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The 1920s decade in photos the Roaring Twenties
"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1920-1929"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Corrigan, Jim. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley Heights, NJ :
Enslow Publishers,
c2010.
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| Series: |
Amazing decades in photos
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Welcome to the 1920s
- Prohibition takes effect
- Thousands arrested during Palmer Raids
- Women go to the polls
- Mussolini seizes power in Italy
- Flappers define fashion
- The KKK peaks and declines
- President Harding dies in office
- Teapot Dome scandal rivets the nation
- Germany slips into crisis
- Sporting celebrities
- Evolution on trial
- Scientific triumphs
- Secret culture of alcohol
- Tuning in to radio
- Lucky Lindy flies the Atlantic
- Hirohito ascends to the throne
- Arrival of Art Deco
- Rise of the gangsters
- The Great Depression begins
- Looking ahead.