The Roaring 1920's!

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• History in Context: US (Gale)
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On the web:  Encyclopedia Brittanica

WEBSITES:

Recommended by Rubinger:

Everything:
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/20sdep.html
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/

Slang:
http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm
http://www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/slang.html

Sports:
http://www.sportplanet.com/sbb/apfas/20R.HTM

Fashion:
http://www.rambova.com/fashion/fash4.html
http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm

Advertisements:
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Other Ideas:

• Lonestar College
• Recommended Links for 1920's from Kennesaw State University
• History.com
• 1920's on Shmoop.com
• Digital History
• Economics of 1920's:  UC Berkeley
• Billy Mason's Lecture Notes (John T. HOGGARD HIGH School)
• 1920's (Scroll down for party-related info.!)
• Speeches from presidential election: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListAll.php

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