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On January 29, 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacturing, transportation, and sale of alcohol within the United States; it would go into effect the following January.
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- Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in Jazz
- Jazz music was important to the 1920s as it created social change and broke down social inequalities and racism. Although Jazz music brought people together, Jazz created division and some racist attitudes
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The Ku Klux Klan was a secret society, whose sole purpose was to ensure white supremacy
over Blacks. They were opposed to Jews, Catholics, and foreigners as well. The Ku Klux. -
- National Prohibition (1920-1933) put the fifth largest industry in the U.S. out of business. That industry had satisfied the demand for beer, wine and spirits from tens of millions of consumers. Naturally, illegal producers quickly stepped in to supply the demand
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- Couples danced for as long as they could competing for money (sometimes for hundreds of hours)
- Dance marathons were a huge hit during the Great Depression as they provided contestants and spectators food, shelter and the opportunity to earn cash prizes, at a time when many people needed a meal and free entertainment
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born American anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States.
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The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women's suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest.
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- A popular invention, found in almost every home, was the Radio. Radios sold at 400 to 850 dollars. The first public station was known as KDKA station, at first located in Pittsburgh. Radio had become a national pastime and many listeners gathered in their living rooms to listen to sports news, concerts, sermons and "Red Menace" news
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- Babe Ruth is most recognized for his many record breaking accomplishments and for being a role model for any sport fanatic in the 1920s. He was known as the greatest player of the century. In 1919, he played for the Boston Red Sox and during that time set a record for the most scoreless innings in the World Series
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As Warren G. Harding ran for the Republican Party and is the first president to receive votes from females
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