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2.  This time period was considered as a very
exciting period of time.
 The economy was successful and plus there
was a lot of changes to the society and
culture itself
 They face new styles of dancing/fashion, had
new improvements in technology, and faced
a lot of new laws.

3. Examples of the new technology:
 ModelT
 Radio
 ChildrenToys
 Canned Food
 Band-Aid
 Audiometer
 Instant Camera
 Moviola
 Jukebox
 First Movie with sound: “The Jazz
Singer”
 Charles A. Lindbergh`s pioneering
flight across the Atlantic Ocean
The Industrial Revolution gave people higher expectations for improving
their living.The 1920s also introduced the use of machinery which in the end
increased productivity, also was decreasing demand for laborers.

4.  The 19th amendment finally passed which allowed woman to vote.
 Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified onAugust 18, 1920
 Could join the workforce
 NationalAmericanWoman Suffrage Association

5.  They wanted something new to enjoy life after the war so they came up
with new sports, and sports ended up being the breakout decade for the
1920s
 People from other countries would travel to America for sports
 Baseball was very popular during this age.
 The most popular American athlete of the 1920s was baseball player Babe Ruth.

6.  Men's fashion became more youthful but women's fashion changed
much more drastically.
 Men wore more suits, and nice shoes.
 Women’s fashion was known as “flapper” style.
 Woman started to dress differently after they had more freedom.

7.  Workers move to big cities to find better economic opportunities.
 People started to live in cities, or in smalls towns.
 Rich people lived in the city. Middle Classed people lived in suburbs. Poor
people lived in back alleys, and or courtyards.

8.  Introduced African American’s Culture.
 Dancing, Music, Art, and literature
 AfricanAmericans demanded equality
 They moved to Harlem to get jobs since they were unemployed due to
the CivilWar
 Worked a lot and ended up changing people’s views on their race
because of how much they worked and helped out.

9.  Dance clubs became popular in this time period
 Harlem played a key role in the development of dance styles
 Music was improvised to be better so they could dance to it
 Jazz became the most popular form of music for young
people and the flapper culture

10.  Made illegal the manufacture, import and sale of beer, wine and hard
liquor
 Woman were mostly behind this because they wanted to stop being
abused by their husbands
 Gangsters would hire men to smuggle/hijack in rum from Canada and
bring it into the U.S
 Al Capone was one of the most famous gangsters

11.  http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html
 http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_roaring_20s
 http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/harlem-renaissance
 http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade20.html