immoral or sinful in the early 1900’s. Comstock made it where it was illegal to send or receive any pornographic messages or anything to do with sex. Once World War I came around‚ men were diagnosed with syphilis and gonorrhea. Then the 1920’s or ‘Roaring Twenties’ became the sexual decade‚ introducing the Flapper. A young women who wanted to enjoy herself sexually. In this time period Gays and Lesbians started to come out and celebrate. Contraception or condoms became a new element when having sex. As
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The Roaring Twenties-DBQ Essay 3-12-12 The 1920’s were great years of success and prosperity for all Americans after The Great War which caused so much commotion in The Untied States. The twenties had many changes that were both positive and negative. Many Americans were pleased with their wages increasing and more changes in the way of life while others‚ such as the victims of intolerance‚ had more different opinions of this decade. That’s why it’s called the roaring twenties. Women were
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The Roaring Twenties‚ most of the things we hear about the twenties are of good‚ happy times and of advances in technology and medicine. When we picture the twenties‚ we picture people dancing‚ listening to jazz and driving Model Ts. Also‚ in the twenties‚ the pretty was quite prosperous. But‚ there was a dark side to the Roaring Twenties. Those years there were some troubling trends and events‚ which many forget when thinking of that decade; prohibition‚ organized crime‚ nativism and the return
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America had two rebellious eras which was The Roaring Twenties and The Sixties but however there were distinguishable differences. The Roaring Twenties experience the change when people started to migrate from the rural to the cities. For instance‚ women begin to express themselves by dressing more revealing‚ drink publicly‚ smoke publicly‚ and are more sexually active. Not only that‚ during this time it was illegal to sell‚ consumer‚ or create alcoholic beverages but people however rebelled against
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Roaring Twenties The 1920s caused many things to change. The 1920s was often looked at as the period of the American prosperity and confidence. This was time period was also known as "Roaring Twenties". Lots of things occurred in this decade. Affected by the First World War‚ many experts point out that Americans moved back into their way of life‚ many say because of the cause of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. "The Ku Klux Klan was an extreme white supremacist secret society in the U.S" (1). Another
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The Roaring Twenties The Era between 1920-1930 was an exuberant deal. In this specific Era‚ boredom was not an option. One of the many things that went on in this decade‚ was called "The Silent Movie Era". The longer it went on‚ the more it progressed. In this Era‚ numerous people become well- known and very famous. Many actors and actresses played roles in all sorts of movies. Some of these famous actors and actresses were Rudolph Valentino‚ Charlie Chaplin‚ Clara Bow
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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 was concentrated among just a few families. Sixty percent of Americans riches were owned by only two percent
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The Roaring Twenties in the Great Gatsby 2.0 By: Isaiah Aguilera The 1920s in the United States was a time where the US was going through a cultural revolution. The United States had just came out of the 1st World War Victorious‚ The country’s economy had thrived on producing War Supplies for its allies. The 18th amendment had banned the production and sale of the Alcohol. With Prohibition in action most of the American people did not agree with prohibition and some Americans began to open secret
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Prohibition and the Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties can be described as a period of American history during which people crossed the line‚ smashed tradition‚ and broke boundaries. A brand new culture was created during this period‚ with jazz‚ money‚ the flapper‚ gangster wars‚ loose morals‚ speakeasies‚ and last but not least‚ an abundance of liquor. The decade was also called the New Era‚ the New Freedom‚ the Jazz Age‚ the Golden Era‚ the Lawless Decade‚ or the Dry Decade. The last title
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The Roaring Twenties was a movement that gripped America in the 1920s and spurred the creation of many classics as well as the intellectual formation of many of the period’s most notable authors‚ namely Francis Scott Fitzgerald. During this period‚ authors began to compose a unique writing style as they felt that their peers were becoming increasingly secluded by mass culture. One of the factors that led to the formation of the Roaring Twenties were the horrors of World War I‚ which gave many individuals
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