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Decade - 1920s
This category has questions involving events, social trends, political beliefs, major discoveries, or general information related to the 1920s.
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What games did kids play in the 1930s?
Kick the can, hide and seek, cowboy and indians,
board games like Easy Money (the forerunner to Monopoly)
Card games like: go fish, solitaire and rummy
Physical games like: neighborhood baseball, hockey and soccor
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What inventions were invented in 1939-1945?
Helicopter: (double rotor) Heinrich Focke, Germany, 1936; (single rotor) Igor Sikorsky, U.S., 1939,Jet propulsion:(engine) Sir Frank Whittle, England, Hans von Ohain, Germany, 1936; (aircraft) Heinkel He 178, 1939 and Microscope:(compound) Zacharias Janssen, The Netherlands, 1590; (electron) Vladimir Zworykin et al., U.S., Canada, Germany, 1932-1939
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The #1 most popular name for boys was John and for girls it was Mary. For more information, go to http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi
How did mass production and the assembly line affect economic growth in the US during the 1920s?
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What are the role of nurses during the war?
They had the job of curing wounded soldiers and protecting others people.
How did the US change from 1920-1950?
Well, for one thing, in that time period was the Great Depression. That changed American because it is a great dissaster. Everyone was more conservative.
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Why was the national housing act started?
they had to pass this act because people where to broke to afford some place to live so they thought of mortage and renting just like we have now a days.They told the fovernment and the government passed the law and it will be known as the national housing act.
What is a good name for a newspaper written in the 1920s?
There were many good names used for newspapers in 1920s. Among them were Brooklyn Eagle, Savannah Press, The Northwest Enterprise, San Francisco Chronicle, Daily Mirror, The Bugle, Columbus Evening Dispatch, and Post and Courier.
What was the economy like in the 1920's?
The 1920s started out as a time of optimism and prosperity. The war (World War 1) was over, and people were eager to resume their lives. President Coolidge was very pro-business, and the economy was doing fairly well. Unfortunately, all of that ended in late 1929, when the Stock Market crashed and the Great Depression began. But until then, there was a growing middle-class (including a number of educated black people); there was a new mass medium (radio) that had captured the public's imagination, leading to large numbers of radio sets (and recordings of popular songs) being sold; people could buy affordable cars from Ford; In addition to all of the above, the silent movies of the day expanded & provided a "wonderful scenario of entertainment and the creation of the Movie Star". Nobody saw trouble on the horizon until that fateful day in 1929 when everything changed.
How are monopolies in the 1920's?
The Sherman Anti Trust and other anti-monopoly legislation tackled several businesses during the 1920s. For a period of time, even Major League baseball was targeted. Commonwealth Edison, which was owned by Samuel Insull, was a utility monopoly. The fight against this monopoly would lead to the Public Utility Holding Act legislation.
Did the KKK have anything to do with the bootlegging in the 1920's?
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) did not play a direct role in bootlegging during the 1920s, as their primary focus was on promoting white supremacy and enforcing racial segregation. However, the KKK did oppose the Prohibition laws that facilitated bootlegging, as they believed it undermined moral values and social order. Some Klan members may have been involved in bootlegging activities themselves, but the organization as a whole was more concerned with its racial and political agendas than with the illegal alcohol trade.
According to Webster, the term Open Shop appeared in 1903. It pertains to a place of business in which it is not part of the contract that a worker has to join a union. In fact, in most Open Shops, there are few workers who join unions but the owner may allow a union to hold an election of the employees and if they agree, a union may represent the workers in negotiation with management. Open Shop is different from a Closed Shop. In a closed job, any person wishing to work in that business establishment must either be a member of the Union or join the union once employeed.
Did they have blenders in the 1920s?
Stephen J. Poplawski, owner of the Stevens Electric Company, invented the drink mixer in 1922 to make Horlicks malted milk shakes at soda fountains.
How and why did America turn toward domestic isolation and conservatism in the 1920s?
1) Americans turned toward domestic isolation and social conservatism in the 1920s because of the red scare. People used the red scare to break the backs of all fledgling unions. Labor's call for the all-union shop was denounced as "Sovietism in disguise." The antiunion campaign was then known as "the American plan". Isolationist Americans had little hope in the 1920s. Immigrants had begun to flood into the country. 800,000 fled to the US from 1920-1921. This was known as "New Immigration". The Emergency Quota act of 1921 then set the other counties to only three percent to be able to come to the US. After, the Immigration Act of 1924 cut the percent from 3 to 2, and was taken from the census 1890 rather than 1910, since that had been a huge immigration year. Japanese had it the worst. The Immigration act of 1924 ended the era of unrestricted immigration which had before brought 35 million to the US. Over all the main reason for isolation was due to anti European feelings, the cheap immigrant labor that made down wages, the need for skilled workers, the people could never be true Americans, and radical political movement and beliefs such as socialism, communism, and anarchism were viewed as European in origin and as possible threats to political durability in the United States.
What affected fashion in the 1920's?
World War One changed women's roles in society. they saw themselves more as equals and clothing for them became more comfortable. Also, there was always a desire to emulate the rich and raise one's status. Flapper style dresses were easy for women to make at home, hence the boom.
Stuff bears of the 1920s cinnamon in color it has a button in one ear what is it?
the button is the mark of a Steiff brand bear
Where can you find minor league baseball statistics?
Click on the 'Minor League Baseball Statistics' link on this page to go to the minor league's website.
many things. The 20'2 are called the roarin 20's for many reasons. Women started wearing more makeup and shorter dresses. Books like The Great Gatsby were written in response to the shallowness of the era. The production line became popular and many people bought new cars.
Wall Street Crash, The Great Depression and Prohibition.
Why did people lose their jobs in the great depression in 1920 in New Zealand?
buisnesses couldn' t make good paychecks buisnesses couldn' t make good paychecks
What made the 1920s such an exciting period?
There were several factors. Talking pictures (movies). During Prohibition (no alcohol) the Mob came into effect and "bathtub gin" was one of the favorites and could be mixed with pure alcohol (many deaths ensued because of it.) It was party time at the night clubs (then called "speakeasies" where young women (no different than today) could party all night, do opium, cocaine, drink themselves sick yet rub shoulders with some of the Mob as well as movie actors. It was a time where the poor had a very hard life, but the ones that were lucky had the time of their life and free to do as they basically pleased.
