1. The United Kingdom during the 1920’s
Brendan & Gao Fei

2. Lifestyle
Middle class women often had a maid or helper around the house but the working class weren’t given this luxury
Families were often smaller in the 1920’s with only 3-4 children most common. Toys were often homemade and comics became more popular.

3. Music/Art The 1920’s are also commonly known as ‘The Jazz Age’
Urban, city blues, country & jazz all became popular during the 1920’s
Art Deco is a term that’s used to describe the art style that caught popularity in the early 1920’s. it involved new, modern styles being used in almost everything from fashion to film and embraced the new materials available in new ways.

4. Economy
Unemployment rose sharply to over 10% after WWl and stayed high until the start of WWII
The British Pound dropped in value.
Britain competing with America to become biggest economy

5. Government 1918–22 Lloyd George coalition 1924 First Labour ministry
1924–29 Baldwin’s Conservative government
1926 General Strike
1929–31 Second Labour ministry

6. Significant Events
Women over 30 were given the right to vote in & by 1928 this was given to all women over the age of 21.
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was formed and paid for with a fee of 10 shillings (20c) when sending mail through the Post Office.

7. Bibliography
en.wikipedia.org

8. Russia During the 1920’s
By James and Kyal

9. Pre :
The October Revolution, led by Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Provisional Government and gave full governing power to the Soviets.
The 1917 revolution outcome was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and Creation of the Russian SFSR (The Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) which was originally the Bolshevik Party ran by Vladimir Lenin.
Povolzhye famine of 1921 claimed up to 5 million victims.
Russian Civil War between the Red Army and White Army from October 1917 to October 1922.
The Soviet Union became the world's greatest producer of grain during
Vladimir Lenin

10.
On December 30, 1922, the First Congress of the Soviets approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR.
Lenin died in January 24th, 1924 and in May, His Testament was read aloud at the Central Committee.

11.
The Soviet NEP (New Economic Policy) (1921–29) was essentially a period of "market socialism" similar to the Dengist reforms in Communist China after 1978.
Dengist: Chinese economy period.

12. New Economic Policy (NEP)
The NEP was an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it "state capitalism". Nikolai Bukharin had become the foremost supporter of the New Economic Policy.
It was abandoned in 1928.
The NEP was primarily a new agricultural policy. The old way of village life was reminiscent of the Tsarist Russia that had been thrown out with the October Revolution. With the NEP, the state only allowed private landholdings.

13. Interesting facts:
At 48, Vladimir Lenin was shot twice in the neck and survived.
Lenin had a lot strokes before he died BUT he didn’t die by a “stroke”, he died by a “massive” stroke.
His body is perfectly preserved in Russian museum.
They had 13 civils wars during the 1920’s.