Referring to the time period between 1920 A.D. and 1929 A.D. in reference to the Gregorian calendar.
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Did anyone warn about the potential for stock market crashes in 1929, and if so why were their warnings ignored?
I can't seem to find information about economists, or others, warning about the overheated stock market of the 1920s in the US that would culminate in the stock market crashing on Black Thursday, ...
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Where is the location shown in this picture on a modern day map?
This image from this site is named Traffic Jam at the New York Entrance of the Holland Tunnel. New York City, 1920s
As I understand, this is at Manhattan end of Holland Tunnel. I've tried, without ...
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Interaction between Ataturk and Lenin
Are there any records related to the relations between Turkey and USSR in 1920's? I know about the letter from Ataturk to Lenin (in Turkish) but nothing more.
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Is one of the causes behind the cultural atmosphere surrounding the Scopes trial, and the concepts about family, “children are the future”?
To start, I noticed that during the peak of the American eugenics movement (1920-1929) that anti-evolutionary bills and eugenical bills were being passed in the same 37 states (well, just about), ...
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How and why did the “Green Gang” hold the balance of power in Shanghai in 1927?
The line ups were a bit unusual, to say the least. On one side, you have some thousands of Communist party workers (probably not well armed) loosely aligned with several hundred thousand workers. On ...
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Were Flappers Important in American History? If so, why?
Closing in on western history of cosmetics- more specifically, American history of cosmetics- I was guided to the Flapper image of the 1920s. However, I cannot piece together exactly how this change ...
