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Music/Radio Shows/Dancing
1. Our Topic
Sports
1. Boxing
  1. Best boxer was Jack Dempsey
  2. Gloves didn't protect boxers very well
  3. Made of leather and crappy padding
2. Basketball
  1. Wasn't a mainstream sport
  2. Wore short-shorts and converse (instead of Basketball Shoes)
  3. Nat Holman was one of the big names in Basketball
3. Baseball
  1. Babe Ruth was one of the most famous baseball players in the 1920s
  2. First Negro League came about in the 20s
4. Football
  1. Wore leather hats for helmets
  2. Extremely rough
Advertising-buying on credit-types of stores-fashion
1. Our Topic
Fads-games-20's slang
1. Fads
  1. Jazz (Louis Armstrong)
  2. Pez
  3. Po-Go Sticking
  4. Yo-Yo Competitions
  5. Dancing Marathons
2. Games
  1. Street Games... Board Games
    1. Sorry and Monopoly
    2. Kids played with Dolls
    3. Baseball
    4. Jump Rope and Hopscotch
    5. Basketball
    6. Marbles
    7. Horseshoes
3. Slang
  1. "The Bees Knees" - Extraordinary
  2. "Beat It"- Get Loss
  3. "Crush"- Infatuation
  4. "Dough" - Money
  5. "Heebie Jeebies" - The Jitters
  6. "Kisser" - Mouth
Movies/Make a 1920's style movie
1. Film Companies
  1. Metro-Golwin Meyer
  2. MGM
2. Movies
  1. Phantom of the Opera
  2. Wizard of Oz
  3. Movies were pretty cheap back then
Food/Snacks
1. Started making more processed food
  1. Wonder Bread
  2. Reeses
  3. Babe Ruth Candy Bars
  4. Welch's
  5. Hostees Cupcakes
2. Women didn't want to stay in the house and wanted to get out and work more and so it was just easier and quicker to make them
3. Fast Food
  1. A&W
  2. White Castle
  3. Orange Julius
Prohibition/Speakeasy's/House
1. Banned Alcohol
  1. Woman supported it... 18th amendment
2. Speakeasy's
  1. Brothels hidden in back rooms, closets, basements...

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