The Roaring 20's

The 1920's in a Nutshell

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He led most of the nation through the booming 1920's and had a reputation for honesty and integrity which restored public faith after the Harding scandal.

#faithtrustandpixiedust

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Nicknamed “Silent Cal” for his quiet nature, Coolidge became the 30th president in 1923. He cleaned up the rampant corruption of the Harding administration. However, his take on the laissez-faire policies consequentially led to the Great Depression.

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His death became caught up in the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which the Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall rented public lands to oil companies in exchange for gifts and personal loans. Gov official took payoffs and embezzled funds. #rood #selfish

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Warren G Harding was a pro-business man and followed the Republican agenda. He reduced taxes (but only for the wealthy), there were high protective tariffs, and he limited immigration.

He also nominated ex-prez Taft as the Chief Justice in his term.

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Warren G Harding became America's 29th president in 1921. Unfortunately, his presidency was overshadowed by the criminal activities of his cabinet members, although he was not involved in any of it. He died of a heart attack before he could save his reputation #thedeadcanttalk

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Wassup with the pointy hat masks? Y'all some wizard/ghost combo type sh!t?

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The KKK (aka Klu Klux Klan) aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. Sounds good? Think again. They utilized terrorist methods such as burning crosses and staging rallies, parades and marches denouncing immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and blacks in the South

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The KKK is not the same as the KK - which stands for the Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Let's not infuse something sweet with something so bitter and terrible.

#FactCheck

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Update: John Scopes broke The Butler Act. It was a 1925 Tennessee law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of mankind's origin. Thus, Darwin's theory of Evolution supported science, not religion.

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The Scopes Trial in the 1920's spread the notion of evolution. A political science teacher, John Scopes, had taught Darwin's theory of evolution in a Tenessee public school, which was strangely illegal.

People should be able to believe in whatever they want. #Noharmnofoul.

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In response to this, there were uprisings in gang violence. One of the most commonly known is the St. Valentines Day Massacre in 1929 in Chicago. A group of men (associated with Al Capone) dressed as policemen in order to shoot an enemy gang.

⚠Graphic Images Ahead⚠

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The Chicago gangster, Al Capone was a notorious bootlegger who earned over $60 million from the illegal sale of drugs and drug site. He was later sent to Alcatraz prison.

Also. His nickname was Scarface. It's like calling yourself ScabKnee. Now why would u do that to yourself?

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Its kinda interesting - the use of marijuana nowadays is just like the use of alcohol in the 1920's. Today, drinking alcohol is the norm. In a century, will smoking drugs be the norm?

#foodforthought

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The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, transportation, sale of intoxicating liquors. Due to this, there was an increase of illegal production and sale of liquor aka bootlegging, speakeasies aka bars, gangs. Guess when they couldn't drink, they had nothing else better to do 🙄

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Did you know that it wasn't illegal to drink during the Prohibition?

#yolo

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New technology in the 1920's were more significant than ever. Access to electricity in the 1920's provided Americans with ease-saving devices such as refrigerators, washing machines, radios, phonographs, electric razors and irons, and vacuum cleaners.

#easypeasy

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Women in the 1920's rejected the conventional mannerisms for being conservative and orthodox. Flapperism became trendy - bobbing their hair, drinking, smoking, and wearing short dresses. Women became increasingly unrestricted with more freedom to have fun.

#girlsjustwannahavefun

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This painting is a famous representation of the Harlem Renaissance. It is the development of a Harlem neighborhood in NYC of black cultural mecca. In African American culture, this was their #goldenmoment , manifesting all forms of art.

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Due to WWI there was a large period of time when literature disappeared. The American authors who came of age in the 1920's are considered "The Lost Generation". Writers such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald became known for their post WWI experiences and style of writing.

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Sports were a highlighted form of entertainment enjoyed by the masses. The 1920's have been considered the Golden Age of Sports. The sports and athletes in baseball, football, basketball, and boxing were idolized as much as Hollywood Stars are today.

#glitzandglam