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    refused to give up their current job. This resulted in women making up 23.6% of the American labor force. This jump primarily included single women‚ as only 10% of married women worked outside the home. Employment rate for women rose by 50.1% during the 1920s. Positions such as social workers‚ teachers‚ librarians‚ and nurses had already been common among women‚ but as corporate offices rose up‚ more jobs such as filing clerks‚ typists‚

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    In the 1920s women being to show their place in society not only as housewives but as a self conserved women. This new era of women was a bold new look for women as they only relied on themselves to get their jobs done. Makeup During the era there was an increased use of make up and it was fashionable to perform the rites of makeup in public. Instead of disappearing to the powder room women got out their engraved compact and applied lipstick and powder in sight of a whole restaurant or nightclub

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    under the consumption. As the effect of alcohol began to spread nationwide‚ a movement to end the sale and manufacturing of liquor and beer began. The temperance movement began in the 1800’s but continued to gain momentum into the early 1900’s. By the 1920’s‚ politicians were ready for change. On January 16th‚ 1919‚ congress passed the prohibition act to end all sale and distribution of alcohol. Many supporters of the temperance movement were prevalent members of society. Susan B. Anthony was a key

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    everyone differently. The Roaring 20’s‚ otherwise known as the Age of Intolerance‚ was an age of social and political change. It was only the beginning of many inventions that sent American into the modern age. America was very prosperous during the 1920’s‚ but Europe was still feeling the devastation from World War I and fell into an economic decline. America was considered the world’s banker‚ and Europe was defaulting on their loans and participating less in consumption of American goods. This was

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    In the 1920’s the automobile industry grew into the largest manufacturing industry in the nation. Automobiles (cars‚ trucks‚ busses) surpassed railroads as the primary haulers of passengers and freight. Henry Ford built his company in Detroit which created more jobs. As the automobile industry grew a lot of new jobs were created such as: gas stations‚ maintenance shops‚ fast food restaurants and motels for people on the move. One in every four Americans had a job in the automotive industry or

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    In 1920s,the intense cultural conflicts of massive immigration and new-come religion challenged old traditions with new values by viewing the people who came to America and changing the way people thought. During the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ there are millions of people arrived in the United States and created culture conflicts with native-born American people because of they take Americans job away and make their own society. At the beginning‚ some Immigrants come to America seeking for freedom

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    In the 1920’s a lot of stuff happened that change the way things were in the United States. Things like Prohibition‚ women being allowed to vote‚ gangs like al Capone’s came about and the assembly line helped make automobiles cheaper for everyone‚ are a few example of what happened during the 1920’s that changes the United States in some way. There were also many other challengers that America faced during the 1920’s‚ for instance the south had millions of slaves that faces a lot of racism and they

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    loss of power or capacity to respond to stimulation” (Salazar‚ 2007). Fatigue is an tremendous issue that effects human capabilities and limitations in the aviation industry. Last week Tracie Newman introduced the idea of fatigue mitigation. In the 1920’s Lindbergh became aware of the damaging effect of long work days. Over the years much research has been performed on this topic. Due to the results many regulations have been implemented to prevent the numerous limitations fatigue places on the

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    Changing attitudes in the 1920’s came about through progressivism‚ and the divide between country and urban life. Women were becoming more and more independent. Depression was beginning to sink its claws into the American economy first by way of rural towns and farms who felt the blow not with the stock market crash in 1929‚ but with the decline of agricultural prices in 1920. Most rural Americans still held to old traditions‚ and found how life was in the city offending to their beliefs and customs

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    Were the Conditions bad for all black Americans during the 1920s? Explain your answer fully. When Black Americans first came to the USA they were used as slaves in the 17th and 18th century; and so when slavery ended in 1860s‚ there were more black Americans than whites living in the Southern States. During this time white Americans controlled the state governments‚ fearing the power of blacks and introducing laws to control their freedoms. The USA constitution and federal law declared that everyone

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