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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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Christian fundamentalists in the 1920s opposed?
In Religion a fundamentalist believes in a literal interpretation (as he understands it) of what he reads, teaching evolution
What toys were invented in 1920's?
Juan De la Cierva (21 September 1895 - 9 December 1936) was a Spanish Civil Engineer and pilot. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of the Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. After four years of experimentation, De la Cierva developed the articulated rotor which resulted in the world's first successful flight of a stable rotary-wing aircraft in 1923 with his C4 prototype.
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Major demographic shift of the 1920s?
one is the large number of Americans who moved to the suburbs since there was an industrial boom and farmers weren't doing so swell.
What was the biggest change in the Hollywood films in the 1920s?
They Started Making movies were the charachters would talk called "talkies." all movies have audio like that now, but before the mid-1920's all films had been silent.
Yoo-Hoo
An event that occurred in 1921 was that Warren G. Harding became the president of the U.S. In the same year, Mongolia also gained its independence from China.
Did child labor increase during the 1920s?
No, child labor actually decreased due to the public`s discontent with young children spending their days working. There were unions that pushed for child labor laws, which were passed.
What publicity did people climbing Everest in the 1920s get?
It got a lot of attention. No one had made it all the way up back then, so if you tried you were pretty popular.
What were the key characteristics of fascism in the 1920's and 1930's?
Fascism in the 20s/30s was a response to the economic situation after WWI. People followed leaders b/c of economic distress.
Was Duke Ellington a famous movie star in the 1920s?
Yes, to an extent, he had his first movie role in 1929 for the movie Black and Tan. Mostly he had songs that were featured in the movies, and even to this day his music is used in movies. His songs are in Oceans 11 through 13, The sopranos, The Notebook, and even a Star Trek episode. There are hundreds more movies that his music has been in.
Federal government's attitude towards business in the 1920s?
Generally favorable, as reflected by Harding's campaign promise of a "return to normalcy" (meaning the pro-business conservatism of the Gilded Age).
It was in 1920s that "Modern Horse Racing" involving a betting system made its debut. In 1922, the Chosun Racing Club, the nation's first-ever authorized horse racing club, was established to make horse racing more systematic and better organized. In 1923, the pari-mutuel betting system was officially adopted for the first time in Korea. The Sinseol-dong racecourse opened in 1928 and incorporated racing clubs were allowed to have their own racecourses.
In 1920 the us postal service said you can no longer mail what?
Children. I don't know why you could mail children before then, but from then on no one could mail children. Go figure.
What are the key events of the 1920s and 1930s leading up to World War 2?
The Yankee signing of Babe Ruth
Who was a Famous skateboarder of the 1920's?
Skateboarders didn't exist in the 1920's. Back in the stone age (as my kids call it) we took the wheels off of roller skates (the old metal ones that clamped onto your shoes) and put them on pieces of wood to make skateboards. Skateboarders as we know them today didn't become a recognized group/type of sports people until the mid to late 60's when "Sidewalk Surfing" became popular as a way to practice surfing when you couldn't go to the beach, or the surf wasn't "up".
Who were famous women revolutionaries in twentieth century?
Emma Goldman was a revolutionary in the 20th century. You could consider Rosa Parks a revolutionary for standing up to racism and being arrested.
What was the most famous baseball game in the 1920's?
August 25,1922 the Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23, the highest scoring game in Major League Baseball History! ---- Can you imagine having watched that game? You'd be dizzy from watching all those runners round the bases ... an incredible game that must have been. I will say the game played October 10, 1924 when the Washington Senators defeated the New York Giants, 4-3, in 12 innings to bring the only World Series championship to town.
What was the primary reason speakeasies thrived during the 1920s and 1930s?
Prohibition. Regular bars couldn't sell liquor anymore, so people went to the "underground" speakeasies that sold liquor illegally.
What was the prohibitions in the 1920s?
Prohibition in the 1920's was the baning Of the sale of alcoholic drinks within the USA. Yeah it prohibited alcoholic beverages
