Decade - 1920s

In the early part of the 20th Century, Protestant Christianity was the dominant religion in the United States. Roman Catholicism was also present, particularly in urban areas and parts of the country that had been settled by Roman Catholic immigrants. Jewish communities were thriving, particularly in cities on the Eastern seaboard.

Many other religions were present but not influential outside specific ethnic communities, and unfortunately there was strong prejudice against what Protestant Christians regarded as "pagan" traditions.

In the 1920Ã?s progressive politics were weak because the people were skeptical of liberal changes that were taking place. They wanted things to stay the way they were use to. This left few people to support the liberal changes needed.

A major event that happened in the 1930's was the depression caused by the stock market crash. The first supermarket opened in 1930. In 1931, the Empire State Building opened in New York. It was the world's tallest skyscraper.

The everyday middle class American obviously did, but when it comes to certain industries the Automobile industry invented the Model T that became a huge success. Also the Movie industry did fantastic, selling movies at 90 million per week. The Music industry did great as well. Jazz became the official music of the 20's and African American musicians like Duke Ellington became famous. On the down side of the twenties, agriculture was decreasing throughout America, beginning the modern age of suburbs and city life.

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The 1950s Civil Rights movement was marked by leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Rosa Parks could also be considered a leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

in the 1920 men wore blue jeans and white shirts pulled up at the sleaves.Women wore alot of green and alot of skirts. in the 1950's men wore blue jeans and white shirts pulled back at the sleave. women wore alot of green and alot of colorful skirts

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It was farmers, while a thriving middle class enjoyed whatever newfangled gadgets and conveniences its hard-earned money could buy, the nations wealth was concentrated at the very top. A third of the country's income went to just 5 percent of families, while the bottom 42 percent struggled to earn subsustence-level wages. Farmers endured hard time in the 1920s because the government had paid farmers high prices for a ton of things like wheat, corn and other crops. After the war when prices fell and the government contracts ended many farmers went from prosperity into debt. You're welcome =)

Now, why did the middle and upper classes thrive, exactly?

After the Kaiser (Wilhelm II) fled, due to the loss of World War 1, Germany went into a state of Political instability. Fredrick Ebert, the leader of the Social Democrats Party, became the new socialist leader of Germany. Although the Social Democrats had power, they didn't have control.

A political party called the Spartacists (later the German Communist Party) clashed heavily with Ebert and attempted many government overthrows. None of these were successful and when Ebert held an election, the Social Democrats won the majority of seats.


In 1919, Germany became the Weimar Republic and this republic did not fall until 1933. Ebert remained president until 1923 and the Social Democrats had the majority in parliament for this time.


Note: On the 13th of March 1920, Wolfgang Kapp, an extreme nationalist who hated the government for signing the Treaty of Versailles, staged a Putsch. The Kapp Putsch was support by the police and the Friekorps but not the workers.


Kapp overthrew the government, who fled from Berlin, and was the ruler of Germany for a total of 100 hours. Because the workers refused to comply, Berlin became paralysed, with no coal, water, gas or transport. The government also refused to give Kapp any money. Kapp eventually gave in and fled to Sweden.


Ebert and the rest of the Weimar government were about to return to Berlin as if nothing had happened.

It was the 1920s not the 1910s and it was the Ku Klux Klan who were and still are hostile to Jews, Catholics and African-Americans.

The Great Depression was caused by a vicious cycle Ð banks were lending too much money to people who could not pay the banks back. This caused thousands to go out of business as banks stopped lending money. At the same time, too many people were borrowing money to use on risky investments. This caused heavy debt. Since factories could not borrow money, they had to lay off people as demand for products dropped. By the time President Hoover reacted, it was too little too late. The effects of the Great Depression included a 25 percent unemployment rate, about 6000 banks closing, the marriage and birth rate declined sharply as did the US total production of goods and just about everybodyÕs income was cut in half leaving many homeless.

The installment plans of the 1920s were pretty much the same as any other installment plans. Installment plans are credit systems where payment for merchandise/items is made in installments over a pre-approved period of time. In the 1920s, the items people could purchase with an installment plan included: automobiles, automobile parts, household appliances, radios, phonographs, pianos, and furniture.

That is still happening today... there is not a specific date were women got their rights, it is and was an ongoing and long faught for battle.

US Screen Star Mary Pickford

First Miss America Margaret Gorman

African-American singer Mamie Smith - recorded the first "Blues" record

Writer Agatha Christie

Marie Stopes opened the first Birth Control Clinic in London

"Coco" Chanel introduced Chanel No. 5 perfume in Paris on May 5th

French physicist Marie Curie

Dancer Isadora Duncan

Jazz Singer Bessie Smith

Olympic Gold Medalist for Tennis, Suzanne Lenglen from France

Swedish actress Greta Garbo

Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald

US African-American dancer Josephine Baker

US aviator Amelia Earhart

Criminal Bonnie Parker

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There were 16 teams in MLB during the 1920s, eight in each league. American League: Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics (now Oakland Athletics), Washington Nationals (now Minnesota Twins), Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Browns (now Baltimore Orioles). National League: Boston Braves(now Atlanta Braves), New York Giants(now San Francisco Giants), Brooklyn Robins (now Los Angeles Dodgers), Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds.

The mass production of automobiles in the 1920's affected the economy of the United States because mass production made technology affordable to the middle and lower classes because the mass production made it cheaper and quicker to build so more people could afford them. Because of this it developed all sorts of businesses that required transportation. The automobile industry's effects contributed to the construction of highway buildings, motels, service stations, used car dealerships and new housing outside the range of mass transportation.

During the 1920s, the United States made major advancements in mass production, credit availability, and wide spread advertising. This economic prosperity led the new consumer society of the time.

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booming twenties

* Greater Mobility * Creation of Jobs * Growth of transportation Industries