Documents

  • Historiography of the 1920s – Blog Post (1956 & 2007)

    In this block post, I will compare and trust two articles made about 60 years apart. Looking at important factors like their main arguments, concerns, who they praise/blame for problems,…

  • Irish Civil War (1922–1923)

    Overview: The Irish Civil War started on June 28, 1922, and lasted approximately ten months, ending on May 24, 1923. Even though this war started in June 1922, the Irish…

  • Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

    After the end of The Great War, United State President Woodrow Wilson drafted his Fourteen Points. Outlined in this speech/document are Wilson’s ideas on how to preserve world peace after…

  • Historical Document: Special Agent John A. Dowd in Chicago to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. July 12, 1934

    Overview There is little to nothing known about Mae Capone save for her parents, birthday, and the ways in which she suffered from the actions and decisions made by her…

  • The Union Daily Times: Statements on Railroad Strike

    In this Union Daily Times newspaper article, statements are taken by both sides of a strike in a shop on the Delaware and Hudson, a railroad based in upstate New…

  • National Headquarters Association Against the Prohibition Amendment to Wesley Jones, March 3, 1927

    Introduction The letter was written by the NHAAPA to the senator of Washington state citing events of spies and undercover agents being used to crack down on the sale and…

  • Birth Control, November 19, 1921

    Introduction Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control speech in 1921 focused on the need for women to have access to safe and effective contraception.  She argued that the ability to control reproduction…

  • Unaccustomed As We Are (1929)

    Introduction Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo composed of Stanley Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957). Laurel and Hardy were featured in their first silent short The Lucky Dog…

  • Outlaw War by Constitutional Amendment

    Introduction From 1914-1918 the world faced its first armed global conflict known as the great war, world war one. The war caused millions of people to die and left more…

  • Women and New India

    Introduction Throughout the 1920s, there were many achievements for women’s rights, beginning with the nineteenth amendment in 1920. This was the beginning of the evolution of women’s roles. While many…

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