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U.S. President
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson
Fact 1: Born in December 28, 1856
Fact 2: He was associated with Grover Cleveland and the conservative Bourbon Democrats until 1910, when he moved left.
Fact 3: won the 1910 Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey with the help of state Democratic bosses; he was elected as a reformer, holding office from 1911 to 1913. -
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Actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin
Fact 1: Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
Fact 2: In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films.
Fact 3: He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. -
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Sports Figure
http://heritage20s.weebly.com/sports.html
Fact 1: After the fixing of the World Series in 1919, America was searching for an authentic baseball prodigy.
Fact 2: In 1920 he hit over 54 home runs; in 1927 he hit 60.
Fact 3: He experienced the joy of winning the World Series on seven different occasions. -
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News Event
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/nov-11-1918-world-war-i-ends/
Fact 1: In Seattle, local trade unionists affiliated with both the mainstream American Federation of Labor.
Fact 2: The United States Census reports for the first time that more Americans live in urban areas than in rural areas.
Fact 3: Cotton prices at New Orleans peak at 42 cents a pound, prompting Southern farmers to plant the largest crop in history. -
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Technology
http://www.debold.com/webdesign/webdesign4history/dane/science.html
Fact 1: Deaths by Diphtheria was reduced due to the introduction of new immunizations. America's population also increased in health because of a new interest in nutrition, caloric consumption and physical health.
Fact 2: After WWI, America bathed in economic prosperity, allowing them to enjoy more leisure time and technology.
Fact 3: The first public station was known as KDKA station, at first located in Pittsburgh. -
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Fashion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s_in_Western_fashion
Fact 1: it was the decade in which women first abandoned the more restricting fashions of past years and began to wear more comfortable clothes
Fact 2: After World War I, the United States entered a prosperous era and, as a result of its role in the war, came out onto the world stage
Fact 3: After World War I, the United States entered a prosperous era and, as a result of its role in the war -
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Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Smith
Fact 1: Mamie Smith was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress.
Fact 2: In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings.
Fact 3:Smith recorded "That Thing Called Love" and "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down" for Okeh Records, in New York City, after African-American songwriter and bandleader Perry Bradford. -
Radio Show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Radio
Fact 1 - was an era of radio programming in the United States during which radio was the dominant electronic home entertainment medium.
Fact 2 - Since this era, radio programming has shifted to a more narrow format of news, talk, sports and music.
Fact 3 - It began with the birth of commercial radio broadcasting in the early 1920s and lasted until the 1950s, when television superseded radio as the medium of choice for scripted programming. -
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Transportation
http://1920swikiryanbillyriobrandon.wikispaces.micds.org/Transportation+of+the+1920s
Fact 1: Buses supplied jobs for the working class and allowed for more people to obtain jobs
Fact 2: This new advancement was known as the omnibus and was capable of moving " almost as many passengers as a streetcar."
Fact 3: people could be picked up at different locations around the city -
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Toys
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/toys.html
Fact 1: Named after the United States President Theodore Roosevelt (whose nickname was "Teddy")
Fact 2: However, there are disputes over the first "Teddy Bear" as it is believed that the Steiff firm in Germany
Fact 3: This Teddy Bear is from an advert from 1920. -
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Movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer
Fact 1: The Jazz Singer was the first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music score.
Fact 2: In 1996, The Jazz Singer was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" motion pictures
Fact 3: In 1998, the film was chosen in voting conducted by the American Film Institute as one of the best American films of all time, ranking at number ninety.
