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The Roaring Twenties describes a fun, exciting time in American culture.

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World War I had just ended and Americans wanted to remain involved in conflicts with other countries.

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An amendment was added to the US Constitution that allowed women to vote in the 1920s.

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In the 1920s, jazz music, a form of music with African-American roots, first became popular in New Orleans.

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The Red Scare was when Americans were afraid of immigrants in the 1920s.

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Flappers were the jazz musicians in the 1920s.

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Henry Ford made automobiles more expensive, so only the wealthiest Americans could afford them.

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Detroit was a city where many automobile companies built cars.

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Americans made more money in the 1920s than ever before.

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President Harding and President Coolidge both supported industrial (business) growth in the 1920s.

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