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• Governments cancelled billions of contracts that manufactured things for the war. The economy is dropping dramatically because of this
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• 16 January 1920, Volstead Act, it prohibits every tavern bar and saloon in the United States at midnight.
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• More Americans life in cities than on farms, this is the first time that it has happened in american history
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• 19th amendment made it possible for women to vote, millions of women at this time worked at a white collar job, a blue collar job would be more hands on while white collared is business. Not a lot of work place equality yet but it is improved.
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• In Pittsburgh penny, the first commercial radio is invented which was called kdka. 3 years later there were 500 commercial radios.
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- City vs Small Towns
- Catholics and Protestants
- Racial Disputs
- Flapper vs Traditional Family Values
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• A lot of people sold their stocks and shares, a record 12.9 million shares were traded on the 24th, today it is called B
lack Thursday, 5 days later called Black Tuesday 16 million were traded -
Lasted for about ten years
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• Only cost $260 per car.
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• He beats Herbert Hoover for 2nd term
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• 15 million americans were unemployed and half of the countries banks have failed.
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• Congress passed the social security act, the government saves your money for you so if there is a problem you have that extra money
