https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot en-us 2021-04-15 13:49:39 UTC 2025-10-12 19:21:34 UTC hello@padlet.com waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433081523 Prohibition movement was various religious organizations, who believed that less alcohol consumption would decrease the amount of crime and spousal abuse. The increase of the illegal production and sale of liquor, known as bootlegging, and the proliferation of speakeasies and the accompanying rise in gang violence and other crimes.]]> 2021-04-19 13:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433081523 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433088596 Flappers of the 1920s were young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous.]]> 2021-04-19 13:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433088596 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433089899 There was a huge increase in employment during this era. Certain occupations had always been weighted towards women. This included teachers, social workers, nurses, and librarians. And for those who were working-class, textile mills had been the one type of factory where jobs could be found.]]> 2021-04-19 13:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433089899 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433093231 Vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, and washing machines were becoming popular in many American homes. Throughout the 1920's, the electric iron, the electric toaster and the waffle iron also began to be sold. 2/3 of all American homes had electricity by 1924. The invention of these new home appliances led to some social change as women were able to do their household chores more easily. This led to a culture of prosperity and mass entertainment.]]> 2021-04-19 13:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433093231 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433098986 The term “lost generation” is also used more generally to refer to the post-World War I generation. The generation was “lost” in the sense that its inherited values were no longer relevant in the postwar world.]]> 2021-04-19 13:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433098986 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433123128 The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. Convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies, Fall became the first presidential cabinet member to go to prison, no one was convicted of paying the bribes.]]> 2021-04-19 13:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433123128 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433125906 Marcus Garvey founded the negro improvement association. Their goals were dedicated to racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and the formation of an independent Black nation in Africa.]]> 2021-04-19 13:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433125906 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433128003 Paul Robeson was a famous African-American athlete, singer, actor, and advocate for the civil rights of people around the world. He rose to prominence in a time when segregation was legal in the United States, and Black people were being lynched by racist mobs, especially in the South.


]]> 2021-04-19 13:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433128003 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433139063 The Charleston was a very popular dance of the 1920s enjoyed by both young women (flappers) and young men of the "Roaring '20s" generation. The Charleston involves the fast-paced swinging of the legs and big arm movements.]]> 2021-04-19 13:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433139063 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433140930 The strong economy combined with restrained government spending to produce consistent government surpluses, and total federal debt shrank by one quarter during Coolidge's presidency. Coolidge also signed the Immigration Act of 1924, which greatly restricted immigration into the United States.]]> 2021-04-19 13:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433140930 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433146010 In the 1920s, the Klan moved in many states to dominate local and state politics. The Klan devised a strategy called the "decade," in which every member of the Klan was responsible for recruiting ten people to vote for Klan candidates in elections. In 1924 the Klan succeeded in engineering the elections of officials from coast to coast. In some states, such as Colorado and Indiana, they placed enough Klansmen in positions of power to effectively control the state government. Known as the "Invisible Empire," the KKK's presence was felt across the country.

]]> 2021-04-19 13:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433146010 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433147398 The national origin act established a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians. It limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States]]> 2021-04-19 13:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433147398 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433151034 Al Capone was a notorious gangster who ran an organized crime syndicate in Chicago during the 1920s, taking advantage of the era of Prohibition. Capone, who was both charming and charitable as well as powerful and vicious, became an iconic figure of the successful American gangster.]]> 2021-04-19 13:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433151034 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433152209 was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a high school teacher, John T Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. Scopes was unsure whether he had ever actually taught evolution, but he incriminated himself deliberately so the case could have a defendant.]]> 2021-04-19 13:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433152209 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433154251 The Jazz singer starring Al Jolson was a significant film in the 1920s because it was the first feature length talking picture to feature a star singing and actor speaking and singing on screen.]]> 2021-04-19 13:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433154251 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433156363 Automobile changed the American lifestyle by providing more opportunities for people. ... Automobile provided both women and young people to become more freedom and independent. Automobile allowed the workers to live far away from their jobs and still make it on time.]]> 2021-04-19 13:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433156363 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433157819 Louis, an airplane in which Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget, near Paris, May 20–21, 1927. His flight was sponsored by a group of businessmen in St. Louis, Missouri.]]> 2021-04-19 13:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433157819 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433159535 Clara Bow was an actress who became famous during the silent film era of the 1920s. Later roles in projects like Black Oxen and Wine brought her considerable attention, and she had major success with the 1927 film It, which proved a tremendous box office draw and lent her the nickname the "It" Girl. 


]]> 2021-04-19 13:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433159535 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433169205 The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.]]> 2021-04-19 14:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1433169205 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436072602 2021-04-20 03:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436072602 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436075694 2021-04-20 03:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436075694 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436079590 Al Jolson was an American singer, comedian, and actor. Jolson was "The World's Greatest Entertainer" at the peak of his career and has been referred to by modern critics as "the king of blackface performers".]]> 2021-04-20 03:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436079590 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436082803 Duke Ellington showed how the American Orchestra could achieve a perfect balance of music that was both shaped by the composer while also birthed on the spot by the musicians, while also creating art that swung relentlessly.]]> 2021-04-20 03:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436082803 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436091210 The greatest amateur golfer ever, Bobby Jones dominated his sport in the 1920s. In the eight seasons from 1923 to 1930, Jones won thirteen major championships, including five U.S. Amateurs, four U.S. Opens, three British Opens, and one British Amateur. Jones dramatically improved his skill with each passing summer.]]> 2021-04-20 03:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436091210 waheeddia https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436094640 Rudolph Valentino became one of the great romantic idols of Hollywood's silent movie era. He helped to define what a star should be, and represented the screen's first "Latin lover." His early death, at the age of 31, only increased his legendary status, especially among his large female following.]]> 2021-04-20 03:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/waheeddia/2mglrddopknydeot/wish/1436094640