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Society in the USA was a mixed bag in the 1920s. For a minority of Americans it was a time of unprecedented prosperity and leisure, with new kinds of fashion, entertainment and lifestyle. But there was a darker side: a huge increase in organized crime and racism, a greater intolerance towards minorities and the persecution of progressives.
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Singers and bandleaders became household names as never before
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Fashions changed overnight, and the era featured these four styles and more
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A minority of well-paid women tried to liberate themselves from what they regarded as past oppression
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Successful sports stars like Ruth formed a kind of aristocracy. They were hugely popular, and enjoyed an unprecedented cult of celebrity
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Any such measure had to be defended against those elements who were determined to break it in order to make money
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This movement flourished during the 1920s, and it was a worldwide phenomenon
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Gangs more or less ran cities like Chicago, until the criminal bands went too far
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The activities of such groups intensified during the 1920s - largely (but not exclusively) in the Southern states
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The persecution of these two seemed to show a growing intolerance of immigrants, and of political views which challenged the historic American ideal
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Scopes was a biology teacher in a public school who was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in his lessons
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