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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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Why did union membership and influence fell during the 1920's?
1. Employers offered benefits through welfare capitalism programs.
2. The government refused to support laws guaranteeing the right to collective bargaining.
3. The business community aggressively opposed the closed union shop.
In the 1920s why was there increase of consumerism?
An increase in asdvertsing along with a differeent inflection towards advertisments.
Name three important car manufacturers during the 1920's?
ok that's easy ford,Chevy,dodge,Mercedes Benz
A major weakness of the period of prosperity in the 1920s was that?
unevenly distributed through the population, this is because during the early 1920s farmers found themselves caught in a recession while the urban centers were producing more in an age of consumer buying. by: Noman Hossain
What leader killed the most people?
I believe that the previous answer 'Starlin, defo' is wrong (I'll add that it is spelt Stalin, not Starlin) and that the correct answer is in fact Mao Tse-tung (Zedong), who, and I quote "...for decades held absolute power over the lives of one-quarter of the world's population, was responsible for well over 70 million deaths in peacetime, more than any other twentieth century leader" - From the book Mao: The Unknown Story by J. Chang and J. Halliday.
According to the authors of the 2005 biography, Mao Zedong was aiming to have half of China's population killed so that he could gain military-nuclear superpower.
Another source states that the "the exact figure...has be estimated....between 40 and 70 million" - Sinologist (Sinology is the study of Chinese language, history, customs and politics) Stuart Schram.
Compared to Stalin's death toll of around 30 million (some state it's 10-20, others say it's almost 50 million), Mao Zedong's horrific genocide far surpasses it.
How was the Racial tension in the 1920's?
African Americans migrated to the north to scape the increasing violence against them in the south, but even in the north they found violence and racial prejudice.
In what ways did racial tension surface during the 1920's?
people were just out of the war and were blaming everyone, but the united states for there problems. So one thing led to another and blacks and whites were once again a big clashing group. Also the government was trying to get rid of immigrants, because they were threats if related to commmunism.
Why was the car important in the 1920's?
Cars were important in the 1920's so that people could get around.
How many federal agents died enforcing the volstead act 1920 1933?
How many dry agents/Federal agents died enforcing the Volstead Act during 1920 through repeal in 1933?
What was Jim Braddock life like during the 1920
What where some hairstyles in the 1920s?
Most young women who were flappers had bobbed hair, older more conservative women had their hair in buns, and men always had short haircuts.
Public negative reaction to organized labor in the 1920?
The fear that it had been infiltrated by communists.
Who were entertainers in the 1920's?
Charlie Chapman was a comedian / actor.
Harry Houdini was a magician who was a master escape artist.
Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician.
George Gershwin was a music composer.
Bessie Smith was a singer, known to be the empress of the blues.
What were famous scandal's in the 1920's?
Sorry I only currently know of one scandal at this time but try googleing TeaPot Dome Scandal
