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The Roaring 20's (Growing cities and cars (Growing cities (Most…
The Roaring 20's
Growing cities and cars
Growing cities
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People who lived in the countryside felt threat from the growing cities because they thought that their values, traditions, religion and family were going too disappear.
Cars
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People went with their cars to the cinema, bars, and more entertainment places, also beach holidays, picnics in the countryside, sporting events, etc.
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The number of cars sold in 1919 was 9 million, ten years later, in 1929 they sold 26 million cars.
Role of Women
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Flappers
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Wore makeup, short skirts and had short hair
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Entertainment
Newspapers and magazines
1919 -The first tabloid newspaper, the Daily News, had been published.
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Sport
1924 - 67,000 people watched the football match between Illinois and Michigan at the Memorial Stadium.
1926 - 145,000 people saw the boxing match between Jack Demmpsey and Gene Tunney.
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Cinema
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Film-making became a mass-production industry, with three films rolling off the Hollywood production line each week.
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The Birth of a Nation became the first blockbuster movie and made 60 million dollars profit for the studio.
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