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Transportation, manufacture, and sale of alcoholic beverages were illegally prohibited.
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The 1920s produced new roles for women and new trends on families.
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The radio was invented in the 1920s
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This baseball league was a only for african americans.
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Since buying alcoholic beverages was illegal, speakeasies began. Drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and night clubs to buy their liquor illegally.
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Literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
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Fought for legal rights of pysicians to give birth control information to their parents
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Anti-Prohibition rallys were held in Chicago.
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Bessie Smith sold a million recordings
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This crazy fad began in 1924. People sat on flag poles for as lone as they could without falling.
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The American Civil Liberties Union made it a crime to teach evolution.
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The Scopes trial was a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools.
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The number of students who attended high school increased by 4 million.
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The stock market crashed
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In 1920 $4.5 billion was spent on entertainment
