1920's notes by Sofia Gagnon-Beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa Made with charm en-us 2017-11-11 23:33:12 UTC 2023-03-29 22:37:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Events which gave way to economic prosperity sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930445 -The end of World War 1, it’s a great time to be rich
-Lot of investments, mass-production, mass-consumption
-Increase the standard of life, more urban lifestyle, apparition of caste
-Advertising and the spread of chain stores
-"The Roaring twenties"

]]> 2017-11-11 23:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930445 Events which ended the economic prosperity sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930461 -The great depression caused by the great crash
-When banks failed, people lost there money
-No more investments]]> 2017-11-11 23:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930461 American politics sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930472 -Republican leadership
-Nationalistic and fundamentalist movements 


]]> 2017-11-11 23:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930472 Prohibition (gangsters) sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930482 -Illegal sale of alcoholic beverages (bootlegging). Production, importation, transportation (well-developed industry)
-Territorial fights
]]> 2017-11-11 23:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930482 Racism sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930625 -The Great migration of african american to the north states made them join The Ku Klux Klan]]> 2017-11-11 23:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930625 Women’s movements sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930648 -drastic changes
-1920 women have the right to vote because of the 19th Amendment
-Development of birth-control devices
-They got jobs and started to contribute to the economy
]]> 2017-11-11 23:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930648 Fashion (men and women) sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930663 -Women: from corsets to more modern 
-ladies cut their hair (The flapper)
 -designers played with fabric colors, textures 
]]> 2017-11-11 23:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930663 Sports sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930720 -Baseball, tennis, golf, swimming, football and boxing grew in strength
-Babe Ruth, baseball
-They became so important that people stopped from playing them to watch it
]]> 2017-11-11 23:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930720 Entertainment (music, movie, stars): sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930748 -Everyone danced the Charleston, and many other moves. 
-Apparition of the radio which contributes to the expansion of the American culture
-Jazz was born (popular with the new generation; the old thought it was “vulgar” and “immoral”

]]> 2017-11-11 23:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930748 Arts and literature sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930769 -Women’s magazines are full of short stories, recipes, etc.
-Many new trends begin in New York.]]> 2017-11-11 23:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930769 Technology (cars) sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930803 -Low price for the cars (The Ford Model T cost 260$ in 1924)
-The most important product 
-Car industry created service stations 
]]> 2017-11-11 23:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930803 1920’s New York sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930833 -Wall Street Crash kick-started the Great Depression.
-Era of contradictions
-No new highway construction in the City, they were not ready for the augmentation of the automobile, traffic is everywhere
-New York was the centre of artistic expression as black writers, intellectuals, musicians and artists explored new challenges and a new cultural identity appeared

]]> 2017-11-11 23:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930833 Overall mood sofia_gagnon_beaulieu https://padlet.com/sofia_gagnon_beaulieu/tcvpm5yy0hoa/wish/205930843 -The new industrial innovations, the airplane, the car
-A new society of wealth appeared with a desire of luxury
-extravagant, exotic and luxurious
--The separation of races, ethnic groups, and gender roles was the accepted norm
-Embracing new trends
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