Speakeasy- A secret club where people had parties, had to have passwords to get in, this is a place where they would go to drink illegally, usually ran by gangs. Decor- ranged from regular farm houses to very nice houses, had many different kinds of nice houses.
Sports- Football- First call APFA than changed to the NFL, did not have the super bowl so just gave championship to whoever had best record. Rarely threw the ball, most famous people were QB, RB, and Lineman during this time. Golf- Bobby Jones was most famous golfer even though he really was a lawyer, this sport was very famous during this time, Tennis- Helen Willis- first women playing tennis showing her ankles and wearing short sleeves, Bill tilden was best man in world for 7 years at tennis. Baseball- The first negro world series was in 1924, Babe Ruth was most famous baseball player, New York teams dominated the leagues, Boxing- was the biggest sport in the 1920s, biggest fighters were Dempsey, Carpenter, and Tunny, Basketball- Early 1920s was a 2nd tier sport, low attendance to games, the ABL was created in 1925, wore knee pads at this time
Men- hats, suits, vests, bow ties, sweaters, jeans were not common at this time, hair- men parted, and slick back, women- short cuts, straight or tight buns,- women- dresses were really lose and went down to knees, they wore lots of hats, wore lots of hats, kids- girls- had dresses and all different colors, boys has sailor outfits and suits/sweaters, stores- macys, ciscos, sears, walgreens,
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