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The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...
1917–1920 – First Red Scare, marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism; 1918 – President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and postwar peace in Europe; 1918 – Republicans win back Congress in the Midterm elections. 1918 – Armistice agreement ends World ...
Joseph J. Fern, Mayor of Honolulu from 1909 to 1915 and from 1917 to 1920 (born 1872) Robert Peary, Arctic explorer (born 1856) February 27 – William Sherman Jennings, 18th Governor of Florida from 1901 to 1905 (born 1863) March 1 John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1907 to 1920 (born 1842)
1920s: Culture Wars. As European economies recovered and the USA boomed in the wake of World War I, the number of Americans living in cities exceeded the number on farms for the first time.
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...
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Painting in North America during the 1920s developed in a different direction from that of Europe. In Europe, the 1920s were the era of expressionism and later surrealism. As Man Ray stated in 1920 after the publication of a unique issue of New York Dada: "Dada cannot live in New York".
Miss America 1920s delegates (8 P) 1920s in American music (8 P) P. 1920s in American politics (11 C) ... Timeline of the history of the United States (1900–1929)