Decade - 1920s

Many historians do believe America changed for the better in the 1920s. The first world war was over, the country was stable and relatively prosperous. It was a decade of expanded opportunities for middle-class black people, as well as for middle-class women. It was an era of many new inventions such as the radio and talking pictures (what we today call movies, with sound), and an era when men as well as women flew airplanes across the ocean for the first time. More people had a telephone or a car of their own. And thanks to radio, which brought news and educational programs directly into people's homes, people who lived in rural parts of the United States could now hear the best-known and most famous news-makers and keep up with current events as never before.

While it is true that the 1920s were also a time when the Ku Klux Klan grew in power and racial prejudice (as well as anti-Semitism) still existed in the popular culture, not everyone agreed with these views. More black people found opportunities in the north and mid-west that they might not have had previously; and thanks to radio, the public heard Jewish (and Catholic and even Hindu and Muslim) entertainers and scholars, and learned something about the beliefs of those who were different from the majority. Despite America still being segregated, more people of color graduated high school and went on to college than in previous decades. So, while society was far from perfect and America was still segregated, some of the changes in the country did improve people's lives.

Most kicking was done with a dropkick. The ball used in the 1920s had rounder tips and looked much like the ball used in rugby. The NFL changed the shape of the ball in 1934 to what it is today. The tips of the ball were made into more of a point. That was done to help the passing game, to make the ball more aerodynamic. That made dropkicking much more difficult and shortly afterwards it was completely out of the game, replaced by the placekick.

To work the fields in Western Canada, to assert Canadian soverity, to send the fruits of their labour East.

E.R.A. stands for Earned Run Average. It is the average earned runs scored upon a pitcher per nine innings of work.

It is called Earned because if a fielder makes an error allowing a runner to advance a base and that runner eventually scores, that run will not be charged to the pitcher's E.R.A.

Yes it is, per the University's Honor Code, which all students must agree to. See: http://honorcode.byu.edu

The failure of the League did not cause World War II, but it certainly was one of the factors. There were high hopes for the League of Nations, but unfortunately, it proved to be a very weak body, unable to agree on major issues, and bogged down in bickering, as stronger nations like England and France competed for political influence. In the 1930s, when a united stand against the rise of Naziism and Fascism was needed, the League failed miserably.

For example, when Italy (under Mussolini) invaded Abyssinia (today Ethiopia), the Abyssinians begged the League of Nations for help, but the response was half-hearted at best. Sanctions against Italy were agreed upon, but not enforced; in fact, several member countries totally ignored them. The League was not able to get every member nation on the same page, nor was it able to defend a weaker nation against a stronger one. Eventually, Mussolini decided the League would be no threat to his expansionist goals, and he soon cast his lot with another expansionist, Adolph Hitler of Germany.

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Women began enjoying more freedom. Perhaps as a result of their newly won vote, women began drinking, smoking, bobbed their hair, raised their skirts, and more openly enjoyed sex.

Urbanization is the movement from rural area to cities. In the 1920's there were over 65 cities with more than 100,000 people. Two million people a year were leaving there farms and moving to cities. City people were more open to new ideas in art, science and politics. Most people who supported prohibition were rural white folk- and in cities, organized crime took off- famous criminals like Al Capone rose and places like Chicago became known for their crime.

An increase in the advertising industry.

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Tariffs are not that high in the USA during the 1920s. European countries had high tariffs as well, definitely compared to the pre-WW1 period, but this was mostly because of problems reestablishing the gold standard

In the 1920s, a bootlegger produce alcoholic beverages and supply them to speakeasies because of Prohibition.

gave preference to the immigrants from northern and western Europe

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With the rise of mass media in the 1920's, several things changed in the way of music, and the way that news is transmitted. Since then, media has developed even more, and people are able to access virtually any piece of music or news that they desire.

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During the 1920's the flappers represented a change in the American woman in society. They started showing skin with shorter skirts. They started wearing shorter hair and makeup. The skinny boyish figure was stylish at this time and, in some cases, so was unisex fashion. They drank, smoked, cursed, danced, participated in petting parties, and engaged in other activities seen as scandalous by the society of the day.

Social attitudes about women made change difficult.

No problems plagued the agricultural sector in the 1920s. In the 1930s, that's something totally different: farms and farm families literally lost their farms because of the drought and inability to get any money from the crops they grew, if they could grow them.

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During the Great Depression, people needed something to entertain themselves.

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