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This Side of Paradise: Mirror Image of the 20’s
“The Roaring Twenties,� as they have been coined, were a time of great change in the United States. The Jazz era was dawning, social classes were beginning to solidify themselves into our society, huge companies were forming and dominating markets, a new movement of females was beginning to fight for women’s suffrage, and a new group of youths known as the lost generation formed. The country saw 4 presidents enter and leave office, each with varying views and policies that they enacted. The presidents during the “Roaring Twenties� were Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Clark Hoover. Prohibition was ratified into the constitution on January 16th, 1920, under the administration of Woodrow Wilson. Despite this, many people still continued to consume alcohol. World War I began in 1914, but the United States did not declare war against the Central powers, composed of Germany Austria-Hungary, and......

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