10 facts
Over 1200 people drowned as result of the torpedo of the Lusitania as they were heading to the Irish Coast. Among those who drowned was 128 Americans. After this, US was neutral and citizens assumed that it would remain that way.
Henry Ford’s historic assembly line had lowered the cost to making cars as well as the cost of buying them.
Mass produced Model T came in one color.
It was the first car with a fair price of $295.00.
Movie techniques became an American obsession.
Americans saw and soon sympathized with the British view of the Germans.
By 1915 War in Europe was good for America. US banks were lending huge amounts of money to Britain and France who used the money to buy arms from American factories.
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In 1927, 75% of all household goods were bought on credit.
As the city’s grew in size and influence , many people in small town america found
Radios became the next innovation; it gave people a communal way for people to get information.
Broadcasting from the rooftops of Pittsburg transmitted the results of the presidential election.
Women and expanding job market had given more and more women careers and a disposable income.
Throughout the 1920s, this was like a new found freedom and independence for women; nothing symbolized it more than the 19th Amendment.
This was also the era when woman got the right to vote.
Three Main Ideas
This was an era of several innovations such as credit, radio, and broadcasting.
Women started to get recognized because of their new found freedom and independence.
The expanding job market had given more and more women careers along with a disposable income.
Thesis Statement
The 1920s brought about many new innovations, an expanding job market, and a new found freedom.
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About 200 people were lynched by the Ku Klux Klan.
In 1927, 50,000 clans marched down the street of the nation’s