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War
Irish Revolutionary War -
Radio
The idea of a public radio began to take hold in America -
Literature
F. Scott Fitzgerald's first book, This Side of Paradise, was published. -
Major Changes
Women are granted voting rights -
Fashion
women began wearing short skirts (up to the knees) -
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Major Changes
Economic Boom/ Roaring Twenties -
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Pop Culture
The Jazz Age -
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Past time
People would dance for fun. Dances like the Fox Trot and the Shimmy -
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Past times
Teens wnet and would alter their dresses to look more flapperish -
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Fads
Dance competitions were very serious, some even dropped dead. -
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Fad/ Trends
Swing dancing, everybody was doing it. You would be crazy not to do it. -
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Media
Tabloids were characterised by scandal and crime -
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Film
silent movies were very popular they provided great entertainment -
Sports
National Football League formed; Baseball's Negro National Leauge formed; Babe Ruth sold to New York Yankees and hit 54 home runs -
Economics
The Great Steel Strike of 1919 ends with capitulation by the steelworkers -
art
Otto Dix, a german painter, painted WOrking class boy -
Economics
Cotton prices at New Orleans peak at 42 cents a pound, prompting Southern farmers to plant the largest crop in history. -
Art
painter Max Beckmann painted the Caarnival -
Politics
Republican Warren G. Harding is elected to the presidency -
Pop Culture
Picasso paints Three Musicians -
Transportation
Federal Government gives more aid for farm-to-market roads -
Technology
The first robot is built -
International Relations
Congress passes immigration restrictions -
Food
Wonder Bread deputed -
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World Leaders
After performing poorly in the elections of 1922, 1923 and 1924, the Liberal Party was superseded by the Labour Party as the party of the left. -
Film
The cartoon, “Four Musicians of Bremen”, is released by Walt Disney. -
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War
Irish Civil War; Turkish War for Independence -
Radio
The first public radio broadcasting station opened in Pittsburg, PA -
Celebrities
In 1922, she launched the fragrance Chanel No. 5, which remains popular to this day. -
Politics
Congress passes the Fordney-McCumber Tariff, sharply raising tariff duties to protect the American market for American manufactures. -
world leaders
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy invited Benito Mussolini to form
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Technology
Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal. -
Media
roughly 3 million Americans owned radios by 1923. -
Media
Time magazine first debuted -
Transportation
Hoch-Smith Resolution requires the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to consider agricultural conditions in setting railroad rates -
Architecture
Bauhaus in Dessau construction begins -
Literature
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published -
Music
The Grand Ole Opry was transmitted on the radio from Nashville in 1925. -
music
Luois armstrong had his frist recording -
Architecture
Airports established -
Architecture
Amuesment rides introduced -
Sports
First Ryder Cup for golf established -
Major Changes
Harold Stephen Black revolutionized the field of apllied electronics by inventing the negative feedback amplifier -
Science
Philip Drinker invents the iron lung. -
Food
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are invented -
Science
Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. -
celebrities
The circus, a silnet movie, was a movie tat Chalrie Chaplin stared in. -
Sports
Women's Olymic Athletics and gymnastics are held for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics -
International Relations
Fifteen nations, including the United States, sign the Kellogg-Briand pact "outlawing" war. The unenforceable pact will be made a mockery through the rise of European fascist states in the 1930s. -
Fashion
Bridesmaids gowns of 1929 have knee-length underskirts and longer, sheer over skirts, foreshadowing the trend toward longer skirts
