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horrors of war and shell shock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOcEX3dYn3s 14.30-19:10 minutes This wa simportant because this caused the generation to lose a part off themselves. -
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The jazz age booms in america
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league of nations
The league of nations was create dafter the end off WW one with the purpose of protecting the world from further devasting wars. This organization ultimatley failed but was born again in a new form in the future. -
Prohibation Begins
Prohibition begins giving the rise to many gangsters and bootleggers across the country. underground bars were opened to service customers and served alchohol to everyone and payed bribes to officials, this kept the operation going without being shut down. This is important because it was a time off chage and rebllion among the common american -
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womans voting rights
August 26, 1920 marked an important day in history. woman had finally gained the right t o vote in a world dominated by men. This was made possible by women fighting for years to become equal to men in everyday life. This movement is important because it still afeccts our lives today. -
ford model T
October 1, 1908 to May 27, 1927 The ford model T provided the average family with a good strudy car with which to travel to and from destinations. The car was relatively cheap and was easy for the common american to replace in the wealthy 1920s american scenery. this is important because the car is an icon of American materialistic desire. -
Baseball Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z1sx4tcc3A This is important because baseball is an important part off american history. -
Jazz Bands in America
Jazz bands in the 1920s sprang from the popular music culture off New Orleans, Louisiana. The jazz music influenced many young people off the time and became an inportant part in the everyday lives off young Americans. Jazz bands were usually large groups off players that went from place to place playing music for the masses. this is an important event because jazz became part off the flapper movement and gave woman the ability to express themselves through the jazz. -
The Great Gatsby
The great gatsby was published. The great gatsby was given terrible reviews when it was first published but became more popular with critics and readers in the 1940's. Thsi is an important event becuase The Great gatsby is considered a great American novel. -
The rise of the flappers
Flappers were young women in the 1920s whose dress, hair style, and attitude were much different than the stereotypical girl of the time. These women treated sex as an everyday activity, drank and smoked excessively, and showed no respect for the social norms off the time. this was a side affect of the fight for women to enjoy more freedoms which makes it important to the fight for womans suffrage. -
baseball and its power
Baseball wwas the most popular american pastime. this time period was the time of babe ruth who is considered the best basebakll player off all time. Baseball still has tremendous infkluence today and considered the true american sport. The 1920s are considered a golden era for baseball and are a huge part off american history. -
Mildred Unger dances ontop of a plane
Mildred unger dances ontop off a plane and performs the "charleston" dance. which is a famous vent that defined flappers
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Wall Street Crash
The wall street market crash cost the american people billions of dollars and people lost their entire savings. This started the era known as the great depression which was a time off hardship for many americans which sharply contrasted the glamor and wealth of the 1920's. this crash caused rspid change in society and views on many ways off life as people lost their houses and other rhings they closely valued. -
Wall Street Crash Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLnDPntfNFw This shows the important loss off money that had recently defined america
