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“They were smart and sophisticated, with an air of independence about them, and so casual about their looks and clothes and manners as to be almost slapdash. I don't know if I realized as soon as I began seeing them that they represented the wave of the future, but I do know I was drawn to them. I shared their restlessness, understood their determination to free themselves of the Victorian shackles of the pre-World War I era and find out for themselves what life was all about.” ― Colleen Moore 

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“They were smart and sophisticated, with an air of independence about them, and so casual about their looks and clothes and manners as to be almost slapdash. I don't know if I realized as soon as I began seeing them that they represented the wave of the future, but I do know I was drawn to them. I shared their restlessness, understood their determination to free themselves of the Victorian shackles of the pre-World War I era and find out for themselves what life was all about.” ― Colleen Moore 

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This quote shows how the 1920's was a time of change and how much more different the times were after WW1. Talking about flappers and Jazz players, sports, and their affect on daily life.

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This song is about a man going to someone significant in an old persons home. This song shows the relation of family and the yearning to be close to loved ones.

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Al Jolson (May 26,1886 Oct.23,1950), born in Lithuania, Russian Empire, was a highly acclaimed American singer, comedian, and actor, and the first openly Jewish man to become an entertainment star in America. His career lasted from 1911 until his death in 1950, during which time he was commonly dubbed "the world's greatest entertainer.

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These were women who wanted to have fun and didn't act by the conventional means of the time.

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He was a boxer and rose from next to nothing. The significance of sports was to forget the War and because of the opening of more free time.

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This Shows how the swing of governments affect each other.  The republicans are trampling on the works of the Democrats.

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This Chart Shows That the economy went down a bit but started growth again over time until the Great Depression.

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He believed in humanitarians and thought that everyone had the opportunity to succeed but the Great Depression ruined his plans.

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Harding wanted to let businesses work themselves since it was believed that that was how more money and profit would be made. He believed in the government having less control.

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It was the first talkie movie ending the silent film era. Ever since, watching motion pictures became a prominent leisure activity for Americans.

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Mammy - Al Jolson (Jazz Singer performance)

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On November 2, 1920, station KDKA made the nation's first commercial broadcast as it was election day. The radio allowed citizens to receive instant news and recently, enjoy the latest hits in music.

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KDKA Pittsburgh 11/2/1920 - 1st commerical broadcast

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America was enthralled with him as he was the the first man to successfully fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. As a result, Americans gained a new confidence in air travel.

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He produced an automobile that was within the economic reach of the average American; therefore, turning a luxurious toy into a norm and he was deemed by the wealthy as a 'traitor' for that.

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In his quote, "A man who builds a factory, builds a temple," Coolidge implies that business is just as important, if not more, than religion. I think that businessmen had little influence in the government in the 1920's because it was a new era and it's also the Progressive.

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Al Capone gained public sympathy for his outgoing and generous personality and was coined the 'modern-day Robin Hood.' The business that made him successful was bootlegging during the time the 18th amendment was implemented which banned the sale of alcohol.

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American citizens blamed the cause of gang violence and other crimes on alcohol. The large impact of prohibition caused the 18th amendment to be passed which set the date for when the sale of alcohol is banned.

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A substitute high school teacher named John T. Scopes violated the Tennessee Butler Act by teaching human evolution. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. This trial revealed America as being very ignorant and biased towards religion.

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It established a a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants and it changed the American landscape by limiting the numbers of immigrants.

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After the civil war, six confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original KKK on December 24, 1865. Its members believed in keeping the white race pure and the separation of races.

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The execution of the two men when evidences against them were weak was regarded as a miscarriage of justice in American legal history

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The United States Department of Justice captured and deported suspected radical leftists, especially anarchists. The Union of Russian Workers and International Workers were targeted and 500 citizens overall deported.

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315,000 people stopped working to protest for higher wages to accommodate rising postwar prices. It was a big success. Due to the large participation, the delegates from the striking unions failed to negotiate with the city officials making the strike not much of a success. Some other strikes from the period were the Babbitt, 1922: the general strike and Mutt & Jeff, On Strike

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Americanism is the belief that native-born Americans have superiority over new-generation immigrants. It was shown in the 1920's with the KKK, the Red Scare, and the "MADE IN THE U.S.A." ad campaign.

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His "Return to Normalcy" campaign was to return the politics of America to how it was before WW1.

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These were writers who opposed of the post-world war 1 values and materialistic and mundane lifestyle.

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An explosion of social and artistic change taking place in Harlem. The "New Negro Movement"

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Jazz was one of the small steps to decreasing racism among Americans

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They believes and worked towards getting equal rights to men and all they can do by protesting and other mostly peaceful means.

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The sexual revolution is an event that changes attitudes toward women and sexuality.