How Did The United States Begin To Modernize In The 1920S?

From History Forum:

How did the United States begin to modernize in the 1920s? The S's was a decade of tremendous tension between forces of tradition and modernity. How did the United States begin to modernize and how did many Americans cling to "traditional" values in 1920s?

Answer: in the S's people were driving cars instead of horses. Modern weapons such as machine guns and updated pistols made their debut.

I Want To Decorate My Home In S'S Style. Any Suggestions Of Books Or Websites I Can Go To For Ideas?

From Decorating & Remodeling Forum:

I want to decorate my home in S's style. Any suggestions of books or websites I can go to for ideas? I am interested in redecorating my home in S's style - English and American. I am looking for book titles or websites I can visit for ideas, pictures and suggestions.

Answer: This is a start, I just typed in S's decor in my search engine. Scroll down to the bottom of this page & pick the room: http://www.bassocantante.com/flapper/decor.html The pictures are black & white, but worth a look. Some books available here: http://www.1920-30.com/publications/ Links to lots of stuff: http://www.1920-30.com/

How Much Money Did The Money Leader In Golf Make In The 1920S?

From Golf Forum:

How much money did the money leader in golf make in the 1920s? I am trying to compare the S's to today. Comparing prices and wages were part of my research. But I can not find how much golfers made in the S's.

Answer: I don't know about the S's. Byron Nelson's career from 1932-1946 included 63 GPA Tour wins. He said in an interview in Golf Digest that his career winnings totaled $182,000. I read that article last year, and I remembered that he talked about money and the Great Depression. Addendum: I found another interview of Byron Nelson at Golf.com: [Golf Magazine] Tell me more about the money you couldn't make in your heyday. [Byron Nelson] I won the 1936 Metropolitan Open, my first important tournament, with $5 in my pocket. From '36 to '42 I won 19 times including four majors, and my entire winnings were $25,495. That's about $4,000 a year. So I made my expenses. My career winnings were $182,000. In 1939, Cliff Roberts, who ran The Masters, told me, "Byron, you're going to have to care for your money because you'll never make enough playing golf." Addendum #2: I found the prize money for the Open Championship at Wiped. First prize in 1920 was £75, and it increased to £100 by 1929.

What Are Some Quotes About Or From The S'S That Can Kind Of Start Off My Research Paper With A Bang?

From History Forum:

What are some quotes about or from the S's that can kind of start off my research paper with a bang? Sorry, long question. But yeah, I just need a quote from someone about the S's. It can be from whoever. Please give me the link too, because I have to do the whole citation thing. Thanks!

Answer: It was in the S's, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it. Georgia O`Keeffe

What Are Good Websites To Find Information On The American Dream And The Self Made Man In The 1920S?

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What are good websites to find information on The American dream and the self made man in the 1920s? What are good websites to find information on The American dream and the self made man in the 1920s? I have a project due on The American dream and the self made man in the S's but I can't find any good websites with good information.

Answer: http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade20.html http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/gcse/america/usaintwenties2.htm http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html http://www.archaeolink.com/american_1920s_history.htm

The Extent Of Racism In The USA During The 1920S?

From History Forum:

The extent of racism in the USA during the 1920s? I have a history assignment with the question: "Examine the extent of racism in the USA during the 1920s" I need to have half a page of notes which I will use to write an in-class essay. Could anyone give me any help on this, or send some links with useful information? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! (It's due on ND April so no haste; just that here in Australia we have a holiday starting tomorrow, and I don't want to spend my holiday searching the web.) Thanks!

Answer: Social Issues, 1920s The original KY Flux Klan had died out in the late S's as post-Civil War Reconstruction was drawing to a close. A myth persisted, however, that the organization had been largely responsible for saving the South from corrupt outside influences. In 1915, a new Klan was started in Stone Mountain, Georgia, by William Simmons, a Methodist minister who had taken inspiration from the favorable portrayal of the Klan in D.W. Griffith's epic film, The Birth of a Nation. Emphasizing costumes, rallies and secret rituals, the Klan grew rapidly in the South. The initial targets were blacks, whom many whites felt had been warped by wartime experiences. Black workers on the home front had earned respectable wages and expected the same after the war, and black veterans, who had witnessed a racially tolerant society in France, longed for a more accepting America. Perturbed whites believed the blacks had to be put back in their place. The appeal of the Klan spread to the North and West, and at its peak in the mid-1920s achieved a total membership of four million or more. Members served in state legislatures and Congress, and were elected to the governorship in several states. Indiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Oregon saw significant Klan influence. The central Klan offices marketed regalia and literature to local units, but agendas were molded by community conditions and concerns. Blacks were the subject of Klan activity in both the North and South, as were Jews, Catholics and immigrants. The Klan also organized to oppose the teaching of evolution in the schools, dissemination of birth control devices and information, and efforts to repeal prohibition. Probably the majority of Klan members confined their opposition tactics to parading and burning crosses, the latter an innovation of the new Klan. However, violence was not uncommon — public whippings, tarring and feathering, and lynching occurred in many sections of the country. Serious concern about Klan activity was raised early in its history, especially by a series of exposés in the Baltimore Sun and the New York World. It was, however, the conduct of a number of Klan leaders that finally led to the group's decline. In particular, Indiana Klan leader David Stephenson was convicted in 1925 of kidnapping and second degree murder. To get his sentence lightened, he implicated other Indiana officials whose corrupt activities were widely reported. By 1930, membership nationwide had plummeted to around 10,000. In the West and South, the second KY Flux Klan comprised largely poor, rural and fundamentalist Protestant members who believed that evil came from the cities, non-Northern European immigrants and a postwar tolerance for loose morality. A more urban character was evident in the North. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1381.html --------------- A hysterical white girl related that a nineteen-year-old colored boy attempted to assault her in the public elevator of a public office building of a thriving town of 100,000 in open daylight. Without pausing to find out whether or not the story was true, without bothering with the slight detail of investigating the character of the woman who made the outcry (as a matter of fact, she was of exceedingly doubtful reputation), a mob of 100-per-cent Americans set forth on a wild rampage that cost the lives of fifty white men; of between 150 and 200 colored men, women and children; the destruction by fire of $1,500,000 worth of property; the looting of many homes; and everlasting damage to the reputation of the city of Tulsa and the State of Oklahoma.---------http://www1.assumption.edu/ahc/raceriots/default.html --------------------- Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the S's http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/blues/klan1.html

Why Did The World Shift Towards Totalitarian Regimes During The S'S And 1930S?

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Why did the world shift towards totalitarian regimes during the S's and 1930s? Why did the world shift towards totalitarian regimes during the S's and 1930s? What social, economic, and historical factors made them popular? Be sure to refer to at least two totalitarian regimes.

Answer: Basically totalitarianism triumphed for two reasons. First, many people were convinced that certain ideologies like communism or Nazism, were the final truth. Proponents of such ideologies did not believe in democracy, or that democracy or pluralism should replace the old monarchical regimes. Since they believed that only one ideology, and one governmental system based on it were worthwhile, people shouldn't have a choice in how they were to be governed, or what they could believe. Only the leaders of the parties representing the "true" ideologies were deemed worthy of making the big decisions. Second, two major crises, one before the S's, and the other by the start of the thirties, gave the totalitarian leaders their chance. WWI caused people to turn against the German and Russian monarchies. The communists, who long predated the Nazis, were already in a position to take advantage of the fall of Russian monarchy to replace it, via revolution and civil war, with their own system. The Nazis, however, didn't yet exist to exploit the fall of the kaiser; democracy replaced monarchy at first. The Nazis had to wait for the next major crisis, the depression, which undermined the Wiemar democracy just as the defeat in WWI undermined the kaiser. It's not true, BTW that totalitarianism triumphed because people were just used to living under authoritarianism. Like the french and British before them, many Germans wanted representative government, but luck just ran out on it and the Nazis won.

What Factors Bid Stock Prices Up During The S'S Creating The Bull Market?

From Investing Forum:

What factors bid stock prices up during the S's creating the bull market? What factors bid stock prices up during the S's creating the bull market? I have no idea????

Answer: In the early 1930’s, many U.S. companies’ shares were selling below their net-quick asset value (current assets minus all liabilities), and in some cases well below net-quick asset value. In other words, these companies were worth more to the stockholders in liquidation than as going concerns in the stock market. Ignorance of the facts: Investors were no longer paying attention to the balance sheet. Over the past decade, investors had become too accustomed to looking only at the earnings statements. Asset values were a thing of the past. An over-subscription of shares during the late S's bull market resulted in increased working capital values but an over-dilution of shares outstanding. As the economy and stock market decline accelerated, investors impulsively sold out. Meanwhile, those that recognized the excellent values in the market had an inability to buy due to dire economic conditions. Expectation that future losses would squander away the company’s healthy working capital positions. If a company is expected to lose money indefinitely, why stay in business? When the company can be purchased well below net quick asset value and then liquidated, why not wind up the business and collect the money?

What Were Social Gatherings In Houses Called In The 1920S?

From History Forum:

What were social gatherings in houses called in the 1920s? I need information on house-held parties or gatherings that went on in the S's. This is corresponding with Mrs Galloway by Virginia Woolf and go ogle is really useless! What did people do at these parties and why did they have them?

Answer: That all depends on what area you are referring to, the "level" of social function and the income of the people. In the S's alone I have heard "Dinner Party", "Kitchen dance", "kitchen hop", "get together", "house party".....

What Countries Were Better For Blacks During The S'S And Now?

From Other - Society & Culture Forum:

What countries were better for blacks during the S's and now? A little project i'm doing. I want to know what countries are more accepting of African, and African Americans then (1920s and now) Thank you And please no rude comments. If you don't like Black people, ignore this question and don't waste my time. Sorry I didn't post this, I meant as in racism lol

Answer: The United States of America. The USA has the most affluent, most successful black population in the world. This was already the case in the S's.

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