Tuesday, December 10th

We went over the semester test times.

Foods - It the 1920's they started eating many more vegetables and fruits and milks. They also started production of many processed and manufactured foods. Peter Pan peanut butter, Kool-aid, Velveeta, and hostess all started at this time. They liked eating Jello because people would show off that they had refrigerators. Ice cream became popular due to home freezers. White Castle was the first fast food restaurant.

Prohibition - Started January 16th, 1920 and lasted around 14 years. The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th in 1933.

Movies - All of the major movie companies around today started in the 20's when movies were just getting big. Mary Pickford stared in 40 movies. 

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