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    expansion of music sound, view, and instrumentation. The Early Twentieth Century brought with it a new sound and an expanding ability to experiment with music. Like all music, music of the Early Twentieth Century had its roots from elsewhere places. All of the various types of music from the Early Twentieth Century built on each other. The development of one led to the development of the next and so on. The beginning of the Twentieth Century began with Blues music, which has its roots in African

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    they were very significant to the women in the early twentieth century.Vacuum cleaners symbolized cleanliness, the cult of domesticity, and training to be a “great housewife”. Women were pressured to live in a domestically oppressed household because of gender roles/stereotypes and the influence of patriarchy. The ideology behind both Hoover advertisements were to target women and men. The primary gender roles of women in the early twentieth century were to stay at home, cook, clean, and tend to

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    Jazz made an early deputation starting in the early twentieth century. Many popular musicians today, even some less known ones base their style of Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Bing Crosby. These four men changed the way people look at jazz today. In today’s era, it is impossible for one not to find a jazz club. There are live jazz concerts, watching online, small local bars that perform jazz music and big venues like Lincoln Center that have jazz performances. Jazz evolved into

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    the brainchild of Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Although many argue that communism has never been given a fair chance at success, communism was a very powerful movement in the early twentieth century. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are commonly attributed with solidifying the beliefs that make up communism. In his early life, Marx was a member of the "Young Hegelian Group," that was considered substantially radical at the time. Marx vocalized his revolutionary views in the Economic and Philosophical

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    Introduction The early twentieth century saw a gradual shift in the way Americans desired to care for struggling single mothers. The well-being of poverty stricken mothers, and their offspring became a social responsibility for the first time. Americans wanted to ensure that they were protected, and constant advocation to improve upon nineteenth century poor laws that favored separating families reached the White House in 1909. Incited by the peoples demands President Theodore Roosevelt called a

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    The role of the United States during the early twentieth-century can be described as semi-engaged in the World affairs going on during this period. At this point in time the United States aimed to be as neutral in the war as possible, as proved by the statement made by the then President, Woodrow Wilson, “I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory”

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    The early twentieth century was filled with violence and progress. However, despite all that was taking place, the arts still had room to evolve. In the arts, as in other aspects of life, there was an increased emphasis on pluralism and diversity. In the twentieth century, there were revolts spanning all areas; but in this essay, I will focus on the musical aspects of them. Composers drew inspiration from an enormous variety of sources, including folk and popular music; the music of Asia, Africa

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    Effects of Immigration in the twentieth century I. Moehling, Carolyn, and Anne Morrison Piehl. "IMMIGRATION, CRIME, AND INCARCERATION IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA*." Demography, 1 Nov. 2009. Web. . A. The article is really focusing on whether immigrants affected the crime rate. The standalone theories in the start of the article suggest they did increase the crime rate, but with no hard proof. As the article develops deeper, facts and biased opinion come through and display that the immigrants

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    Farming Practices in the Early Twentieth Century When the United States Government began counting the number of farms in 1850, they counted 1.4 million farms, and by 1920, there were over six million farms. By the early twentieth century, changes in farming practices centered on technological, mechanical and government policy promoted efficiency in production. These changes had an enormous effect on productivity. The introduction of the three-wheeled tractor, the use of hybrid seeds, and fertilizer

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    towers in New York on september eleventh 2001(9/11 attacks), The airplane was the best invention of the early twentieth century because it created a means of travelling across the world with ease, created a new weapon to fight wars, and it united America. Flying has always been an action that man has observed. “The dream of flying is as old as mankind itself”(“History of the airplane”). For centuries humans have dreamed of flying through the air, however they have never been able to. Many have tried

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