1) A. Mitchell Palmer- Attorney General in 1920s; earned the title of the "fighting Quaker" by his excess of zeal in rounding up suspects of Red Scare; ultimately totaled about six thousand; This drive to root out radicals was redoubled in June 1919‚ when a bomb shattered his home 2) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti- case regarded by liberals as "judicial lynching". Sacco‚ a shoe-factory worker‚ and Vanzetti‚ a fish peddler‚ were convicted in 1921 of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster
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Before World War I the country remained culturally and psychologically rooted in the past‚ but in the 1920s America seemed to breakaway from these attachments and usher in the birth of modern America This dramatic break between America’s past and future was shaped by the evolution of technology‚ sports‚ entertainment‚ and women’s roles. Many of the trends that converged to make the twenties distinct had been building for years. The 1920s were a period of technological change that transformed the
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Hughes – major poet in the 1920s Charles A. Lindbergh – first to fly over the Atlantic Ocean Frederick W. Taylor – known as the “Father of scientific management” Thomas Edison – brought the first “movie” Margaret Sanger – birth-control movement Babe Ruth – home-run hero‚ more popular than statesmen (baseball) Guglielmo Marconi – wireless telegraphy The Wright brothers – engineered the fire plane Professor John Dewey – most revolutionary contribution to educational
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Marco Sanchez English 1301 9/24/12 “The Roaring 20’s was the best decade of America” Everyone dreams of living the good life‚ having all the luxuries for a bargain price and not worrying about a thing in the world. Well for many people in the 1920’s that was their life. This jump from 1919 to 1920 brought the greatest change in society‚ politics and values. The key word during this decade was prosperity. Americans were evolving from an era of conservatism to an era of more liberal views. New
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Many of us have probably heard about how Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball. How he became a Civil War hero while baseball was growing in America. But sadly‚ this is not true at all. Doubleday was still involved in the war in West Point‚ and claimed he had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The story was told around by a former major league player Aj Spalding claiming he got the story from Abner Graves‚ a mining engineer. Later on major league officials talk and rely on the
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The 1920’s 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 1920’s which made it the best decade. Even though there was so much good in the 1920’s 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 1920’s‚ the economy was booming. A big factor of the economy prospering
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The Roaring Twenties The 20’s were different than any other decade because it was a time for social and economic change. With those changes‚ many new inventions like the automobile and electricity were making productivity in the 20’s much higher. Money was being earned that changed how people interacted with one another‚ and how they spent it. Celebrities were becoming a thing that shaped the future of America‚ giving children someone to look up to. The new inventions of the 20’s mainly revolved
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“Fences” is a 1983 play written by August Wilson in the drama and fiction genre. Fences is about a 53 year old man named Troy who struggles throughout the story with his family and himself. The play takes place in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania where Troy Maxson has gone through life in a country where being black leads to crushing a man’s’ body mentally‚ emotionally and physically. Racism is an important element in the play that affects Troy’s family and himself in their everyday life. As a result‚
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“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world‚ but if they don’t play together‚ the club won’t be worth a dime.” (Babe Ruth) There is a reason why football‚ basketball and baseball have more than one player on the team. To be successful in any of these sports you need a group of men that are talented‚ but more than that a group of men that can work together to achieve there ultimate goals‚ championships. You can use a lot
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by taking steroids they are cheating the game and all of those involved with them. Every athlete wants glory every athlete wants to leave something behind every athlete wants his legacy to be remembered they want to be talked about forever. Like Babe Ruth his name will never be forgotten even though his home run record was broken. People will never forget him people will still remember him as the best hitter the game has
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