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After World War I, prosperity and new ideas began changing life in America
New technologies helped create a mass culture shared by millions in the worlds
developed countries.
Labor saving devices freed women from time consuming household chores. Women
Radios brought news, music, and sports into homes throughout the western world. People
were listening to the same music and using the same slang.
Migrations from the rural south to the urban north. Jazz brought blacks and whites to the
same neighborhoods and clubs. Harlem, Renaissance elevated art, poetry, and music
Fashion was less conservative and rebellious young women became Flappers. Women
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18th and 21st Amendment - Conservative Americans were discouraged by clubs and
drinking that a Temperance lobbied to have drinking outlawed by the 18th Amendment,
Prohibition. 1920 - 33, until it was repealed with the 21st Amendment.
shape.
The United States stayed out of the League of Nations, However, the nation took a
During a Red Stone in 1919 and 1920, police rounded up suspected foreign-born
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The country emerged from WWI in excellent shape. The United States stayed out of the
League of Nations. However, the nation took a leading role in international diplomacy
During a Red Scare in 1919 and 1920, police rounded up suspected foreign-born
President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the New Deal, a massive package of economic