economy to boom like never-before. Between 1923 and 1929 the average income rose 11 percent

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    AMH1020 11 December‚ 2015 In America‚ the 1920s were a time of great social‚ cultural‚ and political change. Many people no longer lived on farms and were moving to the cities. The wealth of the nation had almost doubled in this decade. The consumer economy was booming and the market was flourishing. It was the time of the “Jazz Age‚” a change in social thinking‚ and women began to see more equality; to name a few. Freedom began to flourish and people had begun to do what they want. The morals and

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