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The economy got stuck after the US entered in the Great Depression. More than five thousands banks and  thousands of businesses closed. Businesses had to laid off workers and cut the wages of others to stay open. In 1933, about 15 millions people were unemployed.
The craziest stuff was that there were millions of tons of food, but their prices were too high for people to buy them. So people just starved and the food rotted.
Just before the crash, Herbert Hoover (the president of the USA from 1929 to 1933) said : "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land".

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In 1929, a Communist party was created in the States. This party started some strikes, like the huge textile strikes in Tennessee and in Carolina. Communist were involved in many labor struggles

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In the begin of the 20's the economy was booming. The prices for stocks were rising fast and higher than it ever got. Therefor people thought it will continue to rise and invested money in stocks by buying them. People borrowed money from the banks and banks used people's money to buy stocks too. When the stocks' price were going up there wasn't any problem but when the boom ended with a crash, it started to be the mayhem.

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The Jazz Age, or the Roaring Twenties always looks like a fun time with jazz, parties, Ford T, flappers, cabarets… but it was mostly due to the fact this period came right after the end of a wave of rebellion. In 1919, many strikes occurred because people wanted higher wages (the leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World were in jail, so people had to express themselves in another way). When the 20's started the strikes were beaten down by force and the economy just well enough to prevent mass rebellion. The unemployment was down and the workers' wages went up. Although most of the wealth was detained by a few people at the top of the society's pyramid.
The tenant famers in the countryside and the immigrants who couldn't find a job lived in poverty in unsafe buildings and couldn't earn enough for basic needs.

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Let's solve this mystery with a little interview.

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This is for an English project, please ignore.

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In 1929, the boom ended with a crash. The value of stocks started to drop, so people sold their stocks because their were scared that it will continue to go down. But… it made the stocks' value drop even faster. Banks couldn't collect the loans people had taken to buy stocks. It led to another problem : people couldn't withdraw their money from the banks. The economy entered in a severe crisis period. It was the stock crash market. And this stock crash market led to the Great Depression.
(it's written 2008 on the picture but imagine it's 1929 that's written instead ^^ the picture was perfect to illustre it so…)

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Capone is one of the most notorious American gangsters of the 20th century and has been the major subject of numerous articles, books, and films. His personality and character have been used in fiction as a model for crime lords and criminal masterminds ever since his death. His accent, mannerisms, facial construction, physical stature, and parodies of his name have been used for numerous gangsters in comics, movies, songs, and literature.

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Society in the States during the Roaring Twenties

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Society in the States during the Roaring Twenties

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The society of the US in 1920 changed a lot. The States were the first power of world thanks to second industrial revolution. Women gained the right to vote. So their condition became better, they could express themselves more. Although the result of the elections stayed the same : only the women from the middle and upper class voted, but they voted for the same parties than the men. Still it helped them to ask for the equality between men and women later.

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The condition of women after the Great War

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The condition of women after the Great War

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During the Great War , Women remained alone in America, because men were at the front. Therefor, women gained more power by working in factories.
When men returned in the States, the society had changed. Women didn't have a few of liberty like before, on the contrary they had taken a place in society and were more free.
Almost a whole generation of men was dead in this war, so the population of women was the most important in the United States.
Women didn't want to return to the time when they hadn't any liberties, they wanted to be free and have fun during their lives. So the "flappers" appeared, showing their bodies and voting.

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The 18 august 1920, the right to vote was granted for women. They had more freedom and they coud express themselves more.

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"Flapper" is the nickname of the free women during the Roaring Twenties.
They had short dress (that showed their knees), short hair (almost a men like haircut), and loved dancing (Charleston, Black Bottom...). They also smoked. They drank alcohol even though drinking alcohol was forbidden during the 20's.
Flappers were free and single women.
They did what they wanted to do, and bought a very different, and new, vision of the women, they were the contrary of the Gibson girls.

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We can see flappers.

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Song: Charleston by Green Hill Instrumental. Check out the Portland Rhythm Shakers Youtube page for some authentic Charleston! http://www.youtube.com/user/PDXRhythmShakers

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The always raising amount of immigrants led to racial hatred and violence towards the foreigners. It also caused the coming back of Ku Klux Klan in the 20's and its spreading into the North. It had 4,5 million members in 1924.

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Between the begin of the twentieth century and the 1920, fourteen million immigrants came to the United States. Due to this important amount of foreigners coming in the States, the congress passed a law in 1924. This was the immigration law. It was supposed to reduce or to end the flow.

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A law that favored the entry of immigrants depending on their origins

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A law that favored the entry of immigrants depending on their origins

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The "Johnson-Reed act" or the immigration act of 1924 favored or limited the immigrants' entry depending on their home-country.
White people with English or German backgrounds had more facilities to enter in the States, rather than Southern Europeans, Slavs and Jews who weren't welcome. Only a hundred Chinese and Africans people were allowed to move to the United States.

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Carrie Chapman was the president of National American Woman Suffrage Association.

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Differences between the women from 1910 and the 20's

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Differences between the women from 1910 and the 20's

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In 1910, women weared long dresses and corsets. It was the victorian fashion which created a strict moral climate.

They didn’t have many rights, so their liberties were restricted.

Before the start of World War 1, the Gibson girls were very popular.

In 1920, fashions and things changed drastically. Women got the right to vote and to show their knees, which amazed some men. They were not afraid anymore of showing their body and expressing their opinion.

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Armstrong (1901-1971) was born and grew up in New Orleans. He started his carrer in the brass band of riverboats. He played the trumpet and sang. He moved to Chicago, went to the Fletcher Henderson orchestra, came back to Chicago and then, returned to New York. He also played in Los Angeles, in Europe, in Africa and in Asia. He continued his concerts until his death. He played dixieland, jazz, swing and traditional pop.

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As we can see, their dresses have changed.

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They had corset and very long dresses (how could they walk without steping on their outfit ?).