https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro It's like chocolate; really rich and good but leaves a depression when it's gone en-us 2018-12-19 13:13:37 UTC 2018-12-21 13:39:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ring.png ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/315845468 The Prohibition was the bane of many people's fun in the 1920's. People wanted to drink and they went to Speakeasy's to do it. A Speakeasy was an illicit establishment that sold alcohol during Prohibition.]]> 2018-12-19 13:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/315845468 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/315849733 The wealth of the 1920's led to a fear of Communism, dubbed "The Red Scare". It was prevalent until the USSR's collapse in 1991. Communism is the idea that all people should be get true equity and all property is public. They work for the country and receive just what they need to survive. This ideal could only work in a near Utopian society.]]> 2018-12-19 13:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/315849733 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/315851393 Route 66 (also known as the Will Rogers Highway, The Main Street of America and the Mother Road) was one of the first highways in our country. It linked the country together and made traversing the country much easier.]]> 2018-12-19 13:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/315851393 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316139608 2018-12-20 13:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316139608 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316139989 Government figures had accepted bribes from oil companies. This granted them access to oil reserves and reserved land. The conspiracy was later unearthed and lead to many bouts of legal trouble, even having a member of the cabinet arrested]]> 2018-12-20 13:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316139989 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316142323 Amelia Earhart was a distinguished female aviator and author. She was also the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by herself. She went missing during a round-the-world trip and was never found.]]> 2018-12-20 13:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316142323 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316143981 2018-12-20 13:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316143981 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316144234 The economy was booming at this time, so companies had to find a way to get their products out there. This was usually done with posters, cartoons, and (when the TV became commonplace) commercials.]]> 2018-12-20 13:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316144234 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316145231 Flappers were younger women who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, and expressed their disdain for the "norm" back then. They were often criticized and sometimes even arrested for what they did.]]> 2018-12-20 13:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316145231 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316146486 Houdini was a famous escapist and illusionist. He was best known for escaping a water torture cell. He was killed on Halloween of 1926 by a ruptured appendix.]]> 2018-12-20 13:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316146486 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316148867 2018-12-20 13:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316148867 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316150077 Mahjong is a tile game created in the Qing Dynasty of China. It spread around the word during the early 20th century, become a favored game during the 1920's.]]> 2018-12-20 13:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316150077 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316151008 Bootleggers were people who illegally transported alcoholic beverages during the prohibition. This became colloquial with hiding a flask in the west]]> 2018-12-20 13:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316151008 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316386928 on Valentines Day 1929, seven men affiliated with Irish gangster George "Bugs" Moran were shot to death by several people dressed as policemen. Though he was never confirmed, many people link the crime to Al Capone.]]> 2018-12-21 13:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316386928 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316387555 David Curtiss "Steve" Stephenson was a convicted rapist and murderer. In 1923 he was appointed to Grand Dragon (State Leader) of the Klu Klux Klan in Indiana. He was also the recruiter for seven other states.]]> 2018-12-21 13:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316387555 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316388762 Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist. He had a very successful career that led for over half a decade. He is heralded as one of the best musicians of Jazz.]]> 2018-12-21 13:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316388762 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316389236 This was the 35th election, held between Calvin Coolidge, John W. Davis, and Robert M. La Follette Sr. Calvin Coolidge won with 382 electoral votes.]]> 2018-12-21 13:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316389236 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316389809 The economy of the 1920's was booming. Everyone was buying because of the emergence of credit and Installment Plans. This led to many products available to consumers.]]> 2018-12-21 13:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316389809 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316390243 This was a time in autumn of 1919 that held the highest number of casualties from race riots. In most instances, whites attacked African Americans first.]]> 2018-12-21 13:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316390243 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316391377 2018-12-21 13:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316391377 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316391551 2018-12-21 13:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316391551 ecochran19 https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316391649 2018-12-21 13:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ecochran19/n3kj762ac0ro/wish/316391649