Decade - 1920s

The corrupt Secretary of the Interior in the 1920s was Albert B. Fall, who served under President Warren G. Harding. He was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal, where he secretly leased federal oil reserves to private companies in exchange for kickbacks. Fall's actions were exposed, leading to his conviction for bribery in 1929, making him the first U.S. cabinet member to go to prison for corruption. The scandal highlighted significant issues of governmental corruption during the Harding administration.

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because the government had just banned alcohol which caused underground bars also known as speakeasies to sell alcohol illegally to consumers.

Monopoly was invented in 1934 by Charles Darrow. Parker Brothers began publishing the game in 1935 after initially rejecting Darrow's idea.

I want you to think about the question. Let's take it apart. A tariff is levied on products coming INTO a country. It is done to protect industry from foreign goods being cheaper than homemade products. Now, let's look at the second part. Taxes is money people pay to support the government. When taxes are low people have more money to use and that means the the fellow who owns the widget factory can sell more widgets. He also can earn a profit because foreign widgets aren't undercutting him through a price war. Now, that you have this I want you to answer the question.

"The Birth of a Nation" by D.W. Griffith.

At the time of America's roaring twenties and the economic boom striving ahead any other industrial nation, immigration was the basis of American society. In America's constitution, it stated that America was the land of freedom, equal rights and equal chances to become rich, prosperous in a land of plenty. It was named the "land of opportunity" and this provided great incentives for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, particularly from Europe to emigrate to America. By the end of the 1920s, the number of immigrants had totalled millions and soon the nation was beginning to feel the full force of immigration and the graudal concerns and problems it had upon many Americans. Soon, the government introduced Quota Acts which began to restrict the number of immigrants allowed into the country. By the end of the 1920s, only a small fraction of people gained entry into the USA. White people believed that there was a huge fear of immigration growing amongst Americans in which large proportions of foreigners were deemed "unamerican" and troublesome to Amercian society. Within time, there was prejudice towards them and the fear that allimmigrants were anarchists, communists and trade unionists began to have a dramatic effect on many WASPs (White Anglo Saxon Protestants), particularly the government, businessmen and industrialists. These immigrants began to suffer poor living conditions; overcrowding and malnutrition. Many were suspected of being radicals threatening to disrupt the peace of American society, some with their communist ideas that spread across America triggering the risk of a revoultion. This was known as the Red Scare. Intolerance to immigration became a significant attribute towards America's deteriorating attitudes and social conflict. Soon, American cultures became extremely diverse, providing great benefits in the long term, although isolating various multi-national groups which consequently led to segregation, racial attitudes and discrimination. America's so called proud "Melting Pot" of nationalities, races and origins was a clear underlying disaster waiting to happen throughout the 1920s. Key Points; Immigrants were accused of being anarchists, communists etc.

There was a Russian revolution in 1917. This alarmed America as many Americans had a fear of Bolshevism or Communism. What made things worse was that so many immigrants were coming into America From eastern Europe and Russia they were fleeing persecution (especially Jews) and from Italy they were fleeing poverty. Americans feared that the recent immigrants from Russia brang with them radical ideas. Americans began to see evidence of there fears when there was a wave of disturbance in America Lots of workers went on strike. The police did and looters and thieves roamed around. There were race riots. When the wall street chrash hit things were made worse as the jobs that were there were mainly taken up by the immigrants. this was because they were cheap employees and they did not need to have much skill due to new methods of production such as the assembly line put forward by Henry Ford.

SPANK! They kids sure learned fast that way too.

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There were legal limitations and the leaders of the unions demanded unfair wages for unskilled or semiskilled labor.

In some ways, yes. However it was also good in some ways. It was bad because it caused an obstacle in our prosperity, created over population, and helped the spread of disease.

A famous quote that was said in the 1920s was, ''Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.' This was said by Georges Clemenceau.

The original Band-Aid was a piece of adhesive tape with squares of gauze stuck to it at regular intervals. Dickson placed crinoline on top of the gauze to keep it sterile.

Homosexuality throughout history has had different views at the same time by different people. The pros and cons of it have always been around. Homosexuality was still illegal in the 1920's, but the general feel of the "Roaring Twenties" was more liberal than many other eras. As women began to cast off traditional gender roles in terms of clothing, some gay men and women began to be more open as well, particularly in large cities like Chicago, New York, Berlin, and London. Otherwise, like sex in general, was kept hush hush. It was uncommon for people to speak of such things. Women did not show off their pregnant bodies, they did not speak of sex in public and kept themselves covered completely.

So in the 1920's sex in general was viewed as private and was not to be shared publicly with anyone else. No matter what type of sex it was, there were no ads for sexual devices or porn, though there were prostitutes and bath houses, the general rule was it was all kept discreet.

The Great Depression brought a resurgence of conservative thinking, and the homosexual communities of the 20s generally disappeared. The exception was the gay/drag community in Berlin, which flourished until the rise of the Nazi regime.

The KKK came to an end in the 1920s through corruption from within the Klan itself and society. The Klan's more violent activities (such as lynchings, robbings, and burnings) started to offend the conscience of Americans and membership decreased. That, along with numerous accounts of fraud, sexual scandals, accusation of crimes, and money mishandling led to the demise of the KKK.

I know people referred to lesbianism as sapphos.

increase the number and proportion of immigrants from Mexico and Latin America.

Because the united states could only take in a certain amount of immigrants per year

yes ; it was 1924 !

Flapper Jane is a website devoted to the 1920's. It is obviously an historical website and is a very good source for Roaring Twenties information.

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the Greeks were unable to withstand the Philip's invasions because they were alot stronger than them and they had more power.