THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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large numbers of Americans to the suburbs
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large numbers of Americans from the North to the South
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French-speaking Canadians into barrios
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Mexican workers to New England
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the most significant demographic shifts during the early 20th-century was the Great Migration, where many Black people left the South. The circumstances for this migration were not entirely happy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two events in 1920 kicked off the era of change that Americans experienced. On August 18 the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, giving women the right to vote. And on November 2 the first commercially licensed radio broadcast was heard, from KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the whole, the initial economic effects of Prohibition were largely negative. The closing of breweries, distilleries and saloons led to the elimination of thousands of jobs, and in turn thousands more jobs were eliminated for barrel makers, truckers, waiters, and other related trades.