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media type="custom" key="10641122" = Throughout the 1920s, america was changing. 1923 was a year full of culture and popular phenomenoms. Young adults, especially women were acting out against the social norm, alcohol had become an illegal entity, and a number of sports legends had strated their legacies. People started nt only to question the social standards set before them, but chose to =

__**Fashion**__
Throughout the decade, Women had started to disregard the social standards set before them. They began to do things that had been taboo before them. Women started to wear much more revelealing clothing than in past generations, they also started dancing in ways with much more that would shock past generations. Some popular items of clothing is the the flapers and the one piece swim suit. flappers became a vere popular dress that women would oftenly where to clubs and dances. The one piece swim suit started to be warn through out the years by women of that time.

__**‍‍‍‍‍ Sports **__ ‍‍‍‍‍
In 1923, Jack Dempsey was the Boxing Heavyweight Champion of the world. He was a sports icon and one of the highest paid athletes of the generation. People like Jack Dempsey, were role models. He was one of the most followed athletes of this time. On the night of the fight between him and Gene Tunney, there were more than 140,000 people at the fight; also more than a million people listened in to the action on their newly acquired radios.

 //Jack Dempsey best fits Malcolm Gladwells' description of what a connector is. Dempsey was a connector. For years men, women and children all saw Jack as an American Icon, and to most a hero. Everyone knew who he was and everyone admired him. These characteristics made Dempsey the perfect candidate to act as a connector for the general public. //

__ Music __
Jazz had become had become quite popular throughout the 1920s. One of the top rising prospects in the twenties was Louis Armstrong. Armstrong's band had gain popularity in the Chicago Jazz scene. Louis Armstrong has influenced many singers over the decades and is credited as one of the pioneers of scat singing.

__**Technology**__ In 1923 the worlds domestic refrigerator sold in Sweden. This was a big devolpment in the world that would make many things now posible. Along with the refrigerator the worlds first portable radio is developed in the US. This was huge for people because they could now listen to music where they want.

**__Major Events__**


 * First baseball game played at Yankee Stadium
 * Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president following the death of President Warren Harding
 * First **Le Mans 24** hour race run in 1923 in France
 * **Insulin** is Introduced for treatment of Diabetes

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The Ten commandments

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