1920s       

The Roaring Twenties

Culture

• Ad Access - images and information on over 7,000 ads found in newspapers and magazines from 1911 to 1955
  The Harlem Renaissance - poems, art, and history
• Cotton Club Reviews - gives the history and music of this famous 20s night sport
• American Culture in the 1920s - student presentations from James Madison University
• Baseball in the 20s
• Greatest Films of the 1920s - search by year
• American Cultural History - this is an excellent site on the culture  of the twenties- a first stop for your research
• Greatest Films of the 1920s - search by year
• The Harlem Renaissance - poems, art, and history
• Music of the 1920s
• Mickey Mouse - history and images
• Greatest Films of the 1920s - search by year
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Slang

• 1920 Slang - this site gives the slang and its meaning
• Internet Guide to 1920's Slang - alphabetical list of slang words used in the 20s

Fashions

• 20th century Fashions - provides year by year fashions for this decade
• Children's Clothing in the Twenties - includes images and fashion trends

History

• 1920s Timeline - click on each year to get an overview of events
• The 18th Amendment - text of these document
• Chicago Exhibition - exhibits on Al Capone, The Chicago Fire, the Black Sox Scandal
• Temperance and Prohibition - this site from Ohio State University provides the history of the temperance movement
• Immigration in the Twenties

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