https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa BY CYNTHIA RUSSO en-us 2021-12-17 16:57:10 UTC 2026-02-25 21:29:18 UTC hello@padlet.com crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954041991 In the 1920's, the united states were led by 3 presidents; Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. They believed the government should leave the economy alone.Therefore, they adopted a laissez-faire (free market) policy. This meant that big businesses were free to expand without being held back by the government. The republican party was in favor for people to work harder to solve their problems and not depend on the government. They called this rugged individualism. ]]> 2021-12-17 17:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954041991 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954042497 In 1920, America's economy grew 42%. Cars and many new forms of transportation were invented. From 1920 to 1929 stocks more than quadrupled in value. Many investors became convinced that stocks were a sure thing and borrowed heavily to invest more money in the market.]]> 2021-12-17 17:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954042497 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954042805 Piggly wiggly was the first, self-serve grocery store in Memphis, Tennessee. This allowed citizens to go to the store and self-pick out the products they needed. Before Piggly wiggly's, groceries were sold at stores where a clerk would assemble your order for you. ]]> 2021-12-17 17:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954042805 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043028 According to Vintage Dancer, women wore "below-knee length drop-waist dresses with a loose, straight fit. Beaded evening dresses inspired by 'flappers'. Mary Jane or T-strap heel shoes. Casual sport golf knickers, argyle socks, blouse and tie." Most women were influenced by designer Coco Chanel and the actress Marlene Dietrich.]]> 2021-12-17 17:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043028 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043359 The Black Sox was a major league baseball team, that was involved in a Scandal during the 1919 World series against the Cincinnati Reds. The scandal pursued that eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series in exchange for money from gambling, led by Arnold Rothstein. ]]> 2021-12-17 17:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043359 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043627 Walt Disney created the entertainment industry, which we know of as Disney today. Walt began as a cartoonist in the 1920s, creating Mickey Mouse. He eventually moving from short films into full animated features like Snow White. ]]> 2021-12-17 17:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043627 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043956 Izzy and Moe were United States federal police officers, agents of the U.S. Prohibition Unit. During the first years of the alcohol prohibition (1920-1925), they both made the most arrests and convictions. In total, they made 4,932 arrests.]]> 2021-12-17 17:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954043956 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954044383 The Ku Klux Klan was a racist white supremacist organization that first started in the South after the end of the Civil War. Members of the KKK believed slavery shouldn't end and sought to keep African Americans in a "permanent state of subjugation to whites". By the end of World War l, the organization spread worldwide and increased from a few thousand members, to over 100,000 members. It started in the South, however was spread towards New England, the Midwest, and all across the northern United States.

]]> 2021-12-17 17:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954044383 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954072541 2021-12-17 17:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954072541 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954107449 2021-12-17 17:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954107449 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954148444 2021-12-17 18:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1954148444 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1956178633 2021-12-20 02:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1956178633 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1956180255 2021-12-20 02:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1956180255 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1956182816 2021-12-20 02:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1956182816 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957445440 Walkie Talkies were used for wireless communication during World War l. After the war, they were used for communication throughout the towns with friends and family. They were created by engineer, Guglielmo Marconi. ]]> 2021-12-20 18:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957445440 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957446659 The majority of women remained in the traditional role of housewife. However, the number of working women increased by 25% as a result of the work they had undertaken during WW1. Roles of 1920's women in the workplace included factory workers, secretaries, salesclerks and telephone operators.]]> 2021-12-20 18:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957446659 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957451505 Radios were first developed for the use of communication during World War l. They then moved into most american homes and developed to broadcast news, serial stories, and political speeches. Radios became a big deal in the 1920's because not everyone could read, so it was important for communicating news and information to the people.]]> 2021-12-20 18:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957451505 crusso236 https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957455583 Valentines day of 1929, Four men dressed as police officers and enter gangster Bugs Moran’s headquarters on North Clark Street in Chicago. George “Bugs” Moran was a career criminal who ran the North Side gang in Chicago during the bootlegging era of the 1920s. They lined seven of Moran’s henchmen against a wall and shoot them to death.]]> 2021-12-20 18:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/crusso236/fi60xtdvtt26d5pa/wish/1957455583