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theatre to become what it is today. The 1920's especially, with its boom years, elaborate creations and even struggles and controversies, was the peak of musical theatre and it is clear today to see everything the population has developed from that era and what people continue to evolve. Although the first real records of play productions including song and dance date back to ancient Greek and Roman civilization, musical theatre did not truly develop until the 1920's. This decade is hugely…

in our society today However, the type of racism we have today is an improvement of what we had during the 1920’s. Although the United States is not perfect in providing equality for all races, the US has made great progress to promote equality for all since the 1920’s, such as the removal of segregation and the Civil Rights Act to guarantee greater freedoms for all races. In the 1920’s, the nation enjoyed a time of prosperity due to the aftermath of World War I. However, many races…

The number of automobile owners nearly tripled to 23 million by the end of the 1920s because of the assembly and mass production. The vast majority of these cars were Ford's Model T. Due to the influx of automobiles; the government passed the Federal Highway Act in 1921, which helped aid state and local governments to build highways…

It is the 1920’s in the United States.World War I had recently ended and America was changing rapidly. Americans suddenly had more leisure time. Some filled that time with going to see live Jazz or using new technology. An abundant amount of others watched and or played sports to filled that leisure time. Many Americans enjoyed a good sports game. Americans were very fancied with sports. Sports played a key role during this era of time. One sport that had gained interest by the public was…

In the 1920’s a conservative counterattack occurred, which would challenge many new norms, and attempt to restore America to its old “morally acceptable” ways. This revolution occurred due to the rise of social tensions caused by urbanization. When a large amount of America’s population migrated to cities, rural Americans began to associate city life with an evil way of life. With the idea of cities, they associated heavy drinking, prostitution, communism, and atheism. During World War I,…

In the 1920’s five out of six of the Jewish people in the United States were Eastern European (“Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States”). From the 1880’s to the 1920’s 3,750,000 Jewish Eastern Europeans immigrated to the United States. The Jewish people added to the culture and politics in the United States of America. Before the Jewish people got to the United States they had to face many obstacles. Most of the Jewish people lived in places taken by Russia at the…

Women in the 1920’s would do anything to get their hands on money. Women in the 1920’s wanted money, so they would marry any man who they saw that had money. Some women even cheated on their husbands because they were not rich enough, so these women went out and found men with money and had affairs with them. Women in the 1920’s were seen as inferior so they tried to prove themselves by doing anything to make them look better, even if that meant marring a man who is abusive. Some women at this…

Flappers- Flappers were young women from the 1920 's who defied traditional rules of conduct and dress. The change amounted to a revolution in manners and morals. Flappers defied their contempt for what was then considered behavior that was common. The short hair styles, shorter dresses, the enjoyment of jazz music, the act of smoking and drinking and wearing makeup is what distinguished them from other women. Flappers helped redefine the role of women at a large extent. Flappers began to become…

Tara Karchgani Ms. Clendenin U.S. History - Period 2 16 December 2015 Jazz in the 1920’s From New Orleans, Louisiana to all over the world, jazz music has made its mark as an important part of the 1920’s. This genre of music came from all the different groups of people who lived in New Orleans since the 1800s. When musicians of different ethnicities came together, they would mix their styles and share their music. (mhschool) To the elderly, it was thought to be immoral and they believed that…

Australia in the year 1920 the state of Western Australia passed legislation allowing women to stand for parliament. Edith Cowan was elected for the Legislative seat of West Perth. She was a strong advocate of women rights in parliament. Cowan pushed through legislation which allowed women into the legal profession, placed mothers in an equal status with fathers when their children died, and promoted sex education in schools. Women like Edith Cowan in politics in the 1920s were not equal to…