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Flappers• Small portion of

American _______ whose _____ represents the age

• What were her characteristics?

• Why did women adapt to this fashion?

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Women at Work– Primarily ______

______ Women • ______ women stats

were on the rise

– Mostly ______ work• Women doctors and

lawyers were often ________

Why would employers expect women employees to only be

temporary?

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VOTE FOR WOMEN• _____ Amendment

– Early on, women did not _______ their ability to vote

• Why not?

– Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921

– ______ Rights Amendment, 1923

• ______ in Office– 1928: ____ women in 38

state legislatures

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Demographic changes

Demographics: stats that describe a _______

• 1920s Demographics showed that for the first time, more Americans lived in the ______ that in the _______

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Remember from the video?

• What struggles came to farmers after WWI?

• What became available to all people through the success of business?

• Thus, why do you believe more people moved to the city?

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African Americans in the North

• _____ opportunities• South: Few and poorly paid• North: _____________ expanded after and

during the war– Looked down upon by white employees

– By 1930: 80% of the _____ population still lived in the South

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Migration to America• Post WWI

– European _________• Congress ________ Immigration• Southern/Eastern Europe, China, and Japan

– __________ Migrants• Workers from Canada and Mexico• ________, Spanish speaking neighborhoods

– American Migration to _________

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American Heroes

• Charles Lindbergh

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• Amelia Earhart

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• Babe Ruth

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How did the following people affect the decade?

– Miriam A Ferguson– Nellie Taylor Ross– Jeannette Rankin– Charles Lindbergh– Amelia Earhart– Jack Dempsey

– Jim Thorpe– George Herman

Ruth– Hazel Wightman– Helen Wills– Gertrude Ederle