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The Twenties

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The Roaring Twenties  Pathfinder

 

 Biography

   
Biography Resource Center This is the best source for information for people -- gangsters, artists, musicians, politicians -- just about everyone.
Grolier Online You can search for specific topics to get general background information, but browsing through articles on "Twentieth Century: Society in the United States "  or "United States, history of the (II) is a good way to get to information also.
jazz Biographies from the PBS site supporting Ken Burns' Jazz
   

General Resources

 
Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s  Ohio State University site with documents and images on Prohibition, Anti-Imigration and the KKK, the New Woman, and The Scopes Trial
The Roaring Twenties! An Adventure of the American Mind Library Quest Links and primary sources from the Library  of COngress
Temperance and Prohibition Ohio State University site that provides good background on the temperance movement
 American Cultural History: 1920-1929  Kingwood College Library collection of links (scroll down) on Art and Architecture, Books & Literature, Fads & Fashion, People & Events, Music, and Theatre, Film & Radio
 Ku Klux Klan  background information from the PBS Site "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow"
 Harlem Gangs rom the 20s
Info from The Crime Library. This site can also be searched for other gangsters.
 Eyewitness to History  Primary source materials about events of the time period.

Fashion

 
1920s Flapper Fashion
 Fashion-era.com provides images and background information on fashion history.
   

Fun Stuff

 
Roaring Twenties Role Playing Game
 
   

 

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