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Fads and Heroes of the 1920’s By Ryan Hembury and Matt Ring
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Thesis The fads and heroes both played a factor in the roaring twenties
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Babe Ruth Global icon 714 career homeruns Best player in baseball throughout 1920’s Is considered to be the savior of baseball after the black sox scandal in the 1919’s
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Dancing Very crazy and upbeat Dressed up nicely The Charleston Swing dancing Collegiate Shag Jazz Strolls Waltz and Foxtrot
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Flappers Wore short skirts, dresses, and bobbed hair style Flapper is a young girl who has not become a mature woman The term was originated in Britain after WWI Smoking and drinking
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Radio First Radio Broadcastings Crystal radios- used a piece of crystal to pick up radio signal Baseball games Presidential Debates Advertisements Weather
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Charles Lindbergh May 21 st, 1927 First nonstop flight across Atlantic Ocean Video from History Channel
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Henry Ford Founder of Ford Motor Company Assembly Line Model T Richest and well known in the world
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Work Cited "Charles Lindbergh Biography." Charles Augustus Lindbergh Home Page. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.. "The Henry Ford: The Life of Henry Ford." The Henry Ford: America's Greatest History Attraction Home Page. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.. "1920s Fads." Absolute Fact. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.. The Decades Collection 1920-1929. The History Channel, 2007. DVD.
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