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1 **__Film, Music, and Dance__** Bessie Smith was the greatest classic blues singer of the 1920s. During her days, she earned upwards of $2000 per week, which at that time was a lot.King Oliver is a legend in Jazz history. he was a trumpet player, he looked up to Buddy Bolden whom he imitated, Oliver soon became a Jazz stylist in his own right. In the end, he was the "king," which Bolden had long assumed, became Oliver's--particularly after one memorable night in Storyville.Albert Einstein is award the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.

**__ Prohibition __**in the United States was a measure designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from the brewers, distillers, vintners, and the wholesale and retail sellers of alcoholic beverages. The leaders of the prohibition movement were alarmed at the drinking behavior of Americans, and they were concerned that there was a culture of drinkamong some sectors of the population that, with continuing immigration from Europe, was spreading. Soon, one of America's greatest industries was completely wiped off the face of the country. Many saloons kept on operating during prohibition. Soon, the industry was reaching profits that it could have never before achieved because of the status given to it by being banned, because it was illegal it became the cool thing to do.Organized crime grew rapidly and mass killings and gang wars were fought over the trickling supply of liquor. This was the era of gangsters, including the most famous gangster of all, Al Capone. Herbert Hoover called prohibition a "noble experiment," but the effort to regulate people's behavior soon ran into trouble. Enforcement of prohibition became very difficult. Soon, such terms as "bootlegger," "bath tub gin," and "speakeasy" became household words. Gangs of hoodlums became more powerful as they trafficked in alcohol. By the 1930s, a majority of Americans had tired the noble experiment, and the 18th Amendment was repealed. There was obviously a huge market for what in the 1920's was an illegal commodity. It was the gangsters who dominated various cities who provided this commodity. Each major city had its gangster element but the most famous was Chicago with Al Capone. 

//**THE LINCOLN BUILDING** (60 E 42nd St.)// [//J. E. R. Carpenter//] This was completed in 1930 as a neo-Gothic tower at the south end of Vanderbilt Avenue, near Grand Central Terminal. It has a cream - coloured, Renaissance-influenced base and setbacks, the most notable feature of the 53-storey, 205.5 m tall brown zigged shaped stones, are the pointed, Gothic-style windows near the top. The lobby has light brown-toned marble was very decoretive. The lobby also contains Daniel Chester French's bronze model for the statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., obtained in 1954.

//**THE WESTERN UNION BUILDING** (60 Hudson St.)// [//Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker//] It was built in 1928-1930 for the Western Union Telegraph Company. The massive building housed both Western Union offices and tele-wireless equipment. The entrance lobby is reminiscent of a hall church with the large windows, made of smaller, diamond-shaped pieces, above the entrances. The lobby walls are of orange brickwork and the ceiling is faced with glazed tiles

__1920’s- social changes__ After WWI it gave rise to xenophobia(fear of that which is foreign or unknown, especially strangers or foreign people) in people. This was mostly in the south where the Klu Klux Klan gained support in persecuting immigrants and minorities. Communism was a new philosophy in government at this time also, and much of the American public was hostile toward this. 1925- Scopes trial in 1925 was the first to be broadcasted live on radio. John Thomas Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution in a state that is against teaching it. Scopes lost the trial and was eventuually charged $100.00. Clarence Birdseye, developed a way to freeze food while maintaining its flavor and nutrients. He found this out while working in the arctic for the American government. He found immediately that frozen meat kept its flavor. This help the food industry to keep food longer.

Science

Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921 He immigrated to the United States after Hitler seized control of Germany in 1933 Vitamin e was discovered in 1922 this serves as and antioxidant and it protects body tissue. Vitamin e is in foods such as margarine, peanut oil, sunflower seeds, walnuts, and more.