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Chapter 21

• Sec. 3
• Society in the 1920s

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Womens Changing Roles

• Flapper new type of women

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Changes for Women

• Clothing changes
• Simpler styles and less fabric
• Had short hair
• Wore make-up
• Smoke and drank in public

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Jobs for Women

• Office
• Sales
• Service
• Professional Jobs
• Began to vote

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Cities and Suburbs

• Demographics statistics that describe a
  population
• 6 million people moved from rural areas to cities
• Many African Americans moved North for jobs
• Tighter immigration laws number of European
  immigrants decreased

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Cities and Suburbs

• Mexico and Canada filled immigration quotas
  looking for low-paying jobs
• Barrio Spanish-speaking neighborhood
• Cities Los Angeles and New York City were
  magnets for Mexicans and Puerto Ricans
• Suburbs grew because of city transportation
  systems EX. Buses

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American Heroes

• 1. Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Lindbergh

• May 20, 1927 -? Spirit of St. Louis
• 1st flight non-stop from New York to Paris
• Won 25,000 prize
• Lucky Lindy
• 33 ½ hour flight

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American Heroes

• 2. Amelia Earhart

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Earhart

• 1932 flew across Atlantic alone
• 1935 solo flight from Hawaii to California
• 1937 attempted to fly around the world
  disappeared somewhere in the Pacific Ocean

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American Heroes

• 3. Jack Dempsey

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Dempsey

• 1921 broke record for ticket sales for a boxing
  match
• Beats Georges Carpentier to become heavy weight
  champion of the world

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American Heroes

• 4. George Herman Ruth Babe Ruth

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Ruth

• the Sultan of Swat
• Set record in hitting, pitching, and outfielding
  which stood for decades
• Boston Red Sox ? New York Yankees
• Hit 714 homeruns (unbroken for 40 years)

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American Heroes

• 5. Gertrude Ederle

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Ederle

• 1924 won gold medal in freestyle swimming in
  Olympics
• 1927 1st woman to swim across the English
  Channel

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• More Americans were participating in sports
• 1. More leisure time
• 2. Mobility
• Took up golf, tennis, and swimming