Roaring Twenties
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Topic: Roaring Twenties
Posted By: carolgreen270
Subject: Roaring Twenties
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2012 at 21:57
Why do we call the era of the 1920s "the Roaring 20s"?
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Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 10-Sep-2012 at 20:49
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Because of the high standard of living, technological and cultural advancements of the time. This was the era of jazz music, flappers, art deco, movies, electricity, and automobiles
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Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 11-Sep-2012 at 09:22
| Radio, don't forget that! |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 11-Sep-2012 at 19:26
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Posted By: Mountain Man
Date Posted: 12-Sep-2012 at 14:42
You forgot Prohibition, gambling and gangsters, intrepid pilots,daredevils and stuntmen. And the Stock Market Crash of '29.  ------------- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 12-Sep-2012 at 16:14
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You could also do a little background on what impact WWI and the return of the AEF had on the extreme shift in social mores.
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Posted By: Sidney
Date Posted: 12-Sep-2012 at 18:21
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yNAOHtmy4j0 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yNAOHtmy4j0 |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 12-Sep-2012 at 19:25
 That too. Gangsters and bootleggers practically ran the show when prohibition was introduced ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 13-Sep-2012 at 19:52
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[TUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AprIX6f3CSw[/TUBE]
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Posted By: LeopoldPhilippe
Date Posted: 14-Jun-2015 at 20:17
| The 1920s was also called "The Age of Intolerance" and "The Age of Nonsense". |
Posted By: J.A.W.
Date Posted: 14-Jun-2015 at 21:14
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& not to forget the stock market bubble - that burst so badly.. ------------- Be Modest In Thyself.. |