The Great Depression forced millions to move, lose jobs and become poor. So many had to move to living in tall, narrow, dark, overcrowded, unhealthy tenement buildings. Most of the poor went even poorer. Hard times hit middle class families as debts. Which means these families could no longer afford their homes.…
Before the Roaring Twenties women were very dependent on men, they were covered by clothing and they had little to no free time. All of that changed when they started rebelling against social norms. Women were becoming more independent, as new household inventions developed they gave women more free time and more independence. Women also started dressing differently (Document C) they would dress in shorter dresses, more skin showing, and shorter hair.…
The 1920s and Great Gatsby The ‘20s was a very interesting time era where in which multiple new inventions, services, goods, and much more became available to the public. Thus changing everything about the public be it economically, socially, and politically. There was a rise of new goods, gangs, discriminatory cults and organizations, as well as new companies, industries, and politicians. During the ‘20s cars started becoming more and more popular and were used by most if not everyone.…
The Great Depression has a lot to do with the average American life. After the First World War, industrial production fell by fifty percent, businesses ended, along with many returning soldiers after the war. That led to rising unemployment, with more than thirteen million Americans losing their jobs. They have to spend many years looking for new jobs. To maintain shelter and food is very difficult for Americans.…
Minorities were always outnumbered and insignificant in the government's eyes, but nothing was like the 1920s. During this disastrous era, First Nations people were brutally beaten by the law and rules, but the government never relented; in fact, they only went on harder. First, and foremost, in 1920 it became compulsory for every Indian child to attend a residential school. In addition to this form of destruction of culture, in 1925 dancing was outlawed entirely, for only Aboriginal individuals, and amendments to the Act in 1927 made it illegal for First Nations people and communities to hire lawyers or bring land claims against the government without the government's consent. During, this era, many Aboriginals were oppressed by the government…
Americans in the 1930’s tighten their belts. The stock market crash and the dust bowl radically changes America. Families move in together to share rent. Families rent rooms to borders. Cleverly moms make dresses from feed sacks.…
Speech By: Gabby pennella Hi everyone! Today I will be sharing with you on how Betty Friedan made a big change on women discrimination in the early 1900's. But first off, let me introduce myself.…
The people of the 1920s put on a show. America was a new generation in the making; jazz music and female independence was blooming. Womens fashion reflected the newly changing time period with freewheeling, flashy dresses that developed a new conception for the modified image of females. The Roaring Twenties was time of dramatic change. The 1920s brought excitement, fun, and freedom.…
The 1920’s were a time of drastic change in America. This was because of the many inventions and because of all the new laws was passed during this time. Crime rates were increasing because of the prohibition of alcohol. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb both came from wealthy families from Chicago, Illinois. Loeb was a troublemaker and has been obsessed with committing crimes all his life.…
The twenties were a time when everyone and everything was changing. The twenties brought many different changes, like changes in fashion, music, laws, literature, technology, and overall lifestyles of people and how they lived. The twenties were also a time when the country was just becoming rich after WW1. With that, the use of cars skyrocketed. Everyone was starting to get a car, whether it was the inexpensive Model T, or a fancy, yellow Rolls Royce.…
Technology of the 1920s Today, technology is being improved every year, every month, every day, every minute, meaning that the phones and computers and websites and anything technology we use today may be obsolete tomorrow. That is why technology is fascinating yet also mysterious, but it hasn’t always been this way. A long time ago in the b.c. age, technology was not anything like it is now.…
Blacks and Whites in the 1930’s Charles R. Swindoll said: “Prejudice is a learned trait. You 're not born prejudiced; you 're taught it.” Swindoll was right. A perfect example of racial prejudice is “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The white people of Maycomb County have a prejudice bred into them.…
People in the U.S have been discriminated against for a long time. Until the late 1800s, the inhabitants of the U.S have generally been Caucasians. Despite being a nation of immigrants, when people of different races such as Asian, Hispanics, or anything that isn’t Caucasians is involved, they are most likely going to be discriminated against simply for being different during those time. Presently, most people have come to understand more about the different sorts of race and ethnicity but not everyone decides to change their ways.. Most of the time, people are discriminated based on their looks, abilities, or even a mistake they’ve made in the past.…
The 1920’s can be described as the old way of life clashing with the new way of life. This time period was a reaction to what happened in the war. World War I and consumerism affected the United States in the 1920s because the economy fluctuated with good and bad change, professional and college athletics and the arts thrived socially, and culturally there was continued segregation for immigrants and blacks, women’s rights improved, and argumentative views proved hard times in America. Economically, the United States flourished at first after the war, but gradually fell into a depression.…
Women in the 1920s made a mark in history by the way they rebelled against stereotypes. As many say, women in the 20s were known as “new woman”. There were many things that changed for women during the 1920s. One of the biggest was the right to vote. The nineteenth amendment was passed during August 26, 1920.…