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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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As the decade of the 1920's what were the indications of prosperity?
Many inventions (television, radio colour television, hearing aid, blow dryer, videophone, aerosol sprays, antibiotics... etc.), entertainment thrived and people just wanted to have fun (baseball and the movie industry grew in popularity as movies had colour and sound), many owned cars and around 15 million Model Ts were sold by Henry Ford by 1927), and the "Flappers," which were girls who shortened their dresses and had a free personality. These things show how well lives improved and the economy thrived.
What could you buy for 10 cents in 1917?
Basically, you could buy:
- Ice Cream Soda
- Sundae
- Egg Drinks
- Tonic Water
- Egg milk chocolate
- Coffee(iced or hot)
- Half a cantaloupe
- Sliced Orange
- Sliced Tomatoes
- Sliced Cucumbers
- Boston Baked Beans
- Corn on the Cob
- Salad
- Ice Cream
- Raspberries and Cream
- Veal (10 cents a pound)
- Duck, Dressed( 10 cents a pound)
- Turkey (10 cents a pound)
- Beef (10 cents a pound)
- Pork (10 cents a pound)
- A pond of dried apricots
- Starch
- Golden Cream Corn
- String Beans
- Early June Peas
- Jams
- Baking Powder
- Macaroni
- A yard of Madras Cloth
- Sewing Pattern
The media during the 1920s did its best to take news that happened around the country and turn it into a national affair. This brought the country together and gave it a sense of national community.
technology
Why were Americans of the 1920s and 1930s bitter toward Americas world war 1 allies?
they failed to repay their war debts to America
What are inventions from 1850 through 1920?
Some of the inventions created are the following:
1. Steam engine
2. telephone
3. telegraph
4. factory
5. steel
6. robotic machines to make good
7. first form of photography
8. airplane
9. automobile
10. barbed wire
11. light bulb
12. transcontinental railroad
What new methods did advertisers use in the 1920?
With the new interstate highways and state roads, they started using billboards.
Why the league of nations found it difficult to be fully effective in the 1920's?
because the us government didn't want to be apart of it and because it was Wilson's plan/idea and he wasn't in it the league was weak and didn't have alot of power over Europe
What was NOT a reason that union membership and influence fell during the 1920s?
hi hi (azz hole we want answers not dumb jibber jabber)
How many cars were on the road in 1950?
Around 30 million cars were on the road in the US by 1950.
By 1929, 26 million cars were in use. That number was little changed by 1940 because of the Great Depression. After World War 2, in 1946, there were 25.8 million.
Was William Lloyd garrison a former slave?
William Lloyd Garrison was not a slave. He was an American abolitionist who published the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. He founded the newspaper in 1831.
What led to bahamians to migrate to Florida?
There were several things which led Bahamians to migrate to Florida. One of the biggest reasons for Bahamian migration was to salvage wrecked ships.
