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"New Woman of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date—to work her own property, to live free of the strictures that governed her mother’s generation. (…) She flouted Victorian-era conventions and scandalized her parents. In many ways, she controlled her own destiny.”

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"The first time i saw a movie i hopped out of my seat because i thought the man was coming after me. The movie was so real"

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The music was filled with life and the dancers are fantastic. People came from all around just to see and hear what i hear every day.

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There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

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Quote for an African American in the NAACP

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Quote for an African American in the NAACP

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I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that.

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When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan.

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"The radio was the thing to have back in the day, everybody had one. You could listen to people from across the country with that box"

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“You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.”

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"Men become wise as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

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"Resolved by the senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled two thirds [voted for prohibition.]

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Video on a movie in 1920

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Babe Ruth

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Ernest Hemingway

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African American Nationalism - Marcus Garvey

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African American Nationalism - Marcus Garvey

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Marcus Garvey, captured the

imagination of millions of African-Americans with his Negro nationalism, which board by the black culture and traditions. Garvey founded the universal Negro improvement Association, organization aimed at promoting black pride and unity. He wanted African-Americans to gain economic and political power by educating themselves. Garvey also associated separation independence from whites. In 1920, at the height of his power Garvey told his followers they would never find justice or freedom in America, and he proposed leaving them to Africa. Despite Garvey’s failure to keep his movement alive he instilled millions of African-Americans with a sense of pride in their heritage and hope for their future.

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The NAACP also known as the National

Association for the Advancement of Color People, battled against segregation and discrimination against African Americans. It mainly focused on lobbying public officials and working through the court system. It also protested against the horrors of lynching. Its ongoing efforts to end lynching kept the issue in the news and probably help to reduce the number of lynching’s that took place. One of the NAACP’s greatest political triumphs occurred in 1930 with the defeat of Judge John J Parker’s nomination to the US Supreme Court. This demonstrated the African-American voters in Bobby groups have finally achieved enough influence to affect national politics and changes decisions in Congress.

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Jazz, Blues, and Theater - Louis Armstrong

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Jazz, Blues, and Theater - Louis Armstrong

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When New Orleans native Louis Armstrong was in Chicago in 1922, he introduced and early form of jazz, a style of music influenced by Dixieland blues and ragtime. Three years later Louis Armstrong got together a group and named himself in the group the Hot Five. Armstrong broke away from the New Orleans tradition of group playing by performing highly imaginative solos. He became the first grade cornet and trumpet soloist and jazz music. The freedom of Chicago’s South side gave the courage to create his own type jazz.

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In Harlem, in New York, there was African-American artistic development, racial pride, and were political organization thrive. The result was this flowering of African-American arts and became known as the Harlem Renaissance. African-Americans offered music poetry and other artistic works in the Harlem Renaissance. Harlem was the heart and soul of the African-American Renaissance. Nightclubs where music was performed was a very big thing in Harlem and many people came from all over just to visit one of these nightclubs.

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During World War I in the 1920s,

hundreds of thousands of African-Americans joined in the great migration from the rural South to industrial cities in the North. Northern cities had offered much greater economic opportunities for African-Americans compared to the south. After World War I African American populations swelled in large northern cities. The cities were full of nightclubs and music particularly in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem.

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How did African Americans influence American society in the 1920s?

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How did African Americans influence American society in the 1920s?

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"The Whole city is alive;buildings, people , all are alive; and the more they move me the more i feel them to be alive"

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Perhaps the most striking arts was the diverse range of artistic styles, each attempting to express the individual, modern experience. American painter John Marin drew on nature as well as the urban dynamics of New York for inspiration. Artist were now focusing on the urban center of American and Europe. Modern art was now full of art from cities or people instead of mostly nature and religion.

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While baseball become famous so did boxing. Sport fans idolize boxer Jack Dempsey. Dempsey held the title of the world heavyweight champion from 1919 until 1926. Boxing was a sport that was held to a very violent standard, beat the other player up until he gives up. During one match between Dempsey and another boxer, a store sold more than $90,000 worth of radios just for that event. This shows that Americans had extra money and that watching sports was the popular thing.

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"He was in a baseball player. He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star that likes of which baseball has never seen sense"

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Baseball is a sport that became very popular in the 1920s. Bands having came from all over just to watch players play the great sport of baseball. The audience loved to sit down and watch their favorite players play the game that they love. Since Americans now had more leisure time they had time to watch baseball or at least hear it on the radio. Baseball star Babe Ruth became a national hero, famous for hitting hundreds of home runs.

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For many Americans in the 1920s nothing quite match the lower of motion pictures. Theaters hired piano players to provide music during the feature, while subtitles explain the plot. These movies contained comedy,music, action, or even political movies to sway the audience. One of the most famous and popular shows at the time was Amos ‘n’ Andy. It was about the troubles of two African American characters were traded by white actors, that captured the nation’s attention every evening.

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Many American writers wrote about their disillusionment with

World War I. Some, known as the “ lost generation”, moved to Paris or other cities in Europe. There, they often wrote about “heroic anti-figures”- flawed individuals who still had hero qualities. Ernest Hemingway was one such writer. He described the experience of war in such novels as For Whom the Bell tolls and a Farewell to arms. More thanever writers were focused on human actions in the world and human figures instead of nature in those of the old era.

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How did popular culture, the arts, and literature change in the 1920's?

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How did popular culture, the arts, and literature change in the 1920's?

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Model T

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In 1913 board install the first moving assembly line at his plant in Highland Park Michigan. Fords first  line product was a model T. It was created to replace writing a horse. The model T was sold for $850 in his first year. As cars became more popular and more cars are being created the price drop down to $295. By lowering the price, Ford knew that they would sell more and make more money. These cars allow people to travel further distances and get away from the traditional area they grew up in.

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Americans bought many new goods due to more disposable income. Americans bought razors, frozen foods, shoes, and cars. Companies created many new products for the home to make life much more easier. A lucrative category of consumer products focused on fashion and youthful appearance. Many new and various products gave people a choice of what to choose and how to improve their life.

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In the early 1900s, people have been trying to make the first powered airplane that can carry a human. in 1903 a man named Samuel Langley was given $50,000 by the government to create an airplane that could carry one person. During his experiments he had failed to create an airplane that could fly. Later on in 1907, the Wright brothers successfully created a flying airplane. By the end of 1928, 48 airlines were serving 355 American cities. This allowed people to travel around very quick from place to place.

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Used to get people to join the Group

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Advertising was a big success in the 1920s. Otto Rohwedder wanted to sell bread slicers to people but no one knew they needed it. Advertisers linked products and qualities linked with the modern era, such as, leisure, style, and success.  Advertisements also aimed at people insecurities because it made the consumer feel like they needed the product or they wont be living the "good life" that the commercial portrayed.

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Edwin Armstrong invented a special circuit that made it particular to transmit sound over a long range. Soon after the invention, the radio industry had begun. Many Americans had a radio in there house hold where they listened to information on a specific topic or details on a sporting event. The radio connected people over a long range from one to another. In 1929, more than 10 million radios had been sold nation wide. In 1928, the first presidential election campaign was on radio. Advertisement was also a big money maker on radio as you could reach many people in a given day.

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How did new industries and a consumer society contribute to the Roaring Twenties?

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How did new industries and a consumer society contribute to the Roaring Twenties?

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The movement to ban alcohol grew very strong in the early 1920s. Many people accused alcohol to be the reason for high unemployment, domectic violence, and poverty. Supporters avhieved their goals and the government made an 18th admendment stating that alochol was illegal. WHile some supported the new law, others tossed it aside. Speakeasies were created and they were place where you could buy ahcohol. Many people would still drink even thoigh it was illegal. Gangs also tried to run the alcohol business killiing many officals and gangsters. Later on the 18th admendment would be removed because it caused more problems.

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The Ku Klux Klan also know as the KKK was a group that had flourished in the south after the Civil War and they wer against all people who were not American white. They used violence and threatened others to make immigrants and African Americans afraid of them. The KKK told people they were fighting for Americanism. By 1924, Membership in the KKK reached over 4 million and it spread all throughout the country. The KKK declined in the late 1920's due to scandals and power struggles between its leaders.

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- On Apri 15,1920, two men, Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco  were accused of killing two workers at a shoe store. The newspapers released information that the two suspects were anarchists and that Sacco had a similar gun that was used in the murder. Many people believed it was the two Itilian men because they were immigrants and were anachrists. On August 23, 1927, they were both found guilty and were executed.

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The 1920's was a time of economic growth and curtural turmoil. Many Americans had negative tensions towards Germans and communists. Nativism increased in America after the war. Nativism is a belief that ones native land needs to be protected against immigrants. Many Americans blamed the immigrants for the nations problems and accused immigrants for taking jobs that the soldiers needed when coming back from the war.

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In the 1920's women gained the right to vote and many women broke free from what a traditional women should be like. Attitudes towards marriage were changed as marriage grew in importance. The idea of marriage changed to ideas of romance, pleasure, and friendship became known in a successful marriage. Women's fasion also changed. Women now wore clothing that revealed more skin and many women had short haircuts that were not looked at fondly at by a traditional women.

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The 1920's,  Why did modern culture cause some people to think that traditional society and morality were threatened? 

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The 1920's,  Why did modern culture cause some people to think that traditional society and morality were threatened? 