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In 1915, the first movie theatre, called a palace at the time, opened.
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Prohibition was the time when alcohol was banned. You could not drink it, nor sell it, and there was much more prohibited.
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During the 1920's the first flappers came out. A flapper was a young woman with short skirts, heavy makeup, and 'bobbed' hair,
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Amendment giving women the right to vote in any and all elections,
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In 1924, the Ku Klux Klan had around 3 million members.
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The day of the worst stockmarket crash in American history.
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Beginning with Black Tuesday, the worst stock market crash in history, it ended with the beginning of FDR's presidency.
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Unemployment reaches 4 to 5 million. (Near beginning of Great Depression.)
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Fraklin Delano Roosevelt became president during the Great Depressiob, and led Americans out of it.
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Many blamed President Hoover for The Great Depression, shanty towns called "Hoovervilles" were even named after him.
