1920s

In the 1920s was a first time where automobiles were used for everyday things. The stock market boom was a big event that helps the United States to return to normalcy. During the 1920s America had a fear of communism known as the ¨Red Scare¨ the result of this the government started to blame immigrants…

Challenges in 1920s After the World War I, people were coming back to the US and what was their view of immigrants, who could possibly take their jobs? The motto “Keep America for Americans” wasn’t quite accurate, because that were not just immigrants who Americans were against. It were Americans also, just with a different skin color or religion. Americans had a strong feeling of nativism in 1920s and because of the lack of jobs, they restricted immigration from other countries, but a wave of…

not merely on the foreign born. So, for example, to calculate the Italian quota of 1920, all that was needed was a simple math problem that went like this. The Italian-origin population in 1920 was 3,800,000. Multiply that number by the number of immigrants allowed in to the country (150,000), and then divide that number by the White population (95,500,000) and the Italian quota would come out to be about 6,000 for 1920 (Garraty, 660) . As a result, immigration from Europe was reduced to only 2…

During the 1920s, the image of the American woman evolved from one of submission, to one of independence. The laws were changing in the United States; women’s groups, such as the National Women’s Party, were working to gain equal rights for women and they began achieving these rights piece by piece in this era. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified thereby allowing women the right to vote. During this decade, there were astronomical changes to laws, education, and the job market for women…

Equality 1920s and Today Everyone can agree that freedom is important. People who were born during the 1920s and those born today all look at freedom as essential to their well-being. The issue of freedom can mean the same or different to each person. Freedom provides rights that people need to pursue a life of happiness and with liberty comes the need for equality. Malala Yousafzai stated, “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” The United States is a better country when everyone…

The 1920s was a very trying time for the United States. It was just getting out of a war and the morale of the people was not particularly high. That is where sports come in. They were a morale booster and something to get people’s mind off of rebuilding after the war, a much needed thing for the people of the United States. Sports played a huge role in the happiness and entertainment of the people in the 1920s and contributed to the rebuilding of the United States. Although there were…

Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of the lives of Americans in the 1920’s (The roaring 20’s) with its flapper girls, vintage automobile, jazz and vibrant nightlife. Ironically, the next decade the 1930’s for some will remain the darkest moment of America’s economy (The Great Depression). This essay recounts how America’s economy went from grace to grass between the 20’s and 30’s. It strongly believes America’s economy between the 1920’s and 1930’s greatly shaped and globalized the economic and…

During the 1920s, many events had taken place that have impacted American culture to this day. Some of these events include: the 1925 Scopes Trial, women’s suffrage and behavior, and the American film industry, too. The Scopes Trial brought about debates on evolution in schools, women’s rights are becoming more equal to those of men, and a revolution has begun in the American film industry. All of these events have had a lingering effect on how the American culture is today, and without them,…

Before the occurrence of the social changes in America during the 1920s , WWI was taking place and men in the U.S. were being drafted to fight this unbeatable war throughout April 6, 1917, until November 11, 1918, when the war finally came to an end, almost 18 million soldiers died and 23 million were wounded. The Great War eventually led to women to take over jobs that were considered “manly” to keep the economy running but most were still working the same low wage, yet it brought new…

This comparative essay will explore the lives of women during 1920s Britain through the use and comparison of two sources: The 1920s Girl, published in The Times in 1920 and Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, published in 1929. In addition, this essay will assess how useful these sources are in content and type to the historian. Britain in the 1920s recovering from a period of extreme change. The suffragette movement paired with working women during World War One reshaped the way women saw…